Maharashtra: 10 Muslim candidates make it to the Assembly

Mumbai: 10 Muslim candidates have won the election in Maharashtra raising the number of Muslim candidates in the 14th Legislative Assembly to 10 from earlier 9. 9 Muslim MLAs were elected in 2014.

Candidate Party Constituency
Amin Patel Congress Mumbadevi
Aslam Shaikh Congress Malad
Hasan Mushrif NCP Kagal
Abu Asim Azmi Samajwadi Party Shivaji Nagar-Mankhurd
Mufti Ismail AIMIM Malegaon Central
Shah Faruk AIMIM Dhule City
Rais Shaikh Samajwadi Party Bhiwandi East
Nawab Malik NCP Anushakti Nagar
Zeeshan Siddiqui Congress Bandra East
Abdul Sattar Shiv Sena Sillod

According to Indian Express, with a population of 1.3 crores, Muslims constitute 11.56 per cent of Maharashtra’s total 11.24-crore population. Majority of Muslim population resides in northern Konkan, Khandesh, Marathwada and western Vidarbha.

In 1999 the state had the highest number of Muslim MLAs in the Assembly with 13 candidates. After been on a decline for a decade again the community has picked up in 2019.