Fathima Thahiliya Becomes First Woman MLA for IUML After Winning Perambra in 2026 Kerala Elections
Fathima Thahiliya became the first woman legislator of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) after winning the Perambra constituency in the 2026 Kerala Assembly elections. She defeated T. P. Ramakrishnan, a senior CPI(M) leader and LDF convener, in a constituency historically dominated by the Left. Thahiliya received 81,429 votes, compared to Ramakrishnan’s 76,342, according to m.dailyhunt.in. She
Fathima Thahiliya became the first woman MLA of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) after winning the Perambra constituency in the 2026 Kerala Assembly elections. She defeated T. P. Ramakrishnan, a senior CPI(M) leader and LDF convener, in a constituency historically dominated by the Left. Thahiliya received 81,429 votes, compared to 76,342 votes for Ramakrishnan, according to m.dailyhunt.in. Thahiliya is a 34-year-old lawyer and former Kozhikode corporation councillor. The IUML fielded two women candidates in the 2026 Kerala Assembly elections for the first time in its history, and before the 2026 elections, the IUML had never elected a woman to the Kerala Assembly, according to indianexpress.com. The United Democratic Front (UDF) complained to the Election Commission that the LDF ran a communal campaign against Fathima Thahiliya, according to indianexpress.com. In 2016, senior IUML woman leader Khamarunneesa Anwar was denied permission to speak at a public event in Kozhikode, according to onmanorama.com. Thahiliya said she was considering her victory as the victory of the secular mindset of Kerala, according to m.dailyhunt.in.
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