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{{Short description|Constituency of the Telangana legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Charminar
| map_image = Legislative Assembly constituencies of Telangana (66-Charminar highlighted).png
| map_caption = Location of Charminar Assembly constituency within Telangana
| type = SLA
| state = [[Telangana]]
| district = [[Hyderabad district, India|Hyderabad]]
| division =
| loksabha_cons = [[Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency|Hyderabad]]
| constituency_no = 66
| established = 1967
| reservation = None 
| abolished =
| mla = [[Mir Zulfeqar Ali]]
| incumbent_image =
| party = [[All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|AIMIM]]
| latest_election_year = [[2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
| electors = 1,96,116
}}

'''Charminar Assembly constituency''' is a constituency of [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/telangana-polls-aimim-hyderabad-asaduddin-owais-9041785/|title=Telangana polls: In AIMIM’s Old Hyderabad fortress, Owaisis sit pretty despite hiccups}}</ref> It is one of 15 constituencies in the capital city of [[Hyderabad, Telangana|Hyderabad]]. It is part of [[Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency]].

[[Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri|Syed Pasha Quadri]] won the assembly election from Charminar in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.outlookindia.com/news/article/bjp-condemns-mim-mlas-remarks-on-gandhis-statue/787425|title = BJP Condemns MIM MLA's Remarks on Gandhi's Statue|website =outlookindia.com|access-date = 2016-03-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.outlookindia.com/news/article/complaint-against-mim-mla-for-remarks-on-gandhis-statue/787381|title = Complaint Against MIM MLA for Remarks on Gandhi's Statue|website =outlookindia.com|access-date = 2016-03-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/is-mim-mla-pasha-quadri-next-in-line/article4330933.ece|title = Is MIM MLA Pasha Quadri next in line?|date = 2013-01-22|newspaper = The Hindu|language = en-IN|issn = 0971-751X|access-date = 2016-03-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Case-against-MIM-MLA-Pasha-Quadri/articleshow/18097015.cms|title = Case against MIM MLA Pasha Quadri - Times of India|website = The Times of India|access-date = 2016-03-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/K-Chandrashekar-Rao/articleshow/36503218.cms|title = Telangana CM, K Chandrashekar Rao, a Hindi speaking CM in south India - Times of India|website = The Times of India|access-date = 2016-03-26}}</ref>

==Extent of the constituency==
The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following neighbourhoods:
{{srn}}
{|class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
!Neighbourhood
|-
| '''[[Charminar]]'''
|-
| [[Shah Ali Banda]]
|-
| [[Purana pul]]
|-
| [[Laad Bazaar]]
|-
| [[Moghalpura]]
|-
| [[Khilwat]]
|-
| [[Chaderghat]] (part)
|-
| [[Lal Darwaza]] (part)
|-
|}

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Election
! Member
! colspan="2" | Political party
|-
! colspan=4| [[United Andhra Pradesh]]
|-
| [[1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| [[Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi]]
| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)|rowspan=5}}
|-
| [[1972 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
| [[Syed Hassan (politician)|Syed Hassan]]
|-
| [[1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1978]]
|! rowspan=2|Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi
|-
| [[1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1983]]
|-
| [[1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
| Mohd. Mukkarramuddin
|-
| [[1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1989]]
| [[Mohammed Vizarat Rasool Khan| Vizarat Rasool Khan]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|rowspan=5}}
|-
| [[1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1994]]
|! rowspan=2|[[Asaduddin Owaisi]]
|-
| [[1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1999]]
|-
| [[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2004]]
|! rowspan=2|[[Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri]]
|-
| [[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2009]]
|-
! colspan=4| [[Telangana]]
|-
| [[2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2014]]
|[[Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|rowspan=3}}
|-
| [[2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
|[[Mumtaz Ahmed Khan (Telangana politician)|Mumtaz Ahmed Khan]]
|-
| [[2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
|[[Mir Zulfeqar Ali]]
|}

== Election results==
===2023===
{{Election box begin | title= [[2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election]]: Charminar}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Mir Zulfeqar Ali]]
|party = All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
|votes = 53903
|percentage = 52.05
|change = -1.31
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Megha Rani Agarwal
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 23,750
|percentage = 23.76
|change = +2.72
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Mohammed Mujeebullah Shareef
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 10,899
|percentage = 11.11
|change = -5.65
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Mohammad Salahuddin Lodhi
|party = Bharat Rashtra Samithi
|votes = 8,874
|percentage = 9.05
|change = +2.88
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]
|party = None of the above
|votes = 837
|percentage = 0.85
|change = +0.24
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 30,153
|percentage = 28.29
|change = -4.03
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 98,103
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
|loser = BJP
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2018 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election]]: Charminar}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
| candidate = [[Mumtaz Ahmed Khan (Telangana politician)|Mumtaz Ahmed Khan]]<ref>[http://www.indiavotes.com/ac/details/61/42788/266 Charminar 2018 results]</ref>
| votes = 53,808
| percentage = 53.36
| change = -3.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| candidate = T Uma Mahendra
| votes = 21,222
| percentage = 21.04
| change = new
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = [[Mohammed Ghouse]]
| votes = 16,899
| percentage = 16.76
| change = +11.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bharat Rashtra Samithi
| candidate = Mohammad Salahuddin Lodhi
| votes = 6,223
| percentage = 6.17
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = None of the above
| candidate = [[None of the Above]]
| votes = 614
| percentage = 0.61
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 32,586
| percentage = 32.32
| change = -0.7
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 1,00,849
| percentage = 50.32
| change = -5.9
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2014 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election]]: Charminar}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
| candidate = Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri<ref>[http://www.indiavotes.com/ac/details/61/34793/239 Charminar 2014 results]</ref>
| votes = 62,941
| percentage = 57.6
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Telugu Desam Party
| candidate = M A Basith
| votes = 26,326
| percentage = 24.1
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Telangana Rashtra Samithi
| candidate = MirInayat Ali Qaudri
| votes = 8,272
| percentage = 7.6
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 36,615
| percentage = 33.2
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 1,10,212
| percentage = 56.2
| change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
| swing = +2.97
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Charminar]]
* [[List of constituencies of Telangana Legislative Assembly]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Assembly constituencies of Telangana}}
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Telangana]]
[[Category:Hyderabad district, India]]
[[Category:Politics of Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1967]]
[[Category:1967 establishments in Andhra Pradesh]]

Charminar Assembly constituency - Revision history

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