Story in numbers: Age and wisdom in Indian Parliament

November 14, 2016 11:22

The youngest MP in the current House is 28, and the oldest MP is 88. The median age of MPs is 58, that is half of the MPs are 58 years and above. In 2011, the median age of India was 24 years. MPs aged 56-70 years have the highest share of seats (44 per cent) in the current Lok Sabha, while the demographic accounts for only eight per cent of the total population.
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