Jharkhand assembly election returns 5 Muslim MLAs

By TCN News

Ranchi: Jharkhand elections again produced a hung assembly with JMM and RJD emerging key player. Congress-JVM(P) alliance is turned out to be the largest alliance followed by BJP-JD (U) alliance.

This result bring the tally of Muslim MLA in assembly to 5 which is a huge improvment from 2 Muslim MLAs in the last assembly. Improved representation of Muslims is due due to multi-corner contest in most of the seats. Out of 5 MLAs, two each won on Indian National Congress tickets and Shibu Soren’s Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and one was Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) candidate.

In Gandey, Sarfraz Ahmad of Indian National Congress defeated Salkhan Soren of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha by margin of 8000 votes. Salkhan Soren name was proposed by JMM as compromise Chief Ministrial candidate before President’s rule was imposed in January 2009.

Aquil Akhtar of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha became victorious defeating senior Congress leader Alamghir Alam in Pakhur. Alamghir Alam was Speaker of Jharkhand Assembly.

In Dhanbad, the Coal Capital of India, Congress president of Dhanbad district unit Mannan Mallick defeated Raj Kumar Sinha of BJP.

In Dhanwar, Nizamuddin Ansari of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) defeated Raj Kumar Yadav of CPI-ML by margin of around 5000 votes. Ansari, a mass leader who contested last election on JMM ticket before joining JVM (P) in November 2009

Hussain Ansari, a seasoned politician, earlier had won from the seat in 2000 and 1995 sealed victory in Madhupur. In a multico rner fight, Ansari contesting on JMM ticket defeated Shiv Dutt Sharma of JVM (P) by margin of more then 20,000 votes.

Among Muslim runner ups, in Rajmahal seat Md Tajuddin of JMM lost to Arun Mandal of BJP by margin of 10,403 votes.

In Jamtara, Furkan Ansari of Congress lost to Ishnu Prasad Bhaiya of JMM by 13,000 votes

Ramgarh sent Chandra Prakash Choudhary of All Jharkhand Student Union defeating Shahzada Anwar of Congress.

In Tundi, Saba Ahmad of JVM(P) lost to Mathura Prasad Mahato of JMM by margin of less than 900 votes.

In the industrial town of Bokaro, Md. Izrail Ansari of Congress lost to former minister Samresh Singh of JVM (P).

Jharkhand has 13.84% Muslim population.