In the country, the state Assembly currently has the highest percentage of women MLAs, 21.11% among the total lawmakers, with 19 legislators in the 90-member House. Three out of the 11 Lok Sabha members are women from the state.Though political parties often talk about greater representation of women, no woman has ever had a chance to become Speaker or LoP in the State Assembly.Interestingly, with women playing a significant role in their choice as voters in elections, the political parties believed they had a strong impact on the overall poll results.The state witnessed the conspicuous active participation of women, who outnumbered men as voters, in the electoral processes during the 2023 Assembly polls.The women voters are 1.03 crore, while men are 1.01 crore out of the 2.05 crore electorates in the tenth largest state of the country. Kiran Kaushal was the first woman from Chhattisgarh to qualify UPSC exams and become IAS in 2009, and later, Ankita Sharma was the first woman to become IPS in the year 2018. Both are from Durg district.
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