Only 6 Women have made it to the Assembly elections held on Dec 7

Update: 2018-12-12 17:40 IST

 Hyderabad: The representation of Women in the 119 Telangana Assembly has dropped to 5 percent against the 7.5% in the dissolved house.

This time only 6 women have made it to the assembly in the elections held on December 7. There were 9 members in the previous Assembly.

3 women candidates each of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and congress were elected this time. Three of them come from tribal communities.

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Padma Devender Reddy, has been re elected, Rekha Naik, a tribal and G Sunitha Reddy also retained their seats. 

The congress party’s D Anasuya defeated Minister Azmeera Chandulal from Mulug constituency.

B Haripriya was elected from Yellandu former minister in undivided Andhra Pradesh Sabitha Indra Reddy was also elected.

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