Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency remained an invincible fortress of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen as the party chief Asaduddin Owaisi retained the seat with a record margin of over 3.38 lakh votes.Owaisi defeated his nearest rival Kompella Madhavi Latha of BJP by 3,38,087 votes to record his fifth consecutive victory.
It was projected by many as a close contest but it turned out to be a one-sided fight. Owaisi polled 6,61,981 votes while Madhavi Latha secured 3,23,894 votes.
Mohammed Waliullah Sameer of Congress party finished a poor third with 62,962 votes. Gaddam Srinivas Yadav of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) polled 18,641 votes.
Owaisi’s victory margin is the highest-ever in this constituency, which has been electing AIMIM candidates since 1984.Owaisi had won the seat in 2019 by a margin of 2,82,187 votes against Bhagvanth Rao of BJP. In 2014, the margin of his victory was 2.02 lakh votes against the same rival.
This time, the constituency drew national attention with many national media houses projecting that Madhavi Latha, an entrepreneur and classical dancer, will wrest the seat from Owaisi.Union Home Minister Amit Shah had also campaigned in the constituency in support of the BJP candidate. Another central minister Anurag Singh Thakur had also held a roadshow in the constituency.
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