Only 6 women make it to Punjab Assembly

March 12, 2017 10:50

Only six of the 81 women candidates managed to secure a place in the 117-member Punjab assembly, merely 5 per cent of the House's strength. These women leaders each of the Congress and the Aam AadmiParty romped home.

In the 2012 assembly polls, 14 out of the 93 nominees had made it to the House.

Among women leaders, Congress's Arun Chaudhary won by the biggest margin -- 31,917 votes and Rubinder Kaur Rubu emerged victorious with the lowest vote (10,778) difference. A transgender candidate, Mumtaz of the BSP, from Buchho Mandi in Bathinda district polled 1,137 votes and lost.

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