Question

How many women candidates were elected to the 17^th Lok Sabha?
1. 78
2. 72
3. 70
4. 76

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : 78

The correct answer is 78.

• 78 women candidates were elected to the 17th Lok Sabha.
• Out of 542 MPs in the 17th Lok Sabha of 2019 highest-ever number of women have been elected which is 78.
• In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, a total of 724 women candidates participated in the election.
• The maximum strength of the Lok sabha envisaged by the Constitution is 552, which is made up by the election of up to 530 members to represent the States, up to 20 members to represent the Union Territories, and not more than two members of the Anglo-Indian Community to be nominated by the Hon'ble President
• The present speaker of the Lok Sabha is Om Birla.

• In the Rajya sabha out of 240 total members. only 27 are women.