Yusuf Pathan, Asaduddin Owaisi, and Iqra Choudhary are among the 24 Muslim MPs who made it to the Parliament after the results of the Lok Sabha were announced on Tuesday. A total of 78 Muslims contested the polls including Indpendents in this elections, as compared to 115 Muslim candidates that contested in 2019.
Cricketer-turned-politician Yusuf Pathan, who succeeded in his political debut, contested on a Trinamool Congress ticket from West Bengal’s Berhampur taking down Congress’s Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary. In Uttar Pradesh, Imran Masood from Congress won the Saharanpur seat with a huge margin of 64,542 votes.
In Kairana, Samajwadi Party’s Iqra Choudhary — one of the youngest parliamentarians — defeated BJP’s Pradeep Kumar by 69,116 votes.
Down south, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi retained his Hyderabad stronghold defeating Bharatiya Janata Party firebrand leader Madhavi Latha by a wide margin of 3,38,087 votes. In Ladakh, Independent candidate Mohammad Haneefa registered his victory defeating Congress’s Jamyang Tsring Namgyal.
Here is the full list of Muslims MPs who won in the Lok Sabha elections 2024.
Congress
Dhubri: RAKIBUL HUSSAIN
Kishanganj: MOHAMMAD JAWED
Katihar: TARIQ ANWAR
Vadakara(3): SHAFI PARAMBIL
Saharanpur(1): IMRAN MASOOD
Maldaha Dakshin(8): ISHA KHAN CHOUDHURY
Lakshadweep(1): MUHAMMED HAMDULLAH SAYEED
Samajwadi Party
Kairana(2): IQRA CHOUDHARY
Rampur(7): MOHIBBULLAH
Sambhal(8): ZIA UR REHMAN
Ghazipur(75): AFZAL ANSARI
TMC
Jangipur(9): KHALILUR RAHAMAN
Baharampur(10): PATHAN YUSUF
Murshidabad(11): ABU TAHER KHAN
Basirhat(18): SK NURUL ISLAM
Uluberia(26): SAJDA AHMED
IUML
Malappuram(6): E.T. MOHAMMED BASHEER
Ponnani(7): DR. M.P ABDUSSAMAD SAMADANI
Ramanathapuram (35): NAVASKANI K
AIMIM
Hyderabad(9): ASADUDDIN OWAISI
Ind
Baramulla(1): ABDUL RASHID SHEIKH
Ladakh(1) MOHMAD HANEEFA
NC
Srinagar(2): AGA SYED RUHULLAH MEHDI
Anantnag-Rajouri(3): MIAN ALTAF AHMAD