With the ruling Congress falling short of majority in the 90-member Haryana assembly, it was women who saved the day for them and helped reach 40-figure mark, with seven of them registering wins.
Haryana ministers Kiran Choudhry and Savitri Jindal retained their Tosham and Hisar assembly segments by posting emphatic wins.
Among other women from Congress to win the polls were Sumita Singh(Karnal), Shankutala(Kalanaur-SC), Geeta Bhukkal (Jhajjar-SC), Anita Yadav(Ateli) and Sharda Rathore (Ballabgarh) out of 12 women who got party nominations.
The other women to win the polls were debutants Kavita Jain of the BJP (Sonepat) and Saroj of INLD (Narnaund).
As many as 67 women had contested the October 13 assembly polls, which was the second highest number in state's electoral history so far.
Thirteen women candidates also ended up being first runner-up in the polls. They are Charanjit Kaur of SAD (Ambala City), Congress' Kailasho Saini (Ladwa), Meena Mandal (Nilokheri-SC), Shakuntala Bhagwaria (Bawal-SC), Harsh Kumar (Hathin), INLD's Bimla Kadian (Panipat Rural), Seema Devi (Uklana-SC), Sheela Bhayan (Barwala), Kanta Devi (Jhajjar-SC), BJP's Santosh Yadav (Ateli) and Seema Trikha (Badhkal), BSP's Dayawati (Punhana) and former Chief Minister Bhajan Lal's wife
and HJC-BL candidate Jasma Devi (Nalwa).
In 2005 assembly polls, 11 women candidates of the Congress were among 13 to register win.
