From 1957 to 2021: Woman leaders in Kerala Assembly – A rundown

By Express News Service
While Kerala has had lady MLAs for the reason that first meeting in 1957, their illustration has by no means crossed 10% in  the home. With 13 MLAs, the tenth Assembly (1996-2001) noticed the very best lady illustration of all time. 

1st Assembly (1957-1959)Members: 6 K O Aysha Bai (CPI)K R Gowri (CPI)Rosamma Punnoose (CPI)Kusumom Joseph (Cong)Leela Damodara Menon (Cong) O T Sarada Krishnan (Cong)2nd Assembly (1960-1964)Members: 7Kusumom Joseph (Cong)Leela Damodara Menon (Cong) A Nafeesath Beevi (Cong) O T Sarada Krishnan (Cong)K R Saraswathy Amma (Cong)K O Aysha Bai (CPI)K R Gowri (CPI)third Assembly (1967-1970)Member: 1, K R Gowri (CPM)4th Assembly (1970-1977)Members: 2, K R Gowri (CPM)Pennamma Jacob (Independent)fifth Assembly (1977-1979)Member: 1Bhargavi Thankappan (CPI)sixth Assembly (1980-1982)Members: 5Bhargavi Thankappan (CPI)P Devootty (CPM)K R Gowri (CPM)M Kamalam (Cong)K R Saraswathy Amma (NDP)seventh Assembly (1982-1987)Members: 5 Bhargavi Thankappan (LDF)P Devootty (LDF)K R Gowri (LDF)M Kamalam (UDF)Rachel Sunny Panaveli (UDF)eighth Assembly (1987-1991)Members: 8Bhargavi Thankappan (LDF)K R Gowri (LDF)J Mercykutty Amma (LDF)Leela Damodara Menon (LDF)Rosamma Punnoose (LDF)Nabeesa Ummal (UDF)M T Padma (UDF)Rosamma Chacko (UDF)

ninth Assembly (1991 – 1996)Members: 8Sobhana George (UDF)Alphonsa John (UDF)M T Padma (UDF)Meenakshi Thampan (UDF) K C Rosakutty (UDF)Rosamma Chacko (UDF)K R Gowri (LDF),  N K Radha (LDF) 

tenth Assembly (1996 – 2001)Members: 13Bhargavi Thankappan (LDF)Girija Surendran (LDF)R Latha Devi (LDF)Meenakshi Thampan (LDF)J Mercykutty Amma (LDF)N K Radha (LDF)K K Shailaja (LDF)Suseela Gopalan (LDF)K R Gowri (UDF)Radha Raghavan (UDF)Rosamma Chacko (UDF)Savithri Lakshmanan (UDF)Sobhana George (UDF)

eleventh Assembly (2001-2006)Members: 9, K R Gowri (UDF) Elizabeth Mammen Mathai (UDF)Mercy Ravi (UDF)Radha Raghavan (UDF)Sobhana George (UDF)Malethu Sarala Devi (UDF)Savithri Lakshmanan (UDF)Girija Surendran (LDF)P K Sreemathi (LDF)

twelfth Assembly (2006-2011)Members: 7P Aisha Potty (LDF)J Arundhathi (LDF)E S Bijimol (LDF)K K Lathika (LDF)K S Saleekha (LDF)K K Shailaja (LDF)P K Sreemathi (LDF)

thirteenth Assembly  (2011-2016)

Members: 7Jameela Prakasam (LDF)Geetha Gopi (LDF)E S Bijimol (LDF),P Aisha Potti (LDF)P K Jayalakshmi (UDF)K K Lathika (LDF), K S Saleekha (LDF)

14th Assembly (2016-2021)Members: 9, P Aisha Potty (LDF), Asha C K (LDF)E S Bijimol (LDF), J Mercykutty Amma (LDF)Prathibha U (LDF), K K Shailaja (LDF)Veena George (LDF), Geetha Gopi (LDF) Shanimol Osman (UDF)

K R Gowri had been elected to the meeting 10 instances since 1957, the very best for any lady MLA. She was elected in 1957, 60, 67  (lone member), 70, 80, 82,  87, 91, 96 and 2001.

The third and fifth Assembly in 1967 and 1977, respectively, noticed only one lady chief getting elected. They had been K R Gowri (1967) and Bhargavi Thankappan (1977)