Asaduddin Owaisi wins Hyderabad seat for fifth time

All India MajliseIttehadul 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 338 lakh votes reported the PTIAsaduddin Owaisi secured 661981 votes while BJPs Madhavi Latha got 323894 votesAsaduddin Owaisi has been winning the seat since 2004 He had defeated J Bhagavanth Rao of the BJP by over 282 lakh votes in 2019 according to the PTIThe 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 1984At 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 PTIA total of 78 Muslims were in the fray in the Lok Sabha elections this year15 Muslim candidates including TMCs Yusuf Pathan leadingMeanwhile Congress candidate Imran Masood from Saharanpur is leading by over 80000 votes while Iqra Choudhary a 29yearold candidate from Kairana is also leading by over 60000Afzal 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 PTIIn Ladakh independent candidate Mohammad Haneefa Jan has secured a comfortable lead of 28673 votes while another independent candidate from Baramulla Abdul Rashid Sheikh is leading by nearly 2 lakh votesIn Uttar Pradesh Mohibbullah from Rampur was leading by over 80000 votes and Zia Ur Rehman from Sambhal was leading by over 13 lakh votesIn AnantnagRajouri Mian Altaf Ahmad from the Jammu amp Kashmir National Conference JampKNC is leading by over 25 lakh votes against former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti according to the PTIFrom Srinagar JampKNC candidate Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi is leading by over 18 lakh votesAnother unexpected result is unfolding in West Bengals Baharampur seat where TMC candidate and firsttime contender Yusuf Pathan is leading against Congress leader in the outgoing Lok Sabha and sixtime MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury by 29781 votes the news agency reportedwith PTI inputs