The Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen has retained all seven seats that it had won in 2009 elections.
The MIM retained Chandrayangutta, Charminar, Karwan, Malakpet, Bahadurpura, Nampally and Yakutpura Assembly seats. MIM candidate Ahmed Bin Abdullah Balala won from the Malakpet Assembly constituency by defeating his nearest rival B Venkat Reddy of BJP with a margin of more than 24,000 votes. Similarly, Maozam Khan won from Bahadurpura constituency with a majority of over 95,000 votes. Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri has retained the Charminar seat for the third consecutive term and won the elections with a margin of more than 36,610 votes.
Akbaruddin Owaisi retained the Chandrayangutta Assembly constituency for the fourth consecutive term. He defeated his nearest rival Dr Khayam Khan by a margin of 53,700 votes. Mumtaz Ahmed Khan too has registered a comfortable victory from Yakutpura Assembly constituency. He won the seat with a margin of about 38,000 votes.
Yakutpura was considered one of the toughest seats to be retained by the MIM during the campaign. MBT’s Majeedullah Khan Farhat has given a tough contest and there were speculations of MIM losing the seat. However, Mumtaz Khan retained the seat for the fifth consecutive term.
Another important Assembly seat, Nampally, has been won by the MIM with a comfortable margin of more than 19,000 votes. MIM’s nominee Jaffer Hussain Meraj won the seat by defeating his nearest rival Feroz Khan of Telugu Desam Party.
The party has also retained Karwan Assembly seat. MIM candidate Kausar Mohiuddin won the seat by defeating his nearest rival Baddam Bal Reddy of BJP with a margin of over 18,000 votes.
The MIM candidates stood second in two other important seats of Jubilee Hills and Rajendranagar. (INN)