MUSLIM LEGISLATORS DISPROPROTIONATELY LOW

In the recently concluded provincial elections only 8 out of a total of 589 winners were Muslims. In the outgoing assemblies, there were 20. Five of these 8 won on Congress ticket and one won as independent.

Although Muslims account for 7.03% of the population in the four states of Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, the winning Muslim legislators were only 1.35 percent.

Congress had fielded the most number (29) of Muslim candidates.