04 June,2024 08:18 PM IST | Hyderabad | mid-day online correspondent
Asaduddin Owaisi. File Pic
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday won the Hyderabad constituency for the fifth consecutive time in Lok Sabha elections 2024, defeating his nearest rival K Madhavi Latha of BJP by a margin of over 3.38 lakh votes, reported the PTI.
Asaduddin Owaisi secured 6,61,981 votes, while BJP's Madhavi Latha got 3,23,894 votes.
Asaduddin Owaisi has been winning the seat since 2004. He had defeated J Bhagavanth Rao of the BJP by over 2.82 lakh votes in 2019, according to the PTI.
The Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat has been traditionally a stronghold of the AIMIM, which has maintained a firm grip on the constituency, with a substantial population of Muslims, since 1984.
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At least 15 Muslim Lok Sabha elections 2024 candidates are leading in various constituencies across the country, including the TMC candidate from Berhampore, Yusuf Pathan who has maintained a comfortable lead against Congress veteran Adhir Ranjan Choudhary, reported the PTI.
A total of 78 Muslims were in the fray in the Lok Sabha elections this year.
15 Muslim candidates, including TMC's Yusuf Pathan, leading
Meanwhile, Congress candidate Imran Masood from Saharanpur is leading by over 80,000 votes while Iqra Choudhary, a 29-year-old candidate from Kairana is also leading by over 60,000.
Afzal Ansari, incumbent MP from Ghazipur, is also leading in his seat by over 1 lakh votes while AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi is leading by over 3 lakh votes in Hyderabad where he is also the incumbent MP, as per the PTI.
In Ladakh, independent candidate Mohammad Haneefa Jan has secured a comfortable lead of 28,673 votes while another independent candidate from Baramulla Abdul Rashid Sheikh is leading by nearly 2 lakh votes.
In Uttar Pradesh, Mohibbullah from Rampur was leading by over 80,000 votes, and Zia Ur Rehman from Sambhal was leading by over 1.3 lakh votes.
In Anantnag-Rajouri, Mian Altaf Ahmad from the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (J&KNC) is leading by over 2.5 lakh votes against former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, according to the PTI.
From Srinagar, J&KNC candidate Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi is leading by over 1.8 lakh votes.
Another unexpected result is unfolding in West Bengal's Baharampur seat, where TMC candidate and first-time contender Yusuf Pathan is leading against Congress' leader in the outgoing Lok Sabha and six-time MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury by 29,781 votes, the news agency reported.
(with PTI inputs)
