Chaudhary Mohammad Ilyas

Chaudhary Mohammad Ilyas (born 1 April 1954) is an Indian Politician who is a current member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from the Punahana constituency in Nuh district of Haryana. He has been elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly four times and has served as a Minister twice in the Government of Haryana.

Chaudhary
Mohammad Ilyas
Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
28 October 2019
ConstituencyPunhana
Minister of Power,
Government of Haryana
In office
21 March 1991 – 11 May 1996
Additional Ministry and Departments
  • Irrigation
Minister of State,
Government of Haryana
In office
3 March 2000 – 5 March 2005
Ministry and Departments
  • Animal Husbandry
  • Fisheries
  • Dairy Development
  • Waqf Board
Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
In office
28 October 2009 – 20 October 2014
ConstituencyPunhana
Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
In office
9 March 2000 – 8 March 2005
ConstituencyFerozepur Jhirka
Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
In office
9 July 1991 – 10 May 1996
ConstituencyNuh
Personal details
Born (1954-04-01) April 1, 1954 (age 70)
Punhana, Punjab, India
(present-day Haryana, India)
Political partyIndian National Congress (rejoined April 2019)
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress (till 2000), Indian National Lok Dal (2000 - 2018), Jannayak Janta Party (2018 - 2019)
RelationsChaudhary Sardar Khan (uncle), Chaudhary Habib Ur Rehman (brother)
ParentChaudhary Rahim Khan (father)
Alma materJamia Millia Islamia

Early life edit

Mohammad Ilyas was born to Chaudhary Rahim Khan on 1 April 1954. He has three brothers and four sisters. His father was elected a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Faridabad constituency in 1984 till his death on 18 December 1987. His father was also elected as Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly three times, Firstly in 1967 and secondly 1972 and in last elected in 1982 from Nuh constituency. His father served as minister twice in Government of Haryana.

Political career edit

He was initially elected from the Nuh constituency and worked as Power Minister from Indian National Congress during that time (1991–1996). Then from Ferozepur Jhirka constituency and worked as Minister of State for Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Dairy Development and Waqf Board during that time (2000–2005). He was then elected twice as a Member of Legislative Assembly from Punahana constituency (2009–2014) (2019-2024).[1][2][3]

He also contested an election for parliamentary seat of the Faridabad constituency in 2004 and lost the election to Avtar Singh Bhadana with a margin of 1,51,929 votes.[4]

Personal edit

He is a member of the Rahim Khan Clan, one of the most prominent political families in the Mewat region. His brother, Chaudhary Habib Ur Rehman, was elected a Member of the Legislative Assembly from Nuh constituency (2005–2009). His uncle, Chaudhary Sardar Khan, was elected Member of the Legislative Assembly from Nuh constituency and worked as Deputy Home Minister in the Government of Haryana (1977–1982).

He is married to Anwari Begum and has 6 children.[2] He did Bachelor of Arts from Jamia Millia Islamia.

Positions held edit

Legislative Assembly Terms edit

#FromToPositionParty
1.19911996Member of Legislative Assembly from Nuh (1st term)INC
2.20002005Member of Legislative Assembly from Ferozeopur Jhirka (2nd term)INLD
3.20092014Member of Legislative Assembly from Punhana (3rd term)INLD
4.20192024Member of Legislative Assembly from Punhana (4th term)INC

Haryana Government edit

  • Minister of Irrigation and Power from 1991 to 1996.
  • Minister of State for Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Dairy Development, and Waqf Board from 2000 to 2005

Other Notable Positions edit

Electoral performance edit

Legislative Assembly Elections edit

2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Punahana[5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCChaudhary Mohammad Ilyas 35,092 28.76% 17.72
IndependentRahish Khan34,27628.09%New
BJPNauksham Chaudhary21,42117.56% 4.11
JJPIqbal17,32714.20%New
INLDSubhan Khan10,8098.86% 17.99
IndependentAzmat7340.60%New
IndependentPrahlad7020.58%New
NOTANota6110.50%New
Margin of victory8160.67% 2.04
Turnout1,22,01470.77% 5.77
Registered electors1,72,398 13.77
INC gain from IndependentSwing 0.80
2014 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Punahana[6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
IndependentRahish Khan 34,281 29.56% New
INLDChaudhary Mohammad Ilyas31,14026.85% 3.63
BJPIqbal25,13521.67% 20.64
INCSubhan Khan12,80911.04% 3.19
BSPDayawati10,0968.70% 11.21
Margin of victory3,1412.71% 0.60
Turnout1,15,98776.54% 3.70
Registered electors1,51,538 35.85
Independent gain from INLDSwing 6.34
2009 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Punahana
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INLDChaudhary Mohammad Ilyas 18,865 23.22% New
BSPDayawati16,17719.91%New
IndependentIqbal11,66414.36%New
INCAkhtar Hussain11,56414.23%New
IndependentRahish Khan9,77412.03%New
IndependentMohd. Aizaz6,6658.20%New
IndependentSahab Khan2,6113.21%New
BJPTayyub8361.03%New
Braj Vikas PartyNasru Alias Kutar7660.94%New
HJC(BL)Safi Mohammad4330.53%New
Margin of victory2,6883.31%
Turnout81,25272.84%
Registered electors1,11,551
INLD win (new seat)
2005 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Ferozepur Jhirka[7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCAzad Mohammad 33,372 32.45% 2.08
IndependentShakrulla Khan31,64930.78%New
INLDChaudhary Mohammad Ilyas23,18222.54% 27.78
IndependentDayawati8,5448.31%New
BJPBhani Ram3,2283.14%New
IndependentHaneef1,2511.22%New
IndependentRujdar5380.52%New
Margin of victory1,7231.68% 18.28
Turnout1,02,83669.57% 0.04
Registered electors1,47,823 16.91
INC gain from INLDSwing 17.87
2000 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Ferozepur Jhirka
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INLDChaudhary Mohammad Ilyas 44,288 50.32% New
INCShakrulla Khan26,72830.37% 10.41
BSPRakesh Kumar14,92416.96% 11.34
HVPAbdul Razak1,1421.30% 25.65
IndependentHaneef4790.54%New
IndependentMamta4460.51%New
Margin of victory17,56019.95% 16.63
Turnout88,00770.41% 6.01
Registered electors1,26,441 1.17
INLD gain from Samata PartySwing 20.06
1996 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Nuh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIIC(T)Chaudhary Khurshid Ahmed 20,401 30.36% New
Samata PartyHamid Hussain12,27418.27%New
IndependentMohd. Azaz8,30112.35%New
IndependentChaudhary Mohammad Ilyas7,37910.98%New
HVPHabib Ur Rehman6,6029.83% 10.06
INCDin Mohd4,2936.39% 22.08
SPMahboob1,7342.58%New
IndependentSubhan Khan1,5462.30%New
IndependentGodhu Ram1,0881.62%New
BSPSamsudin5250.78%New
IndependentAnwar Hussain4080.61%New
Margin of victory8,12712.09% 5.10
Turnout67,19563.28% 0.04
Registered electors1,11,351 10.68
AIIC(T) gain from INCSwing 1.89
1991 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Nuh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCChaudhary Mohammad Ilyas 17,274 28.47% New
IndependentHamid Hussain13,03121.48%New
HVPChaudhary Sardar Khan12,06219.88%New
IndependentDin Mohmad Mewati9,71516.01%New
BJPBashir Ahmed4,7557.84%New
JPDaud2,8424.68%New
IndependentHem Chand Saini3690.61%New
Margin of victory4,2436.99%
Turnout60,66962.27%
Registered electors1,00,610
INC gain from IndependentSwing
1989 Haryana Legislative Assembly by-election : Nuh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
IndependentHassan Mohd. 32,729 New
INCChaudhary Mohammad Ilyas14,206
IndependentHamid Hussain8,939New
IndependentB. Lal985New
IndependentP.C.Premi523New
Independent gain from LKDSwing
1987 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Nuh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LKDChaudhary Khurshid Ahmed 43,743 69.10% New
INCChaudhary Mohammad Ilyas15,77324.92%New
IndependentSabir Ahmad1,2421.96%New
IndependentAmranand Saraswat8411.33%New
IndependentIstayak6431.02%New
IndependentDuli Chand4340.69%New
Margin of victory27,97044.18%
Turnout63,30669.96%
Registered electors91,586
LKD gain from INCSwing

Lok Sabha Election edit

2004 Indian general elections: Faridabad
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCAvtar Singh Bhadana 357,284 42.2 New
INLDChaudhary Mohammad Ilyas2,05,35524.3New
BJPRamchander Bainda1,71,71420.3
BSPHaji Abdul Malik71,4598.4
Haryana Vikas PartyDevender Bhadana13,0421.5
Majority1,51,92917.9New
Turnout8,44,71856.6642.2
INC holdSwing

See also edit

References edit

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