30, not 28, Muslims have won this Lok Sabha election

By TwoCircles.net News Desk,

New Delhi: The number of Muslim candidates who have been elected to the new Lok Sabha is now 30. According to the final result of successful Lok Sabha candidates, 30 among 543 members are Muslims.

In the early reports after the counting of votes, only 28 Muslims were shown winner. While Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Kaisar Jahan, who won Sitapur Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh, was missing in early lists, the name of the newly elected Trinamool Congress candidate Kabir Suman seems to have confused many. Suman, a convert and practicing Muslim, has won Jadavpur Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal. He got 5,40,667 votes and defeated CPM’s Sujan Chakraborty by about 60 thousand votes.

Kabir Suman, a Kolkata-based modern Bengali singer-songwriter, guitarist, poet, journalist, TV presenter and occasional film actor, converted to Islam in 2000. Before being Kabir Suman, he was Suman Chattopadhaya. Jadavpur University graduate in English Literature as the major subject, Kabir Suman is married to Sabina Yasmin. His album of protest songs "Nandigram" in response to atrocities committed on the residents of the village is his latest work.

Against the 14th Lok Sabha which had 39 Muslim Members, this Lok Sabha will have 30. As for the representation of the Muslim community in the Lok Sabha is concerned, this is a far less number given the fact that the community (150 million) counts about 15% of the total population.


Partywise distribution of Muslim MPs in 15th Lok Sabha

Indian National Congress --- 11

National Conference --- 4

Bahujan Samaj Party --- 4

Trinamool Congress --- 3

Muslim League --- 2

Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen --- 1

Assam United Democratic Front --- 1

Janata Dal United --- 1

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam --- 1

Communist Party of Marxist --- 1

Bharatiya Janata Party --- 1

Full list of successful Muslim Lok Sabha candidates

Sr No State Constituency MuslimCandidate Party
1

Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad Asaduddin Owaisi All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen
2

Assam

Dhubri Badruddin Ajmal Assam United Democratic Front
3

Assam

Barpeta Ismail Hussain Indian National Congress
4

Bihar

Kishanganj Mohammad Asrarul Haque Indian National Congress
5

Bihar

Begusarai Dr. Monazir Hassan Janata Dal (United)
6

Bihar

Bhagalpur Syed Shahnawaz Hussain Bharatiya Janata Party
7

Jammu & Kashmir

Baramulla Sharief Ud Din Shariq Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
8

Jammu & Kashmir

Srinagar

Farooq Abdullah Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
9

Jammu & Kashmir

Anantnag

Mirza Mehboob Beg Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
10

Jammu & Kashmir

Ladakh

Hassan Khan Independent
11

Kerala

Malappuram E. Ahamed Muslim League Kerala State Committee
12

Kerala

Ponnani

E.T. Muhammed Basheer Muslim League Kerala State Committee
13 Kerala

Wayanad

M.I. Shanavas

Indian National Congress
14

Tamil Nadu

Vellore Abdulrahman Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
15 Tamil Nadu

Theni

Aaron Rashid.J.M Indian National Congress
16

Uttar Pradesh

Kairana Tabassum Begum Bahujan Samaj Party
17

Uttar Pradesh

Muzaffarnagar

Kadir Rana Bahujan Samaj Party
18

Uttar Pradesh

Moradabad

Mohammed Azharuddin Indian National Congress
19

Uttar Pradesh

Sambhal

Dr. Shafiqur Rahman Barq Bahujan Samaj Party
20

Uttar Pradesh

Kheri

Zafar Ali Naqvi Indian National Congress
21

Uttar Pradesh

Farrukhabad

Salman Khursheed Indian National Congress
22

Uttar Pradesh

Sitapur Kaisar Jahan Bahujan Samaj Party
23

West Bengal

Maldaha Uttar Mausam Noor Indian National Congress
24

West Bengal

Maldaha Dakshin

Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury Indian National Congress
25

West Bengal

Murshidabad

Abdul Mannan Hossain Indian National Congress
26

West Bengal

Basirhat

Sk. Nurul Islam All India Trinamool Congress
27

West Bengal

Uluberia

Sultan Ahmed All India Trinamool Congress
28

West Bengal

Burdwan - Durgapur

Sk. Saidul Haque Communist Party of India (Marxist)
29

West Bengal

Jadavpur KABIR SUMAN All India Trinamool Congress
30

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Lakshadweep Muhammed Hamdulla Sayeed

A.B

Indian National Congress

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Against the 14th Lok Sabha

Against the 14th Lok Sabha which had 39 Muslim Members, this Lok Sabha will have 30. As for the representation of the Muslim community in the Lok Sabha is concerned, this is a far less number given the fact that the community (150 million) counts about 15% of the total population.

3freester

BJP : Karmon ka phal !

BJP/RSS thru their utterances and behavior, have damaged the mental and behavioral character of the Indian nation’s psyche; just to win elections and grab power). This is a great dis-service to India., and by extension to Hinduism.

The bad behavior of children that we see at home, the ragging at schools and colleges, the violence at home and on the roads and in all spheres of public life; the crimes, rape, murder and killings that we see around… all these were legitimized by the BJP in the garb of Hindutva. In the name of Hindutva., they turned our talented young boys into rapists and murderers. The Law and Order machinery completely crippled when this was drilled into their minds : “Police tumhare saath hai” (Police are with you). The dream to establish an equitable society was thus rendered apart., due to manufactured hatred for the “other” (religious minorities). This is a huge cost. This is a huge loss.

Modi, O' Modi; Mitron, O' Mitron from BJP / RSS : Vinaashkaale Viprit Buddhi (When doom is inevitable - one loses the sense of reason). Hate Canteen fail ho gayaa hai rey... Budiya-Gudiya-O'bama.. ki chatpati baaten kar ke yeh Bhaand (saand) BJP ko le dooba rey !

Summary : This was not just an election. Taking the short-cut of Hindutva, BJP was trying to subvert the Constitution of India, attacking its very foundations; trying to replace Gandhi with Savarkar. Indian electorate saw thru the game and routed BJP and its hate-canteen out.

True Muslim should be given responsibility

Dr.Shafiquer Rehman Barq is a true muslim and being 4th time parliamentarion, he should be given some Muslim development responcibility such as Madarsa education etc.
K M Rafi, 9873717806

Shahnawaz Hussain

I fully agree with the post above that Shahnawaz Hussain cannot be counted as a Muslim and should not have been included in the list above. He is a traitor to the Muslim community.

I agree with your comments

I agree with your comments stating that Shahnawaz shall not be counted as Muslim for his anti-muslim attitude.

He is not a muslim, and should be not included in the list.

Thank You,
Misbahuddin

out of 30 we hv deserve at

out of 30 we hv deserve at list 12 berth in cabinet my be deserving candidate are 1.Asaduddin Owaisi 2.Badruddin Ajmal 3.Mohammad Asrarul Haque 4.Farooq Abdullah 5.E. Ahamed 6.Abdulrahman 7.Aaron Rashid.J.M 8.Mohammed Azharuddin 9. Salman Khursheed 10. Sultan Ahmed 11. Muhammed Hamdulla Sayeed A.B 12.Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury

Muslim MPs

Shahnawaz Hussain of BJP should not be considered under muslim candidate or representative of Indian muslims. He along with Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi are just muslim MUKHOTA for BJP. Both should be declared non-muslims like Ahmediayas.

Kabir Suman says that he is

Kabir Suman says that he is agnostic. Can we count him? I have reservations.

Bro, we are not to judge

Bro,

we are not to judge and this is between him and God alone. As long as he says that he has converted to Islam, we cannot say otherwise.

What about Rani Narah from Assam ?

What about Rani Narah who have being elected from Assam as an congress ?

Nice work

Again, TCN gives us the authentic figure. 30. Had no idea about Kabir Suman. Thanks for the comprehensive coverage during the elections.

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