Waquar Hasan
NEW DELHI – As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) registered massive victory in Uttar Pradesh, 35 Muslim candidates have won or are leading on Thursday till evening, shows the election commission’s website.
This is the 10 MLAs increase from the last tenure when 25 MLAs were Muslims in the Uttar Pradesh assembly .
All of these 35 Muslims, who won or are leading in 2022 elections, are candidates from Samajwadi Party and its allies Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD). Out of 35, 32 candidates are from the Samajwadi Party, two from RLD and one from SBSP. Among these candidates, 5 won and 30 are leading.
According to the Election Commission, 125 candidates, who are leading or won, are from SP alliance. Out of 125, 57 candidates from the SP alliance have won while 68 candidates are leading where the results were not declared.
Prominent Muslim candidates are jailed SP leader Azam Khan from Rampur, his son Abdullah Azzam Khan, Nahid Hasan, Abbas Ansari and Ghulam Mohammed.
Here is the name of candidates, their constituencies and the political parties they belong to. Clarion India gathered the data from the elections commission’s website.
| Constituency | Leading Candidate | Party | ||
| Amroha | MEHBOOB ALI | Samajwadi Party | ||
| Baheri | ATAUR REHMAN | Samajwadi Party | ||
| Bahraich | YASAR SHAH | Samajwadi Party | ||
| Behat | Umar Ali Khan | Samajwadi Party (D) | ||
| Bhadohi | ZAHID | Samajwadi Party | ||
| Bhojipura | SHAZIL ISLAM ANSARI | Samajwadi Party (D) | ||
| Bilari | MOHAMMAD FAHEEM IRFAN | Samajwadi Party | ||
| Chamraua | Naseer Ahmad Khan | Samajwadi Party | ||
| Dhampur | NAIM UL HASAN | Samajwadi Party | ||
| Domariyaganj | SAIYADA KHATOON |
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| Gopalpur | NAFEES AHMAD | Samajwadi Party | ||
| Handia | HAKIM LAL BIND | Samajwadi Party | ||
| Jaunpur | MOHD. ARSHAD KHAN | Samajwadi Party | ||
| Kairana | Nahid Hasan | Samajwadi Party | ||
| Kanpur Cantt. | MOHAMMAD HASAN | Samajwadi Party | ||
| Kanth | Kamal Akhtar | Samajwadi Party | ||
| Kithore | SHAHID MANZOOR | Samajwadi Party | ||
| Kundarki | ZIA UR REHMAN | Samajwadi Party | ||
| Lucknow West | ARMAAN KHAN | Samajwadi Party | ||
| Mau | ABBAS ANSARI | Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party | ||
| Meerut | RAFIQ ANSARI | Samajwadi Party | ||
| Mohammadabad | SUHAIB Alias MANNU ANSARI | Samajwadi Party | ||
| Moradabad Nagar | MOHD YUSUF ANSARI | Samajwadi Party | ||
| Moradabad Rural | MOHD NASIR | Samajwadi Party | ||
| Najibabad | TASLEEM AHMAD | Samajwadi Party (D) | ||
| Nizamabad | ALAM BADI | Samajwadi Party | ||
| Patiyali | Nadira Sultan | Samajwadi Party (D) | ||
| Ram Nagar | FAREED MAHFOOZ KIDWAI | Samajwadi Party | ||
| Rampur | Mohammad Azam Khan | Samajwadi Party | ||
| Sambhal | IQBAL MEHMOOD | Samajwadi Party | ||
| Sikanderpur | ZIYAUDDIN RIZVI | Samajwadi Party (D) | ||
| Sishamau | HAJI IRFAN SOLANKI | Samajwadi Party | ||
| Siwalkhas | GHULAM MOHAMMAD | Rashtriya Lok Dal | ||
| Suar | Mohammad Abdullah Azam Khan | Samajwadi Party | ||
| Thana Bhawan | Ashraf Ali Khan | Rashtriya Lok Dal |
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