Minority MLA strength in Jharkhand Assembly more than doubles

The strength of minority MLAs in the Jharkhand Assembly has more than doubled since the last time when two minority MLAs were elected to the House.

The five minority MLAs who have been newly elected this time are Akil Akhtar,Haji Hussain Ansari,Nizamuddin Ansari,Sarfraz Ahmed and Manna Malik.

Akil Akhtar of the JMM defeated Jharkhand Assembly Speaker Alamgir Alam of the Congress from Pakur seat by 5676 votes.

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The second minority MLA in the new House is Hussain Ansari of the JMM who defeated Shiv Dutt Sharma of JVM(P)by 20,468 votes in the Madhupur assembly seat.

Nizamuddin Ansari of the JVM(P) is the third minority MLA who defeated Raj Kumar Yadav of the CPI(ML-L) by 4973 votes from the Dhanwar seat to get elected to the House.

By defeating sitting JMM MLA Salkhan Murmu by 8455 votes from the Gandey seat Sarfraz Ahmed of Congress became the fourth minority MLA to be elected to the Jharkhand Assembly.

Mannan Malik of Congress is the fifth and last minority MLA elected to the House. Malik defeated Rajkumar Singh of the BJP by just 890 votes from the Dhanbad seat.

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In the last Assembly the two minority MLAs were Alamgir Alam and Izrail Ansari.

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