Out of 253 contestants who are in lok Sabha poll battle from Punjab, only 20 candidates are women. Among all constituencies, Faridkot parliamentary constituency has seen maximum number of five women candidates who are in fray.
No woman is contesting from Amritsar, Khadoor Sahib, ludhiana, Fatehgarh Sahib and Ferozepur lok Sabha seats. Out of 1.95 crore voters, 92.60 lakh voters are women in Punjab.