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Male-dominated political leadership in Malaysia hinders women from taking the forefront in politics.

A total of 31 female candidates out of the 127 who contested parliamentary seats in the GE15 have secured the people's mandate.

Apart from solving issues in their respective constituencies, these women candidates also intend to make their voices heard in Parliament.

Political party leaders should not undermine women candidates contesting in the GE15, BN candidate for Pendang Datuk Suraya Yaacob said.

It is disappointing as leaders of major political parties had promised on Oct 2 to field women candidates in 30 pct of the contested seats.

Pas will be fielding two women candidates to contest for parliamentary seats in Kelantan in the GE15.

Padang Besar UMNO division has proposed for Menteri Besar of Perlis to be appointed from among women candidates.

Wanita UMNO will develop a database system, dubbed Wanita CV Bank, to be used by the party leadership in selecting candidates for elections.

Fifteen out of the 37 women candidates in the Johor state election won the seats they contested in while all seven women fielded by Pejuang and PKR lost.

Barisan Nasional's (BN) decision to field many new faces in the Johor state election is expected to pull in more votes for the coalition, said UMNO vice-president Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid.

Syed Saddiq said the matter was still being discussed at the MUDA level and would be announced to the media as early as next week.

The 12th Sarawak State Election, which began today with the nomination process, saw 45 of the total of 349 candidates being women.

PAS needs to give the opportunity for more women candidates to contest in the 15th General Election (GE15), said PAS Muslimat deputy chief Dr Rosni Adam.

"I will ensure that this quota is filled and women candidates be given strategic seats to win."

The snap election saw a total of 43 women candidates, 29 of whom lost their deposits.

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