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The results of Bihar Assembly elections are going to be declared today and everyone’s eyes are especially on the Muslim dominated assembly seats. Bihar has about 18 percent Muslim population, hence there should be at least 44 Muslim MLAs. However, since 1951 till now, such a number of Muslim MLAs have never emerged victorious. This time it remains to be seen how many Muslim candidates will be successful in making a place in the assembly.
What is the status of Muslim candidates?
In Bihar Assembly elections, both NDA and Grand Alliance have placed their bets on Muslim candidates. The grand alliance led by Tejashwi Yadav has fielded 30 Muslim candidates, while the NDA led by Nitish Kumar has fielded 5 Muslim candidates. In this way, there is direct competition between Muslim candidates on seats like Araria, Jokihat, Bahadurganj and Amour.
| assembly seat | Congress | RJD | JDU | LJP | AIMIM | Jan Suraj Party | BJP | BSP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Araria | abidur rehman | , | Shagufta Azeem | , | Mohammad Manzoor Alam | Farhat Ara Begum | , | , |
| jokihat | , | Shahnawaz | Manjar Alam | , | Mohammad Murshid Alam | Sarfaraz Alam | , | , |
| Bahadurganj | Mohammad Masawar Alam | , | , | Mohammad Kalimuddin | Mohammad Tausif Alam | , | , | , |
| amour | Abdul Jalil Mastan | , | Saba Zafar | , | Akhtarul Iman | Afroz | , | , |
| Raghunathpur | , | Osama Shahab | Vikas Kumar alias Jishu Singh | , | , | , | , | , |
| bitter | Shakeel Ahmed Khan | , | Dulalchand Goswami | , | , | , | , | , |
| thorn | , | Mohammad Israel Mansouri | Ajit Kumar | , | , | Sudarshan Mishra | , | , |
| Kishanganj | Kamarul Hoda | , | , | , | Shams Aghaz | , | sweety singh | , |
| Thakurganj | , | Shaud Alam | Gopal Agarwal | , | Ghulam Hasnain | , | , | , |
| boatman | , | Faraz Fatmi | , | , | Mohammad Anisur Rahman | , | Murari Mohan Jha | , |
| Chainpur | , | Brijkishore Bind | deposit mine | , | , | , | , | Dheeraj Kumar |
History of Muslim representation in Bihar
The history of Muslim representation in Bihar has been full of ups and downs. In the 1985 elections, the maximum number of 34 Muslim MLAs were elected, but at that time elections were held on a total of 324 seats in United Bihar. In contrast, in 2005, only 16 Muslim MLAs could win.
A total of 19 Muslim MLAs were elected in the 2020 elections of 243 seats in Bihar, which included 8 from RJD, 4 from Congress, 5 from AIMIM, 1 from CPI(ML) and 1 from BSP.
If we look at history, in the first assembly elections of 1951-52, 24 Muslims became MLAs. After this, 25 MLAs were elected in 1957, 21 in 1962, 18 in 1967, 19 in 1969, 25 each in 1972 and 1977, 28 in 1980 and 34 in 1985.
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