Clout succeeds where vote failed

A fair and lovely one who contested the recent mini-poll in an area where a kingdom once flourished had suffered defeat. However, a leading politico had intervened to offer her a ‘list seat’ to the chagrin of the other candidates including a woman candidate who made legitimate claims to the slots on the list, they say. 

The fair and lovely one who got nominated to the local body through the list edging out the only female qualified to represent her gender in the body according to the new law, is said to be an intimate of a close relative of the powerful politician.