For the primary time since 2001, there might be double digit illustration of ladies MLAs within the Kerala Assembly as 11 of them have been elected to the 140 member home within the April 6 polls. A complete of 103 girls contested within the elections, however solely 11 made it into the meeting, as per the Election Commission figures.
The variety of girls representatives within the Assembly was simply eight within the 2016 elections. There have been 13 girls MLAs in Kerala in 1996,as per the figures.
This time, there might be 10 ruling LDF girls MLAs and a lone girl consultant of the UDF opposition camp- the front-backed RMP chief KK Rema, who gained from Vadakara in Kozhikode. As the widow of slain RMP chief TP Chandrasekharan, this victory was additionally candy private revenge for Rema in opposition to the ruling CPI(M).
A firebrand native chief who broke away from the Marxist celebration, Chandrasekharan was hacked to demise, allegedly by the CPI(M) staff on May 4, 2012. Health Minister Okay Okay Shailaja will enter the House with a document majority of over 60,000 votes from Mattannur constituency.
It is the second time period for Veena George, CK Asha and U Prathibha. The distinguished losers embody Fisheries Minister J Mercykutty Amma, former Congress minister PK Jayalakshmi, ex-MLA Shanimol Usman, DCC president Bindhu Krishna and senior BJP chief Sobha Surendran.
Though BJP-led NDA fielded probably the most variety of girls (20) within the April 6 polls, none of them made it to the House.
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