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.

Tamil Nadu's ruling party, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), comes second, with four women out of its 22 MPs, or just a little above 18%.

The Samajwadi Party (SP) of Uttar Pradesh is third on this list, with five of its 37 MPs being women, that is, 13.5%.

That's the official data at a time when there has been much debate on how and when to implement the 2023 law granting 33% women's quota in the Lok Sabha and assemblies.

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