24 Muslim candidates elected to 18th Lok Sabha

New Delhi: 24 Muslim candidates have won Lok Sabha seats across the country. There are 5 each from Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, three from Jammu and Kashmir and Kerala and one each from other states. The candidates have won with a good margin.

A total of 78 Muslim candidates contested for the 18th Lok Sabha elections.

Here is the list of elected candidates:

Uttar Pradesh:

· Congress candidate Imram Masood won from Saharanpur by a margin of 64,542 votes

· Iqra Choudhary, a 29-year-old Samajwadi Party candidate from Kairana, secured victory over BJP Pradeep Kumar by 69,116 votes.

· Samajwadi Party's Mohibbullah won the Rampur seat by securing 4,81,503 votes

· Samajwadi Party Zia Ur Rehman won in Sambhal by a margin of 1.2 lakh votes

· Samajwadi Party Afzal Ansari won in Ghazipur by a margin of 124861 votes

West Bengal:

· Indian cricketer Yusuf Pathan won against senior Congress leader and six time Lok Sabha MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in Baharampur seat by a margin of 85,000 votes

· Khalilur Rahaman from Trinamul Congress in Jangir won with a margin of 116637 votes

· Abu Taher Khan from Trinamul Congress in Murshidabad won with a margin of 164215 votes

· S K Nurul Islam from Trinamul Congress in Bashirat won with a margin of 333547 votes

· Sajda Ahmed from Trinamul Congress in Uluberia won with a margin of 218673 votes

Bihar

Mohammed Jawed from Indian Nation Congress in Kishanganj, won with a margin of 59692 votes

Tariq Awar from Indian National Congress in Katihar, won with a margin of 49863 votes

Madhya Pradesh:

· Afzal Ansari, the incumbent MP from Ghazipur, won the seat by bagging 5.3 lakh votes

Hyderabad:

· AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi retained his Hyderabad seat by a margin of 3,38,087 votes over his nearest rival BJP's Madhavi Latha Kompella.

Ladakh:

· In Ladakh, Independent candidate Mohammad Haneefa secured a victory by a margin of 27,862 votes

Jammu and Kashmir:

· Independent candidate Abdul Rashid Sheikh won Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla seat by bagging 4.7 lakh votes.

· Mian Altaf Ahmad of the National Conference won in Jammu and Kahsmir's Anantnag-Rajouri seat by 2,81,794 votes against former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti

· In Srinagar NC candidate Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi secured 3,56,866 votes.

Assam

· Rakibul Hussain from Dhubri of the Indian National Congress won with a margin of 1012476 votes

Kerala

· Shafi Parambil from Vadakara of Indian Nation Congress won with a margin of 114506 votes

· E T Mohammed Basheer from Malapurram of Indian Union Muslim League won with a margin of 300118 votes

· Dr M P Adus Samad Samadani from Ponnani of Indian Union Muslim League won with a margin of 235760 votes.

Lakshawadeep

Muhammed Hamdullah Sayeed from Indian National Congress won with a margin of 2647 votes.

Tamil Nadu

K Navaskani from Ramanthapuram from Indian Union Muslim League won with a margin of 166782 votes