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The bill was passed unanimously on 21 September 2023 in the Upper House after a 11-hour debate, a day after it was passed in the Lower House. No Member of Parliament abstained during the voting conducted by the Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar which saw 100% votes in favour. Prime Minister Modi was present in the Rajya Sabha during the vote. [26]
The 2020 Singapore general election saw a record number of women become lawmakers in Singapore's Parliament. 27 out of 93 seats (29%) for elected Members of Parliament went to women, compared to 21 out of 89 (24%) seats in the 2015 general election. One of the two Non-constituency MP seats has also been taken up by a woman.
For the 2024 election, 968 million people were eligible to vote, an increase of about 150 million people from the 2019 election. [34] In Arunachal Pradesh , a polling station would be set up for the only registered voter in the village of Malogam, as electoral laws stipulate that voting booths need to be within two kilometres (1.2 mi) of any ...
Women comprise over 48% of India’s more than 1.4 billion people but have 15.1% representation in Parliament, compared to the international average of 24%, Law and Justice Minister Arjun Ram ...
Indian women have also taken the initiative to form their own political parties, and in 2007, the United Women Front party was created, and has advocated for increasing the reservation of seats for women in parliament to 50%. [30] Women only govern four of India's political parties. From 1980 to 1970, 4.3% of candidates and 70% of electoral ...
Follow live updates on the 2024 election Gender also underlies many of the hot-button issues motivating voters’ choices this election cycle, including abortion, in vitro fertilization, child ...
The 2024 Ghanaian general election took place on 7 December 2024 to elect Members of Parliament (MPs) to the 9th Parliament of the Fourth Republic. [1] [2]The Speaker is not an elected member of parliament though though must be qualified to stand for election as such.
A record-breaking 103 women were elected or reelected to the House, causing many to call it the "Year of the Woman" in a reference to the first such year, the 1992 Senate elections. [31] [32] [33] Sharice Davids and Deb Haaland became the first Native American women ever elected to either house of Congress. [34]