Muslim representation in Indian Parliament

From face book of Imtiyaz Jaleel , MP
From face book of Imtiyaz Jaleel , MP

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.

source: http://www.twocircles.net / TwoCircles.net / Home> Elections Update> Indian Muslim > Lead Story / TCN News / May 24th, 2019