The women’s quota, introduced in February 2018, has significantly increased women’s representation in local level democracy. It has paved the way for otherwise politically marginalized local level women political actors to enter into local councils.

The findings of this study provide compelling insights into the background of the women politicians who contested the February 2018 local government election. In this report, an attempt has been made to let data speak to the current broader political discourse on the role of political representatives, functioning of parties, elections, and electoral engineering of parties.

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