Just 6 women make it to assembly

CHANDIGARH: Only six of the 81 contesting female candidates managed to secure a place in the 117-member Punjab Assembly. Three from Congress, and three from the Aam Aadmi Party, the winning candidates only account for 5 per cent of the Assembly. Among them, Congress' Aruna Chaudhary won Dinanagar constituency by the highest margin of 31,917 votes, and AAP's Rupinder Kaur won Bathinda rural seat by the lowest vote. Other winners include AAP's Sarvjit Kaur (Jagraon), and Prof Baljinder Kaur (Talwandi Sabo), and Congress' Satkar Kaur (Ferozepur Rural) and Razia Sultana (Malerkotla).