ALL NEWS ON WOMEN MLAs 2011

Out of the 824 newly elected MLAs, only 72 (9%) women MLAs are in the 5 new Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal.

Overall, the total number of women MLAs in these 5 Assemblies has reduced from 80 in 2006 to 72 in 2011.

      West Bengal    34 (12 per cent in the assembly)

              ASSAM             14 (11 per cent in the assembly)

              TAMIL NADU    17 (7 per cent in the assembly)

              Kerala               5 (5 per cent in the assembly)

              PUDUCHERY   NIL

              PARTY-WISE  MLAs (Out of total 72 Women MLAs)

             AITC    24 (13 per cent)

             INC      17 (10 per cent)

             AIDMK  12 (8 per cent)

           WOMEN MLAs MULTI MILLIONAIRS (Out of 72 women  MLAs)

           TOP TWO WOMEN MLSs

           Jayalalithaa (AIDMK)         Tamil Nadu :Asset worth Rs. 51.4 Crores

           Kasturi Das (AITC)             West Bengal: Asset worth Rs.  7.2 Crores

            Multi-Crores

              

           TAMIL NADU          9

           ASSAM                   6

           WEST BENGAL       4

           TOTAL           19     

13 women MLAs out of 72 (i.e. 18%) have pending criminal cases against them.Comparatively, 244 men MLAs out of a total of 752 (32%) have pending criminal cases against them.

Source:ADRIndia