19 state legislatures have less than 10% women lawmakers: Govt data
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Women representation in parliament and most state legislatures across the country is below 15% with 19 of state assemblies having less than 10% women lawmakers, according to a government data. The state legislatures which have more than 10% women lawmakers are Bihar (10.70), Chhattisgarh (14.44), Haryana (10), Jharkhand (12.35), Punjab (11.11), Rajasthan (12), Uttarakhand (11.43), Uttar Pradesh (11.66), West Bengal (13.70) and Delhi (11.43).
