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:
| Constituency | Const. No. | Leading Candidate | Leading Party | Margin |
| Amroha | 41 | MEHBOOB ALI | Samajwadi Party | 15042 |
| Bhinga | 289 | MOHAMMAD ASLAM | Bahujan Samaj Party | 6090 |
| Bilari | 30 | MOHD. FAEEM | Samajwadi Party | 13441 |
| Chamraua | 35 | NASEER AHMAD KHAN | Samajwadi Party | 34376 |
| Dholana | 58 | ASLAM CHOUDHARY | Bahujan Samaj Party | 3576 |
| Gopalpur | 344 | NAFEES AHMAD | Samajwadi Party | 14960 |
| Isauli | 187 | ABRAR AHMAD | Samajwadi Party | 4241 |
| Kairana | 8 | NAHID HASAN | Samajwadi Party | 21162 |
| Kanpur Cantt. | 216 | SOHIL AKHTAR ANSARI | Indian National Congress | 9364 |
| Kundarki | 29 | MOHAMMAD RIZWAN | Samajwadi Party | 10821 |
| Lalganj | 351 | AZAD ARI MARDAN | Bahujan Samaj Party | 2227 |
| Matera | 284 | YASAR SHAH | Samajwadi Party | 1595 |
| Mau | 356 | MUKHTAR ANSHARI | Bahujan Samaj Party | 8698 |
| Meerut | 48 | RAFIQ ANSARI | Samajwadi Party | 28769 |
| Moradabad Rural | 27 | HAJI IKRAM QURESHI | Samajwadi Party | 28781 |
| Mubarakpur | 346 | SHAH ALAM URF GUDDU JAMALI | Bahujan Samaj Party | 688 |
| Najibabad | 17 | TASLEEM AHMAD | Samajwadi Party | 2002 |
| Nizamabad | 348 | ALAMBADI | Samajwadi Party | 18529 |
| Pratappur | 257 | MOHD MUJTABA SIDDQUI | Bahujan Samaj Party | 2654 |
| Rampur | 37 | MOHAMMAD AZAM KHAN | Samajwadi Party | 46842 |
| Saharanpur | 4 | MASOOD AKHTAR | Indian National Congress | 12324 |
| Sambhal | 33 | IQBAL MEHMOOD | Samajwadi Party | 18822 |
| Sishamau | 213 | HAZI IRFAN SOLANKI | Samajwadi Party | 5826 |
| Suar | 34 | MOHAMMAD ABDULLAH AZAM KHAN | Samajwadi Party | 53096 |
| Thakurdwara | 26 | NAVAB JAN | Samajwadi Party | 13409 |