<p>For the first time since 2001, there will be a double-digit representation of women MLAs in the Kerala Assembly as 11 of them have been elected to the 140 member house in the April 6 polls.</p>.<p>A total of 103 women contested in the elections, but only 11 made it into the assembly, as per the Election Commission figures.</p>.<p>The number of women representatives in the Assembly was just eight in the 2016 elections.</p>.<p>There were 13 women MLAs in Kerala in 1996, as per the figures.<br /><br /><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/election/kerala/family-members-to-political-comrades-in-kerala-981874.html" target="_blank">Family members to political comrades in Kerala</a></strong></p>.<p>This time, there will be 10 ruling LDF women MLAs and a lone woman representative of the UDF opposition camp- the front-backed RMP leader K K Rema, who won from Vadakara in Kozhikode. </p>.<p>As the widow of slain RMP leader T P Chandrasekharan, this victory was also sweet personal revenge for Rema against the ruling CPI(M).</p>.<p>A firebrand local leader who broke away from the Marxist party, Chandrasekharan was hacked to death, allegedly by the CPI(M) workers on May 4, 2012. <br /><br /><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/election/kerala/a-mixed-bag-for-mollywood-as-star-candidates-fail-to-weave-magic-in-kerala-assembly-polls-981872.html" target="_blank">A mixed bag for Mollywood as 'star' candidates fail to weave magic in Kerala Assembly polls</a></strong></p>.<p>Health Minister K K Shailaja will enter the House with a record majority of over 60,000 votes from the Mattannur constituency.</p>.<p>It is the second term for Veena George, C K Asha and U Prathibha. The prominent losers include Fisheries Minister J Mercykutty Amma, former Congress minister P K Jayalakshmi, ex-MLA Shanimol Usman, DCC president Bindhu Krishna and senior BJP leader Sobha Surendran.</p>.<p>Though BJP-NDA fielded the most number of women (20) in the April 6 polls, none of them made it to the House.</p>
<p>For the first time since 2001, there will be a double-digit representation of women MLAs in the Kerala Assembly as 11 of them have been elected to the 140 member house in the April 6 polls.</p>.<p>A total of 103 women contested in the elections, but only 11 made it into the assembly, as per the Election Commission figures.</p>.<p>The number of women representatives in the Assembly was just eight in the 2016 elections.</p>.<p>There were 13 women MLAs in Kerala in 1996, as per the figures.<br /><br /><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/election/kerala/family-members-to-political-comrades-in-kerala-981874.html" target="_blank">Family members to political comrades in Kerala</a></strong></p>.<p>This time, there will be 10 ruling LDF women MLAs and a lone woman representative of the UDF opposition camp- the front-backed RMP leader K K Rema, who won from Vadakara in Kozhikode. </p>.<p>As the widow of slain RMP leader T P Chandrasekharan, this victory was also sweet personal revenge for Rema against the ruling CPI(M).</p>.<p>A firebrand local leader who broke away from the Marxist party, Chandrasekharan was hacked to death, allegedly by the CPI(M) workers on May 4, 2012. <br /><br /><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/election/kerala/a-mixed-bag-for-mollywood-as-star-candidates-fail-to-weave-magic-in-kerala-assembly-polls-981872.html" target="_blank">A mixed bag for Mollywood as 'star' candidates fail to weave magic in Kerala Assembly polls</a></strong></p>.<p>Health Minister K K Shailaja will enter the House with a record majority of over 60,000 votes from the Mattannur constituency.</p>.<p>It is the second term for Veena George, C K Asha and U Prathibha. The prominent losers include Fisheries Minister J Mercykutty Amma, former Congress minister P K Jayalakshmi, ex-MLA Shanimol Usman, DCC president Bindhu Krishna and senior BJP leader Sobha Surendran.</p>.<p>Though BJP-NDA fielded the most number of women (20) in the April 6 polls, none of them made it to the House.</p>