Thiruvananthapuram, March 21 -- The representation of women among candidates of the Congress party for the Kerala Assembly elections remains as dismal as five years ago, an analysis of the names declared so far showed.

Of the 95 seats that the party is fighting this time, it will have its nominees in 92 seats while it plans to support Independents in the three remaining seats. Of the total 92 names, only nine are women, less than 10%.

In the 2021 Assembly elections, the Congress had fielded 10 women, all of whom lost that election. It was only in 2022 that the party got a woman MLA elected in the form of Uma Thomas through a bye-election in Thrikkakara.

Some of the prominent women names this time include Thomas from Thrikkakara, Shanim...