Muslim representation in Indian Parliament
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This year again, the number of parliamentarians elected from the Muslim community are 27 as compared to previous Lok Sabha elections when there were only 23 MPS out of the 542 constituencies.
The MPs are from only 11 states across India even though there are more than 40 constituencies that have a sizeable Muslim population estimated to be at least 30%.
The MPs who won this election are:
| SN | Name | State | Party |
| 1 | BADAHRUDDIN AJMAL
| ASSAM
| AIUDF |
| 2 | ABDUL KHALEQUE | INC | |
| 3 | CHOWDHIRY MAHBOOB ALI
| BIHAR
| LJP |
| 4 | DR. MOHAMMED JAVED
| INC | |
| 5 | HUSSAIN MASOODI
| JAMMU &KASHMIR | JKNC |
| 6 | MOHAMMED AKBER LONE
| JKNC | |
| 7 | FAROOQ ABDULLAH
| JKNC | |
| 8 | A M ARIF
| KERALA
| CPI-M |
| 9 | ET MOHAMMAD BASHIR
| IUML | |
| 1- | P.K. KUNHALIKUTTY | IUML | |
| 11 | MOHAMMED FAZAL
| LAKSHADWEEP
| NCP |
| 12 | IMTIYAZ JALEEL
| MAHARASHTRA
| AIMIM |
| 13 | K. NAVAZ KANI | TAMIL NADU | IUML |
| 14 | MOHAMMED SADIQ
| PUNJAB
| INC |
| 15 | ASADUDDIN OWAISI
| TELANGANA
| AIMIM |
| 16 | DANISH ALI
| UTTAR PARDESH | BSP |
| 17 | AFZAL ANSARI
| BSP | |
| 18 | ST HASSAN
| SP | |
| 19 | MOHAMMED AZAM KHAN
| SP | |
| 20 | HAJI FAZRUL RAHMAN
| BSP | |
| 21 | DR SHAFFEQ UR RAHMAN
| SP | |
| 22 | NUSRATH JAHAN ROOHI
| WEST BENGAL | AITC |
| 23 | KHALEEL UR RAHMAN
| AITC | |
| 24 | ABU TAHIR KHAN
| AITC | |
| 25 | SAJJAD AHMED | AITC | |
| 26 | ABU HASEM KHAN CHOWDHURY | INC | |
| 27 | AFRIN ALI | AITC |
Muslim population in India is 14.2% as per the census of 2011 and can be approximated to be at 15.5% as on December 2018 . And as per the population of Muslims the number or parliamentarians to represent them should be at least 65.
But looking at the Muslim MPs from Uttar Pradesh, it is a leap forward as compared to previous LS elections of 2014 when there was not even a single Muslim representative. This time we have 6 of them – 3 from Samajwadi party SP) and 3 from Bahujan Samajwadi party (BSP).
Another area where Muslims are in large numbers from and where Trinamool Congress Party gives tickets to a good number of Muslims is West Bengal. There have been 6 winners as compared to 8 Muslim MPs last time.
Bhartiya Janta Party that has secured majority in Lok Sabha had fielded 6 Muslim candidates – 3 from Kashmir, 1 from Lakshadweep and 2 from West Bengal. But none of them won.
From the Congress Party there are 4 Muslim MPs who made it to the parliament from Assam, Bihar, Punjab and West Bengal.
Bihar that had 4 Muslim MPs last time has only 2 this term.
AIMIM has 2 MPs this time with Asaduddin Owaisi winning once again for the 4th time while Jaleel from Aurangabad won against all odd as his constituency is not Muslim dominated one. But the alliance with Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi helped him get Dalit votes. This is the first time since the inception of the party that there will be two representatives in the parliament from AIMIM which is historic in itself.
Indian Union Muslim League won in three places – 2 in Kerala and 1 in Tamil Nadu. The one in Tamil Nadu – Rramanthapuram is in alliance with DMK.
JK National conference has won in the same three constituencies which were won by PDP in 2014 i.e., Anantnag, Srinagar and Baramulla.
There are no Muslim MPs from either Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi where there are a good number of Muslims residing.
The highest number of Muslim parliamentarians elected were 34 in 2004 when the Congress led UPA had formed the government.