Women to become mayors in Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode and Kollam

Thiruvananthapuram:The State Election Commission has issued a notification reserving the top posts of three Corporations and 30 municipalities for woman, here on Tuesday. The mayor posts were granted to women in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam and Kozhikode corporations . In Kochi and Thrissur women will hold the post of deputy mayor. The municipalities in which the chairperson post has been reserved for women are Attingal and Nedumangad in Thiruvananthapuram district; Punalur in Kollam district; Thiruvalla in Pathanamthitta district; Alappuzha, Chengannur, Cherthala and Kayamkulam in Alappuzha district; Changanassery and Vaikkom in Kottayam district; North Paravur in Ernakulam district; Iringalakuda, Kodungallur and Chavvakad in Thrissur district; Ottapalam in Palakkad district; Perintalmanna, Ponnani, Tirur and Kottakkal in Malappuram district; Koyilandi and Vatakara in Kozhikode district; Kannur, Koothuparamba, Payyannur, Taliparamba and Thalassery in Kannur district; and Kanhangad and Neeleswaram in Kasaragod district.

The chairperson post has been reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes in Paravur in Kollam district, Chittur-Thathamangalam in Palakkad district.

In the remaining 29 municipalities, the Deputy Chairperson post has been reserved for women.






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