BJP's Reena Kashyap only female MLA in newly-elected Himachal Pradesh Assembly

BJP's Reena Kashyap, who won from the Pachhad constituency, is the only female MLA in the newly-elected 68-member Himachal Pradesh Assembly. This comes even as more women voted in the state Assembly elections than men. Kashyap won the seat by defeating Congress candidate Dayal Pyari by 3,857 votes. As many as 24 female candidates contested the state elections.