A total of 78 Muslims were in the fray in this year’s Lok Sabha elections, a significant drop from the last polls when 115 Muslim candidates were fielded by various parties.
Let’s take a look at the Muslim candidates who won the 2024 Lok Sabha elections
Uttar Pradesh: Congress candidate from Saharanpur – Imran Masood won with a margin of 64,542 votes.
Uttar Pradesh: Afzal Ansari, the incumbent MP from Ghazipur, won the seat by polling 5.3 lakh votes.
Uttar Pradesh: SP’s Mohibbullah won the Rampur seat by securing 4,81,503 votes. Party candidate Iqra Choudhary defeated BJP’s Pradeep Kumar by 69,116 votes in Kairana. Zia Ur Rehman of SP party won from Sambhal with a margin of 1.2 lakh votes.
Telangana: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi retained his Hyderabad seat with a margin of 3,38,087 votes over his rival Madhavi Latha Kompella of the BJP.
Jammu and Kashmir: In Srinagar, NC candidate Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi secured 3,56,866 votes.
Jammu and Kashmir: Independent candidate Abdul Rashid Sheikh won the Baramulla seat by polling 4.7 lakh votes. National Conference’s Mian Altaf Ahmad won the Anantnag-Rajouri seat by 2,81,794 votes against former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti.
Ladakh: Independent candidate Mohammad Haneefa won with a margin of 27,862 votes.
West Bengal: First-time candidate Yusuf Pathan defeated Congress Lok Sabha leader and six-time MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury by 85,022 votes in Baharampur seat.
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