All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen also AIMIM or MIM ( English meaning: All India Council of United Muslims ), ( , Pronounced: Kul Hind Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen ) is a right-wing Muslim political party in India. The Hyderabad is the stronghold of AIMIM. It has retained Hyderabad Lok Sabha parliament seat in 2009 election. The seat has been held by the AIMIM since 1984. In the year 2004 Lok Sabha elections AIMIM received 132,807 votes (74,6%) in the Charminar area (one of seven assembly constituencies in the Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency). 1984-2004 the MP of AIMIM was party president Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi, but ahead of the 2004 elections Owaisi stepped down in favour of his son Barrister Asaduddin Owaisi.

In the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections of 2009 AIMIM had fielded eight candidates, out of whom seven got elected.

In the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections of 2004 AIMIM had fielded seven candidates, out of whom four got elected.AIMIM is a continuation of the Razakar Movement in Hyderabad State.in the current Hyderabad Municipality election of 2009 AIMIM has obtained 43 seats (out of 150) in the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad.

History

The party has roots back to the days of the princely State of Hyderabad. It was founded and shaped by Nawab Mahmood Nawaz Khan Qiledar Golconda of Hyderabad State by the advice of Nawab Mir Osman Ali Khan the Nizam of Hyderabad and in the presence of Ulma-e-Mashaeqeen in 1927...
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