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Women MPs in 15th Lok Sabha: Dr. Prabha Kishore Taviad

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Name: Dr. Prabha Kishor Taviad

Constituency: Dahod (Gujarat)

Party: Indian National Congress

Terms in parliament: First term

Age: 54

Contact Information: Jhalod road, opposite Mission Hospital, TA-Dahod, Dirtrict HDahod-389151, Gujarat.

Only woman candidate fielded by a political party in entire central Gujarat, Dr. Taviad was given a ticket to contest, chosen over veteran Congress leader Somjibhai Damor.  A gynecologist by profession, she campaigned door to door, tying scarves on the hands of the voters (like rakhis) which became a trademark of her candidature. One of seven candidates who had fought for a seat in the Dahod constituency, Dr. Taviad’s husband Dr Kishore Taviad is the Dahod district zilla panchayat president, and a seasoned politician.

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Women MPs in 15th Lok Sabha: Jat Poonamben Veljibhai

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Name: Jat Poonamben Veljibhai

Constituency: Kachch (Gujarat)

Party: Bharatiya Janata Party

Terms in parliament: First term

Age: 37

Contact Information: Plot No -6, Jay Zulelal Society, Bharat Nagar, Gandhidham District, Kachch

Jat Poonamben Veljibhai is the winner from Kachch District. Despite this being her first elections, she beat out 16 other candidates, including three other women, and Danicha Valjibhai Punamchandra of the Indian National Congress.

Women MPs in 15th Lok Sabha: Shrimati Darshana Vikram Jardosh

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Name: Shrimati Darshana Vikram Jardosh

Constituency: Surat (Gujarat)

Party: Bharatiya Janata Party

Terms in parliament: First term

Age: 58

Contact Information: 10/430 Third Floor, 431, Tasvir Appartment, Panini Bhit Bhagatalao Soni Faliya, Surat.

Darshana Vikram Jardosh contested these Lok Sabha elections as the BJP candidate from Surat constituency of Gujarat. She is Gujarat BJP Mahila Morcha’s General Secretary for past three years. She upstaged Kashiram Rana, former Union Textiles Minister, former Rural Development Minister, and six-time consecutive winning BJP candidate from Surat seat.

Women MPs in 15th Lok Sabha: Patel Jayshreeben Kanubhai

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Name: Patel Jayshreeben Kanubhai

Constituency: Mahesana (Gujarat)

Party: Bharatiya Janata Party

Terms in parliament: First term

Age: 50

Contact Information: A-14, Green Park, Ahmedabad Highway Road, Palanpur – 1, Dist. Banaskantha, Phone: 02742-256822 (R), M: 94265 15751, 99784 06098

First time contender in the race to the Lower House, Patel Jayshreeben Kanubhai is a Bharatiya Janata Party loyalist, winning from the Mahesana constituency in Gujarat. She is a former Gujarat State Commission for Women chairperson, and state head of the BJP Mahila Morcha.

Women MPs in 15th Lok Sabha: J Shanta

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Name: J. Shanta

Constituency: Bellary (Karnataka)

Party: Bharatiya Janata Party

Terms in parliament: First term

Age: 35

Contact Information: 2nd Cross, Devinagar, Club Road, Bellary

The lone woman MP from Karnataka, tasted electoral victory in the 15th Lok Sabha elections, deafeating prominent politicians, including Margaret Alva from the Congress, Tejaswini Gowda of Congress, and  Radha Sundaresh of the Communist Party of India (CPI). Altogether 29 women candidates contested for the 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka. Shantha, a homemaker-turned-politician, has indicated that long pending railway projects in the region are to be her priority.

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Women MPs in 15th Lok Sabha: Helen Davidson

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Name: Helen Davidson

Constituency: Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu)

Party: Dravida Munettra Kazhakam (DMK)

Terms in parliament: First term

Age: 37

Contact Information: Lawrence Illam 18/327 David Compound, Rajamangalam Road, Rmanputhor Nagercoil-2 Kanniyakumarinagercoil.

 A first time contestant, Helen Davidson is the only woman MP from Tamil Nadu. A political green horn, her success probably largely had to do with the fact that Catholic churches in Kanyakumari have openly declared Helen Davidson, who is also a Catholic, as their favoured candidate. This 37 year old mother of two beat Sivagami of the Bahujan Samaj Party, a former IAS officer with a proven track record.

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Women MPs in 15th Lok Sabha: Bhavana Gawali

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Name: Bhavana Gawali (Patil)

Constituency: Yavatmal –Washim (Maharashtra)

Party: Shiv Sena

Terms in parliament: 13-15th parliament

Age: 36

Contact Information: Civil Line Risod, Tq. Risod, District – Washim

 Bhavana Pundlikrao Gawali represented the Washim constituency of Maharashtrais in the 14th Lok Sabha of India. A member of the Shiv Sena (SS), she was pitted against ‘Haribhau’ Rathod, the Congress’ colourful candidate. The caste configuration favours Mr. Rathod, but Ms. Gawali, of OBC background, is no pushover.Being aware of the problems of tribals from both Yavatmal and Washim districts, efforts were always taken to solve them, the young leader said. Let it be the problem of deluge in Ralegaon or drinking water scarcity, she has always taken efforts to solve it.

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Women MPs in 15th Lok Sabha: Priya Dutt

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Name: Priya Dutt

Constituency: Mumbai North Central (Maharashtra)

Party: Indian National Congress

Terms in parliament: 14-15th parliament

Age: 42

Contact Information: Sunrise, 24th Road, Off. Link Road,Near National College, Bandra (W), Mumbai – 400 050,Tel :- 26004583, Fax : – 26005823

Priya Dutt is the daughter of the late Bollywood actor and politician Sunil Dutt, and actress and politician Nargis, and sister of Sanjay Dutt. This will be her second term in the lower House, and she has set clear goals for her term.Some of the areas in which she intends to focus are women’s welfare, youth affairs, infrastructure management, peace and communal harmony. A strong supporter of the Women’s Reservation Bill, Ms. Dutt is also an active social worker, having helped with AIDS awareness programs, and is also a Trustee of The Spastic Society of India.

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Women MPs in 15th Lok Sabha: Supriya Sule

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Name: Supriya Sule

Constituency: Baramati (Maharashtra)

Party: Nationalist Congress Party

Terms in parliament: First term

Age: 40

 Contact Information: C/o, Shri Sharad Pawar, 6, Janpath Road, New Delhi 110011
Telephone: 23018870, 23018619, 23792695

 Supriya Sule is the daughter of Sharad Pawar, the President of the Nationalist Congress Party. This first time contestant campaigned from Baramati, a constituency where her father had reined supreme, winning no less than five times since 1984. Clearly, the pressure was on for her to score a hit. And the recent elections were nothing more than a cake walk for her.Despite her background, Supriya has stepped out from behind her father’s shadow; she argues politics is essentially about social & developmental issues. Coming across as new generation political leader, she points out that education; potable water & basic health care are need of the hour. She runs schools for tribals, works for disabled & wants her school children to compete with the best.  

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Women MPs in 15th Lok Sabha: Girija Vyas

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Name: Girija Vyas

Constituency: Chittorgarh (Rajasthan)

Party: Indian National Congress

Terms in parliament: 10-11, 13, 15th parliament

Age: 62

Contact Information: AB-96, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi-110 001
                                       Tels. (011) 3782212, 3381965

 Girija Vyas was the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women.  During her earlier tenure, she was instrumental in introducing an innovative project entitled ‘Chalo Gaon ki Ore’ aimed at comprehensive empowerment of women in the villages.  Under her guidance, the Commission had taken several measures to make its functioning much more effective and contributed to relieving the suffering of women by reviewing criminal laws for women and suggesting amendments to make them more effective, and the Commission had proposed schemes for financial compensation to and rehabilitation of victims of crimes like rape and acid attack.She has said creating awareness among women, particularly the rural women, about their rights is her priority. She has stressed the need for rural women to get involved in the rural employment scheme to become financially independent.

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