New Delhi, October 23: Women candidates seem to have failed to attract voters in Maharashtra, Chandigarh and Arunachal Pradesh as their tally in the legislatures settled at a low of 23.
Out of the 287 women in the fray, only 23 were victorious, while the combined figure was also 23 in these states in the previous polls.
While, 11 out of 211 women contestants won elections in Maharashtra, 9 out of 67 made it to the 90-seat Haryana assembly. In Arunachal Pradesh, they fared better as three of the nine contested emerged victorious.
In Maharashtra, where only 36 women candidates were party nominees, 11 won the polls — one down from 2004 poll’s tally.
A total of 157 women were in the fray then and 127 women candidates had forfeited their deposits.
–PTI