Interpretation of Political Representation of Women in Haryana Legislative Assembly (From 1966 to 2008)

Sneh

Abstract: Many studies address women's political representation at the parliament level worldwide. In India, various studies have been done on women's electoral participation, the effects of 73 and 74th constitutions amendments on women's political participation in district, block, and rural levels, and women's political representation in parliament both upper house (Rajyasabha) and lower house ( Loksabha). However, very few studies have been conducted on women's formal political representation at the state legislative assembly level. This study will attempt to present the formal representation of women in the Haryana (an Indian state) legislative assembly in various ways, such as female representation through a political party, constituency representation, and ministry representation. The data source of this paper is the Haryana Statistical Election Commission report and personal interviews with female MLAs. Descriptive methodology is used to present the objective of this research article.

Keywords: Political representation, Haryana, legislative assembly