Kerala assembly to have 8 women MLAs; no woman member in Oppn

May 20, 2016 14:15

The 140-member Kerala Assembly will have just 8 women MLAs, three of them debutants, all representing the Left Democratic Front that returned to power with a massive majority in the state. The UDF, on the other hand, has no woman representative after the lone woman MLA and minister in the previous government, P K Jayalakshmi, failed to make it to the state assembly this time. She was defeated by CPI(M)'s U R Kelu in Mananthawady constituency by 1,307 votes. Of a total of 109 women candidates who tried their luck in the May 16 polls, only Aisha Potti, K K Shylaja, Mercykutty Amma, Veena George and U Prathibha Hari of CPI(M), and E S Bijimol, Geetha Gopi and C K Asha of CPI succeeded.

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