India, April 19 -- Of the 75 women currently elected to the 18th Lok Sabha - about 14% of its 543 members - 11 belong to the Trinamool Congress (TMC), the ruling party of West Bengal. That means just short of 38% of the TMC's total 29 MPs are women, the highest such share among any major party in the House, particularly those mentioned by PM Narendra Modi in his "address to the nation" on April 18.

The Congress is second with 14 women among its 101 MPs - 13.9% - following the by-election victory of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from Wayanad in November 2024.

Tamil Nadu's ruling party, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), comes third among such parties, with three women out of its 22, or 13.6%. The Samajwadi Party (SP) of Uttar Pradesh is fourth...