Thread by @BehanBox

4 States elected new #MLAs for their Legislative Assembly- along with #LokSabhaelections2019 Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Odisha and Arunachal Pradesh. How did women contestants perform in these states?
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#AndhraPradesh elected 14 women who make up 8% in the 174 seat Assembly in #elections2019. This is lower than 2014, when women MLAs made up 10% (18) of its first legislative Assembly since bifurcation.
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#Odisha elected 13 women MLAs who constitute 9% of the State Legislative Assembly- higher than 2014, where women MLAs were 7.5%.
This is the second time highest proportion of women MLAs are elected in Odisha’s history. First being 9% in 2000
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#Sikkim elected 3 women MLAs constituting 9% of the state Legislative assembly- unchanged from 2014. However, Sikkim elected the highest proportion in 2009, when 12.5% MLAs were women.

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Data Sources: ECI and @adrspeaks

We will update the thread for Arunachal when we have the data.

#ArunachalPradesh elected 3 women MLAs who constitute 5% of the State Legislative Assembly- higher than 2014, where women MLAs were 4%
Gum Tayeng who won from Dambuk (ST) second consecutive time, contested on the BJP ticket.
In 2014, she had contested on a INC ticket and won.