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Abstract: Women occupy half of the population in India, and women need to participate equally with men in all sphere of activities. It is quiet evident that women in politics are not in adequate number, compared to other field of work or profession. Recently, passed Women's Reservation Bill in the Parliament will enable women to get into politics and prove themselves. At the local self-government due to the reservation women got the chance to prove their capability in the public sphere and responsibly utilities their political power. In this era of transition of overcoming age old gender bias against women, which limited women to get into certain field in general and politics in particular. Despite, the issues faced by women this is high time to involve women in powerful positions. Unless women are prepared to occupy their positions in the policy making as the elected representatives of the people, the purpose may not be served. Hence, there is a need to know political interest among women representatives and challenges they come across in course of engaging themselves in their capacity in utilising their power. This paper, attempts to study political interest and knowledge of women in politics at local level and challenges faced by elected women representatives at Mangalore city corporation. The paper also comes out with few suggestions , to enhance the quality of participation of women in politics as people's representatives.