History scripted! Nagaland elects two women MLAs for the first time - Know more about Salhoutuonuo Kruse
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Northeast election 2023: Nagaland created history by electing two women candidates to its assemblySalhoutuonuo Kruse and Hekani Jakhalu as election results were announced on March 2(Thursday0. This is for the first time that Nagaland has elected any woman MLA since its creation in 1963. Both candidates are from the ruling Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP). Kruse won from the Western Angami AC and Jakhalu fromthe Dimapur-III constituency. Not that the women did not contest election earlier but they never managed to win. This year, four women candidates — Jakhalu, Kruse, Rosy Thomson of the Congress and Kahuli Sema of the BJP — contested the assembly elections.
Who is Salhoutuonuo Kruse?
Kruse is a hotel owner and contested against an Independent candidate, Keneizhakho Nakhro. Himanta Biswa Sarma and Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio had campaigned for Kruse.
Nagaland had only one woman representative in the legislature, Rano M Shaizawho was elected to the Lok Sabha back in 1977. In 2022, S Phangnon Konyak was elected as the BJP Rajya Sabha member from Nagaland and became the first woman from the state to get a seat in the Upper House.
Western Angami AC constituency results
Two candidates are in the run in the 2023 polls from this seat. In 2018, there were 3 contestants in the run and Keneizhakho Nakhro of NPF won this seat defeating Er Kevisekho Kruse of NDPP. The ruling NDPP-BJP alliance won five seats and was leading in 34 seats in the Nagaland assembly election, the Election Commission of India said.
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This is despite the fact that Nagaland has a female literacy rate of 76.11 per cent, which is higher than the national average of 64.6 per cent, and women's organisations such as the Naga Mothers' Association wield significant power. To date, only one woman has been elected chairperson of a Nagaland village council, Tokheli Kikon of the Naharbari village council in Dimapur in 2005, and she has gone on to repeat the feat.
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