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BJP's victory in UP means only 25 Muslim candidates emerge victorious

BJP's victory in UP means only 25 Muslim candidates emerge victorious

By Twocirles.net Staff Reporter

A landslide victory for the BJP in UP elections has come at a huge cost for Muslims representation in the state assembly, with only 25 Muslim candidates emerging as winners.

In 2012 elections, 68 Muslims had been nominated for the assembly, the highest ever in a state where one-fifth of the population is Muslim. In 2007, this number stood at 56.

While BSP fielded 99 Muslim candidates, the Samajwadi Party fielded 56 Muslim candidates in the election. The BJP did not have a single Muslim candidate in the elections.

Among the winners, 17 are from Samajwadi Party and 6 from BSP and 2 from Congress.

Prominent Muslim winners include Azam Khan of SP from Rampur, who won by a margin of 46842 votes while his son, Abdullah Azam Khan also won from the nearby Suar constituency. Mukhtar Ansari from BSP also won from Mau constituency.

Here is the list of Muslim candidates, their parties and the margin of victory: 


























































































































































































ConstituencyConst. No.Leading CandidateLeading PartyMargin
Amroha41MEHBOOB ALISamajwadi Party15042
Bhinga289MOHAMMAD ASLAMBahujan Samaj Party6090
Bilari30MOHD. FAEEMSamajwadi Party13441
Chamraua35NASEER AHMAD KHANSamajwadi Party34376
Dholana58ASLAM CHOUDHARYBahujan Samaj Party3576
Gopalpur344NAFEES AHMADSamajwadi Party14960
Isauli187ABRAR AHMADSamajwadi Party4241
Kairana8NAHID HASANSamajwadi Party21162
Kanpur Cantt.216SOHIL AKHTAR ANSARIIndian National Congress9364
Kundarki29MOHAMMAD RIZWANSamajwadi Party10821
Lalganj351AZAD ARI MARDANBahujan Samaj Party2227
Matera284YASAR SHAHSamajwadi Party1595
Mau356MUKHTAR ANSHARIBahujan Samaj Party8698
Meerut48RAFIQ ANSARISamajwadi Party28769
Moradabad Rural27HAJI IKRAM QURESHISamajwadi Party28781
Mubarakpur346SHAH ALAM URF GUDDU JAMALIBahujan Samaj Party688
Najibabad17TASLEEM AHMADSamajwadi Party2002
Nizamabad348ALAMBADISamajwadi Party18529
Pratappur257MOHD MUJTABA SIDDQUIBahujan Samaj Party2654
Rampur37MOHAMMAD AZAM KHANSamajwadi Party46842
Saharanpur4MASOOD AKHTARIndian National Congress12324
Sambhal33IQBAL MEHMOODSamajwadi Party18822
Sishamau213HAZI IRFAN SOLANKISamajwadi Party5826
Suar34MOHAMMAD ABDULLAH AZAM KHANSamajwadi Party53096
Thakurdwara26NAVAB JANSamajwadi Party13409