Chaudhary Munawwar Hasan


Chaudhary Munawwar Hasan was an MP and Bahujan Samaj Party political activist.

Personal life

Munawwar was born in a Chauhan Gujjar family and married to Begum Tabassum Hasan and had one son and one daughter.

Political life

Munawwar was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1996 on a Samajwadi Party ticket. He was again elected on a Samajwadi Party ticket from Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh in 2004, but rebelled at the time of 22 July trust vote. He was expelled by the Samajwadi Party, which also filed a petition seeking his disqualification from the House. The petition was pending with the Lok Sabha Speaker. He later joined the Bahujan Samaj Party.

Death

He was killed in a road accident near Palwal in the state of Haryana.

Positions held

Elections contested

YearElection TypeConstituencyResultVote percentageOpposition CandidateOpposition PartyOpposition vote percentageRef
1991MLAkairana42.34%Hukum SinghINC27.80%
1993MLAkairana37.94%Hukum SinghINC32.16%
1996MPKairana32.75%Udai Veer SinghBJP30.97%
1998MPKairana31.50%Virendra VermaBJP40.13%
1999MPKairana19.39%Amir Alam KhanRLD29.82%
2004MPMuzaffarnagar35.51%Amarpal SinghBJP27.51%