The new House has 20 women MLAs or 10% of total with 9 each from BJP and Congress, and 1 Independent. Since 2008, the number of women MLAs has dropped in every election
Women candidates first crossed 100 mark in the state in 2003, when Raje entered the picture as Rajasthan's first woman CM face. In 2018, 189 women contested; of 27 current women MLAs, many are long-time party workers