UP elects 6 Muslim Lok Sabha MPs compared to nil in 2014 polls

SP Muslim candidates, who tasted electoral success, included Mohd Azam Khan (Rampur), S T Hasan (Moradabad) and Shafiqur Rehman Barq (Sambhal)

Uttar Pradesh, where Muslims account for nearly 20% of the state’s population of over 200 million, has elected 6 Members of Parliament (MP) from the minority community in the recently concluded 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

In the 2014 general elections, not even a single Muslim candidate could register a win at hustings, although more than 40 candidates were given tickets by prominent political parties including Congress, Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) from different constituencies in the state, which elects the maximum number of 80 Lok Sabha members. In 2009 polls, 7 Muslim candidates had won from UP.

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