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Muslim Islamic NewsMuslim count in UP assembly – 2007

By Haider Abbas 

The Milli Gazette

Abstract: Ever since the start of Hindutva (anti-Muslim) politics in the Hindi belt-UP, since, precisely after the opening of Babri Masjid locks on Feb 1, 1986, Muslims, the second biggest majority in UP have had to face the brunt of anti-Muslim tirades. The two decades has found Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) starting with just 59 seats in 1989 to attain full majority in 1991, followed by a coalition with Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP) in 1995, and, anyhow managing to cling to power until mid-2003. After 2003, Samajwadi Party (SP) came to power and which is the best reservoir of Muslim priorities. 

Since the last parliamentary elections of 2004 there has also been a dominant current of Muslims staking claim for political lead within the secular ambit. Muslims made Awami Front in 2004, on the initiation of Parcham Party of India but it crashed even before the elections. Then, on the invitation of Shahi Imam Ahmed Bukhari-United Democratic Front was made and it failed to take any start. Uttar Pradesh United Democratic Front (UPUDF) under SP Ex MLA Yaqub Qureshi made a beginning and became a partner in the SP rebel Member of Parliament (MP) Raj Babbar’s Jan Marcha. UPUDF, today has one MLA now. 

Muslims seem to have after the 2007 results, not given a second hearing to the call of Muslim secular parties like Muslim Majlis, Indian National League, National Loktantrik Party, Peoples Democratic Front, Momin Conference, UDF and UPUDF. None of the parties, except UPUDF could open an account as Muslims stuck with the SP, BSP, Congress, Janta Dal, JD(U), Rashtirya Lok Dal and Samajwadi Kranti Party (SKD). How Muslims became interfaced with the political permutations, while discarding, Muslim oriented parties and what has been the Muslim Count-an all time high, after the results are now being enumerated and analysed.

The great battle for the Lucknow crown has been done. Samajwadi Party (SP) under Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has bowed down making way for Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Supremo Mayawati to be sworn in as the fourth time CM. Mayawati has on all the three occasions become CM courtesy Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP). 

The results have been baffling. All the exit-polls fell flat on their face and a new social engineering in the name of Brahmin (Upper Caste) Hindus and Dalits (Untouchables) has formulaised as a new beginning in the UP politics. BSP is led by a Dalit Mayawati. 

Centuries of subjugation and human indignation of Dalits at the hands of Brahmins has been thrown back and both have now unanimously voted for the Dalit oriented party-BSP. Perhaps, June 21, 1995 is a witness to the day when late Kanshi Ram-the founder of BSP had taken the first step to hug the Brahmin oriented party-BJP and had formed the government in UP. Thus, paving way for ‘no set rules for attaining power’. BSP (is) was also, therefore, known dubiously as a party without manifesto. Mayawati has now fully actualised her mentors thesis with an absolute majority of 206 legislatures. UP is house to 403 seats-the highest in the country even after 22 were deducted to the newly formed state Uttranchal. 

The social-enginerring came in the form of 86 Brahmin candidates contesting on BSP tickets. Upper Caste Thakurs stood for 38 seats. And, 40 Brahmins won. 18 Thakurs have won too. Mayawati played her cards well…. On the 89 reserved seats BSP could get the Brahmins transfer their votes and 62 BSP candidates won from the reserved constituencies in UP! 

UP, ironically, also enjoys the unique distinction of nations most populated state and is likewise house to 80 parliamentarians as well. No wonder UP has sent more than half-a dozen-Prime Ministers too. Interestingly, Muslims in UP, also make their highest numeric strength. The official presence of Muslims in UP is 18.5%, although, the unofficial figure is nothing short of 25%. The highest percentge of Muslims in India is in Assam. 

The presence of Muslims throughout UP, understandably, make them a jackpot and every political party finds the chunk as a decisive factor. A mere shift of Muslims in voting pattern can dismantle any political calculation-as what was seen, yet again, in the elections 2007! It is only Muslims which have paved way for the fourth-time swearing in ceremony of Mayawati. 

How Muslims charted the crown for Mayawati, in fact, came out of the cues from the exit-polls results. The Upper Caste controlled media made conscious attempts to anyhow put steam into the already exhausted BJP engine. All exit polls, conspiratorily, therefore, showed that BSP and BJP were to be neck to neck and SP to have been relegated to number three. The objective of the exit-polls was to ‘cry wolf’ in order to streamline the Upper Caste Hindus towards BJP by ‘the fear of (untouchable) BSP’. Upper Caste Hindus, were divided in all BSP, BJP, SP and Congress and knew it very well that BJP (the main Upper Caste Hindu party) was in total disarray-despite all anti-Muslim rhetoric. Upper Caste stuck to the BSP and voted strategically for BSP in reserved constituencies –in exchange to the Brahmins of BSP. BJP anti-Muslims CD episode could not cut any ice. 

SP, however, was found napping and could not thwart the exit-polls malaise. Muslims, the main plank of SP found the tide going tough and changed their strategy, in order to keep BJP at bay-therefore, voted in large numbers, in priority to SP towards BSP. Thus, in return Muslims were able to find 29 Member of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) out of contesting 61 with the BSP denomination-the highest ever! 

SP had fielded 56 Muslims and is now represented by 21 Muslims in the assembly. Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD)-run by Ajit Singh came up with 3 Muslims. Uttar Pradesh United Democratic Front (UPUDF) got one and two Muslims won as Independents. Muslims who fared as runners have been most widely divided in BSP and SP too. 17 Muslims came as second on BSP ticket. 21 came second on SP ticket. Congress found six Muslims finishing second, RLD and UPUDF came second on one seat each.

The BSP Muslim candidates, which finished third, are 10. SP got Muslims as third on 9 seats. Congress found presence with 12 seats on third position with a Muslim candidate. RLD made it up with two Muslims. Janta Dal (United), National Loktantrik Party (NLP), Bhartiya Samaj Party (BhSP) and an Independent came as third on one seat each. Muslims which made to the fourth position had Congress on 13 seats, RLD on seven seats, SP on 3 seats, BSP, IMC and Independents on two seats, NLP, Apna Dal, Janta Dal, Samajwadi Kranti Party (SKD), (BhSP), Rashtriya Swantantra Party all on one seat. 

How much importance the Muslim vote has can be understood by the fact that officially Muslims make 18.5% of the population in UP. Notwithstanding the (un) official campaign to slash down the Muslim percentage. It takes first to cut Muslim figures during census, and thereafter, anyhow manipulate the data! But, despite all-the size of Muslims, ironically, forced the Election Commission to direct a list of constituencies, in both assembly and parliament-where Muslims make more than 20% for the sake of getting the voters list to be made in Urdu! Voters lists are made in all regional languages.

The number of constituencies where Muslims make more than 20% in UP are a staggering 130! And, 35 seats out of 80 in parliament too! Thus, if UP is the political capital of India Muslims are the ‘prized political capital’ of UP. There can be no doubt that the road to Delhi goes through Lucknow as UP holds the roost and is the undeniable political meter of the country.
The ‘Muslim Count’ in UP assembly 2007 has been the all time high since independence. Muslims made a figure of 56 with various political denominations. In 2002 Muslim legislatures were 46, and, the number of Muslims who came as runners, this time, have been 47! Many of those who lost have been on a very thin margin. 

The Election Commission had charted out the elections in seven phases. Bundelkhand -21 seats, Avadh -90 seats, Rohilkhand-50 seats, Lower Doab-72 seats, Upper Doab-67 and Purvanchal-103 seats.

The following is the list of Muslim Winners in descending order to their victory margin. The data is based on the election results released – 2007.

S.N.

Winner

Constituency (No.)

Party

Defeated (Party)

Victory Margin

Muslim Count

1

M. Azam Khan

(Retained 2002 seat)

Rampur (21)

SP

Afroz Ali Khan (Congress)

33372

1st & 2nd

2

Iqbal

Chandpur (07)

BSP

Ram Avtar Singh (BJP)

30011

  

3

Irfan Solanki

(Retained 2002 seat)

Aryanagar (271)

SP

Harish Majreta (BJP)

23203

  

4

Ghulam Waris Ali

Nanpara (133)

BSP

Jata Shankar Singh (BJP)

20526

  

5

Ghulam M Khan

Qaisarganj (130)

BSP

Ram Tej Yadav (SP)

18027

  

6

Rizwan Ahmad

(Retained 2002 seat)

Kaanth (08)

BSP

Abhiney Choudhry (RLD)

16128

  

7

M.J. Ansari

(Retained 2002 seat)

Leherpur (62)

SP

Anil Kumar Verma (SP)

15330

1st & 3rd

8

Kazim Ali Khan

(Retained 2002 seat)

Swar Tanda (20)

SP

Shiv Bahadur Saxena (BJP)

14606

1st & 3rd

9

Arif Anwar Hashmi

Sadullanagar (142)

SP

Ram Pratap Singh (BJP)

12097

  

10

Iqbal Mahmood

(Retained 2002 seat)

Sambhal (12)

SP

Rajesh Singhal (BJP)

11660

  

11

Sultan Beg

(Retained 2002 seat)

Kanwar (39)

SP

B.L. Verma (BSP)

11546

  

12

Alauddin Khan

Ghairedi (138)

BSP

S.P. Yadav (SP)

10517

  

13

Nasiruddin

Firozabad (335)

BSP

Azeem Khan (SP)

10194

1st & 2nd

14

Chaudhry Fasiha Basheer

Selampur (189)

SP

Margoob Ahmed Lari (BSP)

9795

1st & 2nd

15

Akbar Husain

Kundarki (15)

BSP

Haji M.Rahman (SP)

9270

1st & 2nd

16

Mohd. Ghazi

Afzalgarh (3)

BSP

Indra Dev Singh (BJP)

8430

  

17

Zamirullah

Aligarh (357)

SP

Sanjeev Raja (BJP)

7853

  

18

Haji Abdul Ansari

(Retained 2002 seat)

Varanasi North (227)

SP

Shiv Nath Yadav (BJP)

7225

1st & 3rd

19

Mukhtar Ansari

(Retained 2002 seat)

Mau (204)

Independent

Vijay Pratap (BSP)

7018

  

20

M. Tabish Khan

Khesraha (159)

BSP

Divakar Vikram Singh (SP)

6989

  

21

Javed Ansari

Jaunpur (238)

SP

Tej Bahadur Maurya (BSP)

6858

  

22

Taufeeq Ahmed

Dumaryganj (154)

BSP

Kamal Yusuf Malik (SP)

6676

1st & 2nd

23

Abdul Kalam

(Retained 2002 seat)

Mehda Bal (160)

SP

Mashoor Alam (BSP)

6653

  

24

Arshad Khan

Puranpur (44)

BSP

V.A. Singh (Congress)

6267

  

25

Abdul Waris Khan

Thana Bhawan (396)

RLD

Anoop Singh (BSP)

5903

  

26

R.A. Usmani

Srinagar (55)

SP

Mayawati (BSP)

5722

  

27

M.M. Siddiqui

(Retained 2002 seat)

Soraon (257)

BSP

M. Ayyub (SP)

5541

  

28

Muslim Khan

Usehat (29)

BSP

Bhagwan Singh

(Janta Dal United)

5442

1st & 2nd

29

Irshad Khan

(Retained 2002 seat)

Sarojini Nagar (89)

BSP

Shyam Kishore Yadav (SP)

5414

  

30

Fareed Mahfooz Qidwai

Masauli (126)

BSP

Rakesh Kumar Verma (Samajwadi Kranti Dal)

5364

  

31

Qadeer Rana

Morna (391)

RLD

Rajpal Singh (BSP)

4982

  

32

Anis Ahmed Khan

(Retained 2002 seat)

Bisalpur (43)

BSP

Ram Sharan Verma (BJP)

4936

  

33

Riyaz Ahmed

Pilibhit (41)

SP

B.K. Gupta (BJP)

4635

  

34

Imran Masood

Muzaffarnagar (403)

Ind.

Jagdeesh Singh Rana (SP)

3683

1st & 3rd

35

Abbas Ali Zaidi

(Retained 2002 seat)

Rudauli (122)

SP

Ashok Kumar Singh (BSP)

3659

  

36

Asif

Shahabad (73)

BSP

Baba Khan (SP)

3536

1st & 2nd

37

Farhat Husain

Hasanpur (10)

BSP

Devendra Nagpal (Independent)

3507

  

38

Shahid Manzoor

(Retained 2002 seat)

Kithore (377)

SP

Virendra Singh (BSP)

3425

  

39

Sibqatullah Ansari

Muhamabad (214)

SP

Alka Rai (BJP)

3386

  

40

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto

Agra Cantt. (341)

BSP

Keshav Mehra (BJP)

3375

1st & 3rd

41

M. Aleem Khan

Bulandshehr (368)

BSP

Mahendra Singh Yadav (SP)

3273

  

42

Usmanul Haq

Muradabad Village (18)

SP

Ramveer Singh (BJP)

3160

  

43

Abdul Mannan

(Retained 2002 seat)

Sandila (68)

BSP

Ishrat Rasool (SP)

3052

1st & 2nd

44

M. Jamil Khan

Gonda (145)

BSP

Vinod Kumar (SP)

2642

  

45

Dawood Ahmed

Pihani (72)

BSP

Ashok Bajpai (SP)

2595

1st & 3rd

46

Waqar Ahmed Shah

(Retained 2002 seat)

Bahraich (136)

SP

Vinod Tripathi (BSP)

2534

  

47

Hasratullah

Kasganj (331)

BSP

Netram Singh (BJP)

2372

  

48

Shabbir Ahmed

Charda (134)

SP

Savitra Phoole (BJP)

1682

  

49

Kaukab Hameed

(Retained 2002 seat)

Bhagpat (385)

RLD

Sahab Singh (BSP)

1533

  

50

Sajid Islam Ansari

Bhojipura (38)

BSP

Bahoran Lal Maurya (BJP)

1132

  

51

Saiyada Shadab Fatima

Ghazipur (217)

SP

Uma Shankar (BSP)

1131

  

52

Yaqub Qureshi

Meerut (381)

UPUDF

Laxmi Kant Bajpai (BJP)

1089

  

53

Aqueel-ur-Rahman

(Retained 2002 seat)

Bahjoi (13)

BSP

Bharat Singh (BJP)

1009

  

54

Mehboob Ali

(Retained 2002 seat)

Amroha (9)

SP

Mangal Singh (BJP)

714

  

55

Shahnawaz

Bijnour (06)

BSP

Bhartendra Singh (BJP)

557

1st & 3rd

56

Tahir Husain Siddiqui

Kamalganj (295)

BSP

Mukesh Rajpoot (BJP)

N.A.

1st & 3rd

 

The following is the list of Muslim Runners is ascending order to their defeat margin.

S.N.

Name

Constituency (No.)

Party

Defeated by

(Party)

Defeat Margin 

Muslim Count

1

Aslam Raini

Bhenga (135)

Congress

Daddan Misra (BSP)

91

 

2

Ali Akbar

Mahsi (132)

BSP

Sureshwar Singh (BJP)

441

 

3

M. Muslim

Tiloi (92)

Congress

M.S. Singh (SP)

457

 

4

Lal Ameen Khan

Duriyapur (164)

BSP

Rajendra Singh (SP)

519

 

5

Faqir Siddiqui

Lucknow East (85)

SP

Vijay Sagar Gupta (BJP)

628

 

6

Kamal Yusuf Malik

Dumariyaganj (154)

SP

Taufeeq Ahmad (BSP)

970

 

7

Waseem

Gopalpur (194)

SP

Shyam Narayan (BSP)

1464

 

8

Imran

Phoolpur (198)

BSP

A.K. Yadav (SP)

1502

 

9

Mujahid Khan

Gangirs (355)

BSP

Ram Singh (BJP)

1577

 

10

Mumtaz Ahmed

Shohratganj (156)

BSP

C.R.Singh (Congress)

2192

 

11

M. Javed

Itwa (155)

BSP

M. Prasad Pandey (SP)

2228

 

12

Babban

Mugal Sarai (224)

BSP

Ram Kishan (SP)

2368

 

13

Azeemul Haq

Tanda (117)

SP

Lalji Verma (SP)

2455

 

14

Wahab

Murad Nagar (373)

SP

Ram Pal Tyagi (Independent)

3020

 

15

Ishrat Rasul

Sandila (68)

SP

Abdul Mannan (BSP)

3052

 

16

Babu Khan

Shahbad (73)

SP

Asif (BSP)

3526

 

17

Imtiyaz

Syana (366)

Congress

Sunder Singh (BJP)

4257

 

18

Anwar Mehmood

Utraula (141)

SP

Shyam Lal (BJP)

4792

2nd & 3rd

19

M. Ayub

Soraw (257)

SP

M.M. Siddiqui (BSP)

5541

 

20

M. Aqil

Muradabad West (16)

BSP

Rajiv Channa (BJP)

5589

 

21

Anwar Ali

Dadraul (49)

SP

Avdhesh Kumar (BSP)

5826

 

22

M. Naim

Gauriganj (106)

Congress

Chandra Prakash (BSP)

5988

 

23

Masood Khan

Tulsipur (139)

SP

K.S. Yogi (BJP)

6499

2nd & 3rd

24

Mashoor Ahmed

Mehda Bal (160)

BSP

Abdul Kalam (SP)

6573

 

25

Raeess Ahmed

Pratapur (256)

BSP

J.L. Yadav (SP)

6756

 

26

Malik Masood

Sagri (193)

BSP

S.K. Singh (SP)

7004

 

27

Anjum Rasheed

Baheri (40)

BSP

C.P. Singh (BJP)

7282

2nd & 3rd

28

Ziauddin Rizvi

Sikandarpur (208)

SP

Sri Bhagwan (BSP)

7599

 

29

Arshad Hasan

Kairana (395)

RLD

Hukum Singh (BJP)

8500

 

30

Haji M. Rehman

Kudarki (15)

SP

Akbar Husain (BSP)

9270

 

31

Louiss Khursheed

Qayamganj (297)

Congress

Kuldeep Singh (BSP)

9653

 

32

Marghoob Ahmed

Selampur (189)

BSP

Ch. Fasiha Basheer (SP)

9795

 

33

Faizan Ali

Shahjahanpur (50)

BSP

S.K. Khanna (BJP)

10190

 

34

Azeem Bhai

Firozabad (335)

SP

Nasiruddin (BSP)

10194

 

35

Khalid Azeem

Allahabad West (261)

SP

Pooja Pal (BSP)

10322

 

36

Alam Badi

Nizambad (196)

SP

Angad Yadav (SP)

13398

 

37

Athar Siddiqui

Fatehpur (268)

BSP

R.S. Gupta (BJP)

13494

 

38

Buqqal Nawab

Lucknow West (86)

SP

Lalji Tondon (BJP)

13815

 

39

Meesam Rizvi

Mehoodabad (60)

BSP

Narendra Verma (SP)

13817

2nd & 3rd

40

Qutubdin

Seohara (1)

SP

Yashpal Singh (BSP)

14878

 

41

Shakir Ali

Gauribazar (185)

SP

Pramod Singh (BSP)

18057

 

42

Yaqub Qureshi

Sardhana (379)

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