AIMIM wins 5 seats in Bihar Assembly election
The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has won five seats in the Bihar Assembly election. The party's state president, Akhtarul Imam, won from Amour constituency defeating JD(U) candidate Saba Zafar
By Sumit Jha Published on 10 Nov 2020 12:43 PM GMT
Hyderabad: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has won five seats in the Bihar Assembly election. The party's state president, Akhtarul Imam, won from Amour constituency defeating JD(U) candidate Saba Zafar by more than 25,000 votes. Akhtarul Imam secured 51,925 votes.
Muhammed Izhar Asfi from Kochadhamam constituency defeated JD(U)'s Mujahid Alam by more than 25,000 votes and secured 52,380 votes. Meanwhile, Shahnawaz Alam, the AIMIM candidate from Jokihat constituency, won by around 7,000 votes. He defeated Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate Sarfraz Alam and secured 59,092 votes.
AIMIM candidate from Baisi constituency, Syed Ruknuddin, defeated BJP's Vinod Kumar by more than 3,000 votes and secured 50,673 votes. The party's candidate from Bahadurganj constituency, Azhar Nayeemi, defeated Lakhan Lal Pandit by more than 15,000 votes. AIMIM had contested 20 seats in the Bihar election.
Celebrations broke out at party office in Hyderabad and at the residence of AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi. He said, "Bihar is one of the most backward states and people there were disappointed with the MLAs there, now we will try to live up to the expectations.
Exit polls show BJP-led NDA ahead while the fight between NDA and Mahagathbandhan is neck to neck. The non-conventional parties in Bihar are performing better than the traditional parties. The Left parties which have contested 29 seats are leading in 19. CPI-M candidates Satyendra Yadav from Manjhi and Ajay Kumar from Bibhutipur have won. In 2015, CPI-M had not won even a single seat.
