At least 15 Muslim candidates, including TMC's Yusuf Pathan, have won seats in the Lok Sabha elections. Pathan achieved a significant victory over Congress veteran Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. Despite a decrease from the previous election's 115 Muslim candidates to 78, notable wins were recorded.
The high-stakes Lok Sabha elections are set to take place in seven phases starting from April 19. Apart from various factors which determine the result of elections, the selection of candidates holds a significant importance. Let's take a look at Muslim candidates fielded by NDA and I.N.D.I.A bloc.
The tenure of the 17th Lok Sabha is about to end. The 18th Lok Sabha will be constituted in the month of June. Everyone's eyes will be on the representation of Muslims in the 18th Lok Sabha.
UP nagar nikay chunav 2023: Javed Malik, chairman of the BJP's minority cell in west Uttar Pradesh, told media that the strategy of Samajwadi Party (SP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Congress to intimidate Muslims during the elections failed.
This time, while the SP fielded much smaller number of Muslim candidates -- 64 -- primarily in an attempt to shed the tag of its MY (Muslim - Yadav) combination being its core constituency, the BSP fielded 88 Muslims while the Congress fielded another 75.
The list of 29 candidates has nine Muslim and Jat candidates each, indicating a clear shift in strategy of the Opposition alliance to challenge the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena has managed to make inroads in city's two Muslim pockets with the winning candidates calling the saffron party as their true well wisher.
Jaipur: Rajasthan, which has seen a Muslim MP only twice since 1952, will witness as many as 25 such aspirants trying their luck in the two-phase elections starting tomorrow though Congress has nominated just one
New Delhi: The Delhi assembly elections on Dec 4 will see a slight increase in the participation of Muslim candidates from various political parties compared to the 2008 polls. The BSP has fielded the highest
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