Only 18 out of the total 164 candidates fighting the Lok Sabha election in Delhi are women, putting their share at a dismal, nearly-9 per cent.
Each of the major political parties – Congress, BJP and Aam Aadmi Party – has fielded only one woman candidate in Delhi, which goes to polls on 12 May.
In 2014, 150 candidates contested the Lok Sabha polls from the national capital, of which 13 were women. Out of them, only one, Meenakshi Lekhi of the BJP, got elected.