Very few women candidates in general wards in Coimbatore city

There are only a handful of women whom political parties have fielded as candidates in general wards – wards open for contest for persons from all genders in Coimbatore.Of the 100 wards in the city, t

There are only a handful of women whom political parties have fielded as candidates in general wards – wards open for contest for persons from all genders in Coimbatore.

Of the 100 wards in the city, the State Election Commission had earmarked 50 for women, including five wards for women from the Scheduled Caste communities.

The wards that the Commission had earmarked for women are 1, 2, 9, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 48, 49 50, 51, 54, 57, 58, 59, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68, 70, 75, 77, 78, 79, 82, 83 and 84 and the wards earmarked for SC women are 3, 13, 61, 66 and 85.