New Delhi:Reena Kashyap. In Himachal Pradesh, there is only one woman candidate to win out of 68 assembly seats. He won on a BJP ticket which lost power. Not a single woman candidate from the Congress, who returned to power, won in Himachal Pradesh.The results of the Assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh were announced on Thursday. Of the 68 assembly seats in Himachal Pradesh, the Congress holds 40 seats. The BJP has won 25 seats. Independent candidates won 3 seats.
In the Himachal elections, the BJP had fielded six women candidates. The Congress had five women candidates. Three people stood for you. But of these, only Reena won the election on a BJP ticket. Reena won the Pachhad (SC) assembly constituency. He had also won from the seat in the 2021 Himachal by-election. However, the same trend in the last assembly elections.
was seen. In some elections, two candidates, in some elections, three women candidates won. In the 2017 assembly elections, only four women candidates could win. However, this year’s situation is the worst. At present, about 49 per cent of the total voters in the state are women. The question is why are women candidates in Himachal in such a bad condition?
The heavyweight women candidates who lost the election were four-time MLA and minister Sarveen Chaudhary of Shahpur in Kangra, senior Congress leader and six-time MLA from Dalhousie Asha Kumari, BJP MLA from Indora Rita Dhiman, champa Thakur, daughter of senior Congress leader Kaul Singh. Champa stood from the Mandi centre.
