This chapter critically examines the historical foundation, challenges, contributions, and prospects of women’s political participation and representation in the electoral process. From the scholarly work cited, the chapter gives an insight into female political participation and engagement from pre-independence to post-independence. Notable women, such as Queen Amina, Madam Tinubu, and the popular Aba Women’s Riot, have made significant contributions to the nation’s political activism. The post-independence period also reveals women in the political realm as being consistently underrepresented and marginalised in politics. Nigerian women in politics continue to witness different barriers that incapacitate them, including cultural norms, economic exclusion, electoral violence, and discriminatory party structures. The study examines the various challenges that hindered the growth of women’s representation in politics, which included socio-cultural norms, financial constraints, insecurity, electoral violence, a legal framework gap, public and media representation, and discriminatory party structures. The study further highlights the various contributions Nigerian women made in politics through their grassroots initiatives, mobilisation, and civic engagement, as well as their symbolic and inspirational impacts, peacebuilding, conflict resolution, political governance, and advocacy for electoral reforms, despite a lack of government political will. A detailed analysis reveals the failure of government legal policies and the gaps in frameworks. The research proposes strategies such as legal reforms, 35% affirmative action, party restructuring, civic education and public awareness, tackling electoral violence and militarisation, and economic empowerment and campaign finance reform. Notably, the study argues that women’s political participation and representation in politics is not just about being inclusive, but also for the growth of good governance and democracy. It calls for inclusive leadership, gender equality, competence, integrity, and justice for all above the deep-rooted patriarchal structures of society. Nigerian democracy can take a new, bright turn when women’s voices are heard dynamically and uniquely, as their voices will bring a new perspective to the world of politics, and the younger generation will adopt this blueprint.