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Sofia Firdous of Congress, becomes first ever Muslim woman MLA in Odisha

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Cuttack, ODISHA :

Following her victory from the Cuttack seat, Congress candidate Sofia Firdous has become the first Muslim woman MLA in the history of Odisha since Independence.

Sofia Firdous won the Barabati-Cuttack seat with a margin of 8001 after a neck-to-neck contest with BJP’s Purna Chandra Mahapatra. Firdous replaced her father and sitting MLA Mohammed Moquim from the seat.

In the Lok Sabha elections across the country, at least 15 Muslim candidates successfully secured seats in the lower house. The list includes TMC nominee and former India cricketer Yusuf Pathan who secured a comfortable victory over Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in the Congress veteran’s Baharampur bastion. ( With Agencies Inputs )

source: http://www.muslimmirror.com / Muslim Mirror / Home> Indian Muslim> Politics> Women / by Muslim Mirror Staff / June 06th, 2024

Uttarakhand Assembly 2022 to have 03 Muslim MLAs

March 14, 2022Community Involvement / Social Issues, LeadersFurkan Ahmed, Furkan Ahmed - MLA - Congress - Uttarakhand, Indian Muslim MLAs, Muslim MLA's of Uttarakhand, Muslim MLAs of India, Muslims MLAs of Uttarakhand, Muslims of India, Muslims of Uttarakhand, Qazi Mohammad Nizamuddin, Qazi Mohammad Nizamuddin - MLA - Congress - Uttarakhand, Sarwat Kareem Ansari, Sarwat Kareem Ansari - BSP - Uttarakhand, Shahzad, Shahzad - BSP MLA - Uttarakhandmpositiveone@gmail.com

UTTARAKHAND :

This is 01 more than the tally of Muslim MLAs in Uttarakhand in 2017 when 02 Muslims had won amidst the BJP Tsunami.

Uttarakhand Election Result 2022:

The newly elected Assembly in Uttarakhand will have 03 Muslim MLAs, according to the final result announced by the State Election Commission Thursday.

This is 01 more than the tally of Muslim MLAs in Uttarakhand in 2017 when 02 Muslims had won amidst the BJP Tsunami.

The ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has retained power in Uttarakhand winning a total of 47 seats – 10 less than its previous tally of 2017.

The opposition Congress has won 19 seats – an improvement of 08 seats as compared to its tally of 11 seats in 2017.

Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has won 02 seats, according to the Uttarakhand Election 2022 Final result.

Among the 03 Muslim candidates who have won the 2022 Uttarakhand election 02 – Shahzad and Sarwat Kareem Ansari, are from BSP and 01 – Furkan Ahmad, is from Congress.

Shahzad of BSP has won the 2022 election from Laksar Assembly seat of Uttarakhand, defeating Sanjay Gupta of BJP by 10,440 votes.

Sarwat Kareem of BSP won the 2022 polls from Manglaur Assembly constituency defeating Qazi Mohammad Nizamuddin of Congress by 598 votes. Qazi Mohammad Mohiuddin had won the Manglaur seat in 2017.

On the other hand, Furkan Ahmad of Congress won the polls from Pirankaliyar assembly seat, defeating Munish Kumar Saini of BJP by 15,743 votes. Furkan Ahmad had won the same seat in the 2017 election.

source: http://www.ummid.com / Ummid.com / Home / by Ummid.com News Network / March 11th, 2022