Ferozepur Jhirka Vidhan Sabha Constituency Election Result 2019 in Haryana: Mamman Khan of Congress Wins MLA Seat in Assembly Polls

The Ferozepur Jhirka Vidhan Sabha Constituency falls in the Mewat district of Haryana. Mamman Khan of the Congress won the seat in Haryana Assembly Elections 2019. The results of Haryana Vidhan Sabha polls were declared on Thursday, October 24. Khan defeated Naseem Ahmed of the BJP by 37004 votes. The Ferozepur Jhirka area is dominated by Meo Muslims and Yadhuvanshi Ahirs. It was earlier in the Gurgaon district but was later moved to the Mewat district. Voting in Ferozepur Jhirka for Haryana Assembly Elections 2019 took place on October 21.

Naseem Ahmed, earlier with the INLD, had won the 2014 Haryana Assembly Elections on the Ferozepur Jhirka seat, defeating then Independent candidate Mamman Khan. Ahmed was a two-time MLA from the seat. The INLD in the 2019 polls fielded Ayyub Khan. Haryana Assembly Elections Results 2019 Winners List: Names of Winning Candidates of BJP, Congress, INLD, JJP.

The Haryana elections came just months after BJP's massive victory in the Lok Sabha Elections 2019. The BJP witnessed a clean sweep in Haryana in the recently held Parliamentary polls. However, the party could not maintain the same in Vidhan Sabha polls, which ended in a Hung House.

Meanwhile, Assembly elections also took place simultaneously in Maharashtra. Voting for both Haryana and Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha polls took place on October 21. The results for elections in both states were announced on October 24.

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