AIMIM MLA Majid Hussain. (File Photo)
Hyderabad: In the recently concluded Telangana assembly elections, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) candidates secured victory in seven seats. One of the seven AIMIM MLA-elects found a place in the list of the top 10 youngest winning candidates in the state.
In the list, seven are from Congress, two from BRS, and one from AIMIM.
According to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), the youngest AIMIM MLA-elect is Mohammed Majid Hussain, who won the Nampally assembly seat and is currently 43 years old.
Among Congress candidates, the youngest MLA-elect is Yashaswini Mamidala from Jangaon’s Palakurthi, aged 26. In BRS, the youngest MLA-elect is Lasya Nanditha Sayanna, who won the Secunderabad Cantonment seat at the age of 36.
Here is the list of the top 10 youngest MLA-elects in Telangana.
| MLA-elect name (Party) | Constituency | District | Age (in years) |
| Yashaswini Mamidala (Congress) | Palakurthi | Jangaon | 26 |
| Mynampally Rohith (Congress) | Medak | Medak | 26 |
| Chittem Parnika Reddy (Congress) | Narayanpet | Narayanpet | 30 |
| Lasya Nanditha Sayanna (BRS) | Secunderabad Cantt. (SC) | Hyderabad | 36 |
| Vedma Bhojju (Congress) | Khanapur (ST) | Nirmal | 37 |
| Kaushik Reddy Padi (BRS) | Huzurabad | Karimnagar | 38 |
| Adinarayana Jare (Congress) | Aswaraopeta (ST) | Bhadradri Kothagudem | 40 |
| Kunduru Jayaveer (Congress) | Nagarjuna Sagar | Nalgonda | 41 |
| Anirudh Reddy Janampalli (Congress) | Jadcherla | Mahabubnagar | 42 |
| Mohammed Majid Hussain (AIMIM) | Nampally | Hyderabad | 43 |
AIMIM managed to keep its hold on seven MLA seats, narrowly avoiding the loss of two. The party’s vote share in its traditional stronghold has also decreased.
The party candidates secured victory in two constituencies by a slim margin, while comfortably retaining five other segments.
While the party faced a tough fight in Nampally, it retained the Yakutpura seat by only 878 votes.
This post was last modified on December 7, 2023 11:12 am