Key Points
On the one hand, history has been made in the state of Nagaland, as Hekani Jakhalu and Salhoutuono Kruse, both NDPP candidates, are the first two women elected to the state assembly since its creation in 1963..
Women also make 15% of the new assembly in Tripura, crossing the 10% threshold for the first time..
Only 7%, 13% and 4% of the candidates fielded by major parties in Meghalaya, Tripura and Nagaland respectively, were women.This is not a new phenomenon..
Of the 2508 individuals who ever contested a state election in Nagaland since 1964, only 24 were women.The first woman elected in the Meghalaya state assembly was Miriam D. Shira, in 1978..
She is a first-time contestant and is also the first woman to ever be elected in Jaintia Hills.. Voters show their identification cards as they wait in a queue to cast their votes at a polling booth during the Meghalaya Assembly elections.(PTI).
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