Mohammad Ilyas (politician)

Chaudhary
Mohammad Ilyas
Chaudhary Mohammad Ilyas
Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 28 October 2019
Preceded by	Rahish Khan
Constituency	Punahana
Minister of State for Power, ; Government of Haryana
	In office; 21 March 1991 – 11 May 1996
Additional Ministry and Departments	Irrigation;
Minister of State for Animal Husbandry, ; Government of Haryana
	In office; 3 March 2000 – 5 March 2005
Ministry and Departments	Fisheries; Dairy Development; Waqf Board;
Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
	In office; 28 October 2009 – 20 October 2014
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Rahish Khan
Constituency	Punahana
Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
	In office; 9 March 2000 – 8 March 2005
Preceded by	Azad Mohammad
Succeeded by	Azad Mohammad
Constituency	Ferozepur Jhirka
Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
	In office; 9 July 1991 – 10 May 1996
Preceded by	Hassan Mohammad
Succeeded by	Khurshid Ahmed
Constituency	Nuh
Personal details
Born	1 April 1954 (age 70); Punhana, Punjab, India; (present-day Haryana, India)
Political party	Indian National Congress; (2019 - present); (1989 - 1996)
Other political; affiliations	Lokdal (1987 - 1989), Indian National Lok Dal (2000 - 2018), Jannayak Janta Party (2018 - 2019)
Relations	Rahim Khan family
Parent	Chaudhary Rahim Khan (father)
Alma mater	Jamia Millia Islamia

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 the Nuh district of Haryana.^[1]

He has been elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly five times and has served as a Minister of State twice in the Government of Haryana.^[1]

He re-contested and won the 2024 Haryana Legislative Assembly election under the Indian National Congress with a margin of 31,916 votes.^[1]

Early life

Mohammad Ilyas was born to Chaudhary Rahim Khan in the village of Sultanpur-Punahana 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. His uncle, Chaudhary Sardar Khan, served as the Minister of State for Home Affairs of Haryana.

His younger brother, Habib Ur Rehman, has served as an independent Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from the Nuh constituency.

Political career

Mohammad Ilyas is a member of the Rahim Khan political dynasty of Haryana, which has immense influence in the Nuh district (Mewat region) of Haryana. Ilyas is a senior leader and the longest serving legislator from the region.

He first entered electoral politics in 1987, after the death of his father, contesting from the Nuh constituency under the banner of the Lok Dal (LKD), though he was unsuccessful. In a 1989 by-election, he ran as a candidate for the Indian National Congress but was again defeated. His first electoral victory came in 1991, where he served as the Minister of State for Power and Irrigation under the Bhajan Lal's Congress government.

In 1996, running as an independent, he again faced defeat. Ilyas achieved a significant win in 2000, securing the Ferozepur Jhirka seat as a candidate of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), where he served as the Minister of State for Animal Husbandry under Om Prakash Chautala's fifth ministry.

However, he was defeated in the 2005 election before winning the Punahana seat in 2009. After another loss in 2014, Ilyas made a successful comeback in 2019, once again winning under the Indian National Congress.^[2]^[3]^[4] 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.^[5]

In the 2024 Haryana Legislative Assembly election, Ilyas retained his seat and won the from the Punahana constituency with a victory margin of 31,916 votes.^[1]

Personal life

He is married to Anwari Begum and has three sons, Noorul Hassan and Javed Khan, Yaqoom Khan and three daughters.^[3] He has Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from Jamia Millia Islamia.^[3]

Positions held

Legislative Assembly Terms

#	From	To	Position	Party
1.	1991	1996	Member of Legislative Assembly from Nuh (1st term)	INC
2.	2000	2005	Member of Legislative Assembly from Ferozeopur Jhirka (2nd term)	INLD
3.	2009	2014	Member of Legislative Assembly from Punhana (3rd term)	INLD
4.	2019	2024	Member of Legislative Assembly from Punhana (4th term)	INC
5.	2024	Incumbent	Member of Legislative Assembly from Punhana (5th term)	INC

Haryana Government

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

Other Notable Positions

State Vice-President of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) in Haryana from 2006 to 2008.

Electoral performance

Legislative Assembly Elections

Year		Constituency Name	Result	Votes gained	Vote share	Margin
1987	LKD	Nuh	Lost	15,773	24.92%	27,970
1989 (by-election)	INC		Lost	14,206	15.28%	18,523
1991	INC		Won	17,274	28.47%	4,243
1996	IND		Lost	7,379	10.98%	13,022
2000	INLD	Ferozepur Jhirka	Won	44,288	50.32%	17,560
2005		Ferozepur Jhirka	Lost	33,372	32.45%	1,723
2009		Punahana	Won	18,865	23.22%	2,688
2014			Lost	31,140	29.56%	3,141
2019	INC		Won	35,092	28.76%	816
2024	INC		Won	85,300	58.31%	31,916

2004 Lok Sabha Election

2004 Indian general elections: Faridabad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Avtar Singh Bhadana	357,284	42.2	New
	INLD	Mohammad Ilyas	2,05,355	24.3	New
	BJP	Ramchander Bainda	1,71,714	20.3
	BSP	Haji Abdul Malik	71,459	8.4
	Haryana Vikas Party	Devender Bhadana	13,042	1.5
Majority			1,51,929	17.9	New
Turnout			8,44,718	56.66	42.2
	INC hold		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Punahana, Haryana Assembly Election Results 2024 Highlights: INC's Mohammad Ilyas with 84739 defeats Independent candidate Rahish Khan". India Today. 8 October 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
^ "Mohammad Ilyas(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- PUNHANA(MEWAT) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "MLA details". haryanaassembly.gov.in. 17 July 2018. Archived from the original on 23 April 2020.
^ "Punahana Election Result 2019 LIVE: Punahana MLA Election Result & Vote Share - Oneindia". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
^ "Faridabad Lok Sabha Election Result - Parliamentary Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 20 September 2023.

[:0-1] "Punahana, Haryana Assembly Election Results 2024 Highlights: INC's Mohammad Ilyas with 84739 defeats Independent candidate Rahish Khan". India Today. 8 October 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.

[2] "Mohammad Ilyas(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- PUNHANA(MEWAT) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

[MLA-3] "MLA details". haryanaassembly.gov.in. 17 July 2018. Archived from the original on 23 April 2020.

[4] "Punahana Election Result 2019 LIVE: Punahana MLA Election Result & Vote Share - Oneindia". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

[5] "Faridabad Lok Sabha Election Result - Parliamentary Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 20 September 2023.

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