Chaudhary Mohammad Ilyas
चौधरी मुहम्मद इलियास
Official portrait, 2019
Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 October 2019
Constituency	Punhana
Cabinet Minister, Government of Haryana
In office 21 March 1991 – 11 May 1996
Ministry and Departments	Power 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
Constituency	Punhana
Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
In office 9 March 2000 – 8 March 2005
Constituency	Ferozepur Jhirka
Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
In office 9 July 1991 – 10 May 1996
Constituency	Nuh
Personal details
Born	(1954-04-01) April 1, 1954 Punhana, Punjab, India (present-day Haryana, India)
Political party	Indian National Congress (rejoined April 2019)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (till 2000), Indian National Lok Dal (2000 - 2018), Jannayak Janta Party (2018 - 2019)
Relations	Chaudhary Sardar Khan (uncle), Chaudhary Habib Ur Rehman (brother)
Parent	Chaudhary Rahim Khan (father)
Alma mater	Jamia Millia Islamia

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

Early life

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 (Vidhan Sabha constituency). His father served as minister twice in Government of Haryana.

Political career

He was initially elected from the Nuh (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and worked as Irrigation And Power minister from Indian National Congress during that time (1991–1996). Then from Ferozepur Jhirka (Vidhan Sabha 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 (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (2009–2014) (2019-2024).^[1][2][3]

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

Personal

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 (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (2005–2009). His uncle, Chaudhary Sardar Khan, was elected Member of the Legislative Assembly from Nuh (Vidhan Sabha 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

Electoral performance

Legislative Assembly Elections

2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Punahana^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chaudhary Mohammad Ilyas	35,092	28.76%	17.72
	Independent	Rahish Khan	34,276	28.09%	New
	BJP	Nauksham Chaudhary	21,421	17.56%	4.11
	JJP	Iqbal	17,327	14.20%	New
	INLD	Subhan Khan	10,809	8.86%	17.99
	Independent	Azmat	734	0.60%	New
	Independent	Prahlad	702	0.58%	New
	NOTA	Nota	611	0.50%	New
Margin of victory			816	0.67%	2.04
Turnout			1,22,014	70.77%	5.77
Registered electors			1,72,398		13.77
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	0.80

2014 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Punahana^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rahish Khan	34,281	29.56%	New
	INLD	Chaudhary Mohammad Ilyas	31,140	26.85%	3.63
	BJP	Iqbal	25,135	21.67%	20.64
	INC	Subhan Khan	12,809	11.04%	3.19
	BSP	Dayawati	10,096	8.70%	11.21
Margin of victory			3,141	2.71%	0.60
Turnout			1,15,987	76.54%	3.70
Registered electors			1,51,538		35.85
	Independent gain from INLD		Swing	6.34

2009 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Punahana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INLD	Chaudhary Mohammad Ilyas	18,865	23.22%	New
	BSP	Dayawati	16,177	19.91%	New
	Independent	Iqbal	11,664	14.36%	New
	INC	Akhtar Hussain	11,564	14.23%	New
	Independent	Rahish Khan	9,774	12.03%	New
	Independent	Mohd. Aizaz	6,665	8.20%	New
	Independent	Sahab Khan	2,611	3.21%	New
	BJP	Tayyub	836	1.03%	New
	Braj Vikas Party	Nasru Alias Kutar	766	0.94%	New
	HJC(BL)	Safi Mohammad	433	0.53%	New
Margin of victory			2,688	3.31%
Turnout			81,252	72.84%
Registered electors			1,11,551
	INLD win (new seat)

2005 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Ferozepur Jhirka^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Azad Mohammad	33,372	32.45%	2.08
	Independent	Shakrulla Khan	31,649	30.78%	New
	INLD	Chaudhary Mohammad Ilyas	23,182	22.54%	27.78
	Independent	Dayawati	8,544	8.31%	New
	BJP	Bhani Ram	3,228	3.14%	New
	Independent	Haneef	1,251	1.22%	New
	Independent	Rujdar	538	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			1,723	1.68%	18.28
Turnout			1,02,836	69.57%	0.04
Registered electors			1,47,823		16.91
	INC gain from INLD		Swing	17.87

2000 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Ferozepur Jhirka

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INLD	Chaudhary Mohammad Ilyas	44,288	50.32%	New
	INC	Shakrulla Khan	26,728	30.37%	10.41
	BSP	Rakesh Kumar	14,924	16.96%	11.34
	HVP	Abdul Razak	1,142	1.30%	25.65
	Independent	Haneef	479	0.54%	New
	Independent	Mamta	446	0.51%	New
Margin of victory			17,560	19.95%	16.63
Turnout			88,007	70.41%	6.01
Registered electors			1,26,441		1.17
	INLD gain from Samata Party		Swing	20.06

1996 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Nuh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIIC(T)	Chaudhary Khurshid Ahmed	20,401	30.36%	New
	Samata Party	Hamid Hussain	12,274	18.27%	New
	Independent	Mohd. Azaz	8,301	12.35%	New
	Independent	Chaudhary Mohammad Ilyas	7,379	10.98%	New
	HVP	Habib Ur Rehman	6,602	9.83%	10.06
	INC	Din Mohd	4,293	6.39%	22.08
	SP	Mahboob	1,734	2.58%	New
	Independent	Subhan Khan	1,546	2.30%	New
	Independent	Godhu Ram	1,088	1.62%	New
	BSP	Samsudin	525	0.78%	New
	Independent	Anwar Hussain	408	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			8,127	12.09%	5.10
Turnout			67,195	63.28%	0.04
Registered electors			1,11,351		10.68
	AIIC(T) gain from INC		Swing	1.89

1991 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Nuh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chaudhary Mohammad Ilyas	17,274	28.47%	New
	Independent	Hamid Hussain	13,031	21.48%	New
	HVP	Chaudhary Sardar Khan	12,062	19.88%	New
	Independent	Din Mohmad Mewati	9,715	16.01%	New
	BJP	Bashir Ahmed	4,755	7.84%	New
	JP	Daud	2,842	4.68%	New
	Independent	Hem Chand Saini	369	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			4,243	6.99%
Turnout			60,669	62.27%
Registered electors			1,00,610
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

1989 Haryana Legislative Assembly by-election : Nuh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hassan Mohd.	32,729		New
	INC	Chaudhary Mohammad Ilyas	14,206
	Independent	Hamid Hussain	8,939		New
	Independent	B. Lal	985		New
	Independent	P.C.Premi	523		New
	Independent gain from LKD		Swing

1987 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Nuh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LKD	Chaudhary Khurshid Ahmed	43,743	69.10%	New
	INC	Chaudhary Mohammad Ilyas	15,773	24.92%	New
	Independent	Sabir Ahmad	1,242	1.96%	New
	Independent	Amranand Saraswat	841	1.33%	New
	Independent	Istayak	643	1.02%	New
	Independent	Duli Chand	434	0.69%	New
Margin of victory			27,970	44.18%
Turnout			63,306	69.96%
Registered electors			91,586
	LKD gain from INC		Swing

See also

• Chaudhary Rahim Khan
• Habib Ur Rehman
• Punahana Assembly constituency

References