Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: IUML enters new era as Fathima Thahiliya becomes first woman MLA

Fathima Thahiliya has created past by becoming the archetypal pistillate from the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) to participate the Kerala Assembly. Her triumph successful Perambra against Left Democratic Front (LDF) convener T.P. Ramakrishnan by a borderline of 5,087 votes marks a important milestone—not conscionable for her, but for the enactment arsenic well.

A erstwhile Haritha person and practising lawyer, Ms. Thahiliya is, however, not the archetypal pistillate the IUML has fielded successful the Assembly elections. Earlier, Vanitha League leaders Kamarunnisa Anwar and Noorbina Rasheed were fielded from Kozhikode successful 1996 and 2021 respectively, but some could not win.