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Manipur's women poorly represented in Assembly
IBN Live | IANS | Jan 04, 2012 at 05:42pm IST Imphal:
After Mizoram, Manipur is the second Indian state where women voters outnumber men. However, the number of female legislators in the state assembly is minimal. The outgoing ninth assembly has only one woman member in the 60-member house - O Landhoni Devi, wife of Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh.
According to an election department official, all the six women, except Landhoni Devi, who stood for election in 2007 lost the race to their male rivals. Manipur has a total electorate of 1,740,820. Out of this, 889,497 are women and 851,323 are men.
Political parties, including the rulling Congress, Communist Party of India (CPI), the main opposition Manipur People's Party (MPP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and their allies in Manipur are gearing up to reach out to the electorate. They are also busy in selecting their nominees in the crucial polls.
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