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SYED MOHAMMED

TS Waqf Board elections - Member of Bar Council elected by drawing of lots

The hotly contested Telangana State Waqf Board (TSWB) polls saw Syed Akbar Nizamuddin Hussaini and Abul Fateh Syed Bandagi Badeshah Quadri emerging as winners.

The electoral college comprised 475 voters under the Mutawalli and Managing Committee Member Category. Of this as many as 264 votes were polled, another 36 were declared as invalid.

Unlike in the past, when there were only two candidates, this year, as many as seven candidates were in the fray, of which five were first time contenders.

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