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Glaring gap: Only 5 per cent of elected representatives are women in Tamil Nadu

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Glaring gap: Only 5 per cent of elected representatives are women in Tamil Nadu

Source: The New Indian Express

This is a drop from the previous assembly election in 2016, when the State elected 21 women (about nine per cent) into power.

CHENNAI:  Though Tamil Nadu has seen strong female politicians including former chief minister J Jayalalithaa, only about five per cent of those who won the Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2021 are women. This is a drop from the previous assembly election in 2016, when the State elected 21 women (about nine per cent) into power.

Click here to read the full article published by The New Indian Express on 4 May 2021

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This is a drop from the previous assembly election in 2016, when the State elected 21 women (about nine per cent) into power.

CHENNAI:  Though Tamil Nadu has seen strong female politicians including former chief minister J Jayalalithaa, only about five per cent of those who won the Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2021 are women. This is a drop from the previous assembly election in 2016, when the State elected 21 women (about nine per cent) into power.

Click here to read the full article published by The New Indian Express on 4 May 2021

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Region