Women make for one-fourth of elected lawmakers from Bengal
By Amitava Roy
Kolkata, May 24 (PTI) More than one-fourth of the 42
lawmakers elected from West Bengal are women, with nine from
the Trinamool Congress and two from the BJP.
TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee had fielded over 40 per
cent women candidates in the Lok Sabha polls and they fared
better than their male counterparts in the hustings.
Of the 15 women candidates of the TMC, nine emerged
victorious, while five bit the dust, with the most prominent
among the losers being Moon Moon Sen from Asansol.
Twenty-two candidates of the TMC have won in the
general elections.
BJP's Locket Chatterjee and Debosree Chaudhuri emerged
victorious among the five women fielded by the saffron party
in West Bengal.
Both won for the first time riding on the saffron
surge in the state that saw 18 BJP candidates emerging
victorious.
The TMC's women candidates who will be first-time
lawmakers are actors Nusrat Jahan and Mimi Chakraborty, Mala
Roy and Mahua Moitra.
Two-time MPs Satabdi Roy, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and
three others who entered the Lok Sabha in 2014 -- Aparupa
Poddar, Pratima Mondal and Sajda Ahmed have retained their
seats. PTI AMR
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