According to the State election commission:
Madhu Bai Kinnar won the municipal election in Raigarh in the central state of Chhattisgarh on Sunday,beating her rival from Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) by more than 4,500 votes.
Videos Footage showed the 35 year old Kinnar draped in a saree,folding her hands and greeting supporters who placed marigold garlands around her neck amid a blaze of camera flashes.
Kinnar a member of the Dalit caste previously known as "untouchables" had been earning a living by singing and dancing on trains,the press trust of India reported,but she stopped,when asked to represent her community.
Kinnar win comes nine months after India top court ruled that transgender be legally recognized as gender neutral.
Often known as ""hijras"" in South Asia,transgender are classified as people who have had sex changes operations or who regard themselves as the opposite of their born gender.
They often live on the extreme fringes of India culturally conservative society,sometimes falling into prostitution and begging.
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