Analysis of Muslim Population, Parliamentary Representation, and Potential Lok Sabha Constituencies in India, 1952–1991


 

POPULATION          

LOK SABHA: MUSLIM CONCENTRATION SEATS 1952-1991

 

 

State

State % of Total Muslim Population

Muslim % of State Population

No. of Lok Sabha Seats          

 

Due Share

Actual 1991

 

Name of Potential

Constituencies

 

A.P

5.7

8.91

42

4

3

Secunderabad(6), Hanamkonda(4), Hyderabad(4), Warangal(3) Nalgonda(2), Kurnool(1), Guntur (1), Anantpur(1), Gudappah

 

Assam

5.6

28.43

14

4

1

Dhubri(6), Barpeta(4), Jorhat(1) Kaliaber(1), Kokrajhar (1) Mangaldo(1), Silchar, Naogaon

 

Bihar

12.5

14.81

54

8

6

Kishangan (8), Siwan(5), Katihar (3), Giridih(3), Kadarma(3), Godda(2), Gopalganj(2), Madhubani(2), Purnea (2), Bettiah (2), Darbhanga(2), Motihari(1) Bhagalpur, W. Champaran

 

Delhi

0.6

8

7

1

NIL

Chandni Chowk(1)

 

Gujarat

3.6

8.73

26

2

NIL

Broach(2), Ahmedabad(1), Kutch Surat, Godhara

 

Haryana

0.6

4.64

10

NI

NIL

Faridabad(4

J&K

4.8

64.18

6

4

VACANT

Anantnag(10), Baramula(10) Srinagar (10), Ladakh (1), Jammu

 

Karnataka

5.1

11.64

28

3

2

Bangalore(N)(5), Chitradurga(2) Bidar(1), Dharwar(S)(1), Kanak- pur(1), Shimoga(1),Bijapur, Gulbarga, Raichur, Mysore

 

Kerala

6.8

23.33

20

5

2

Calicut(4), Chirayital 3), Manjeri (6), Ponnani(6), Palghat

 

M.P

3.1

4.96

40

1

1

Betul(4), Bhopal(2), Vidisha(2)

Satna(1). Hoshangabad(1), Indore

 

Maharashtra

7.3

9.67

48

5

1

Akola(3), Washim(2), Jalana(1). Chandrapur(1), Bombay SE(1), Aurangabad(1), Kolaba, Thane, Nagpur, Pune Ratnagiri, Raigarh, Nanded, Amravati, Bombay(3) Bombay(N) Bombay

(NW), Malegaon, Jalgaon

 

Rajasthan

3.1

8.1

25

2

1

Jhunjhun(2), Bikaner, Jodhpur, Jaipur, Churu, Bamer, Ajmer

 

Tamil Nadu

3.2

5.47

39

2

1

Vellore(3), Mayuram(2), Penkya- kulam(2), Dindigal(1), Palani(1). Ramanathpura(1), Trichy(1), Madras, Tirunedveli

 

U.P

22.2

17.33

85

15

3

Rampur(8), Moradabad(7), Meerut (5), Amroha(4), Saharanpur(4), Bahraich(4), Unnao (4), Kairana (4), Mirzapur(4), Bulandshahr(3), Muzaffarnagar(3), Badaun(2). Bareilly(2), Ghazipur(2), Hapur(2) Domariagani(2), Fatehpur (2) Balanpur(1) Bijnore(SCX1), Hardoi(1) Jalsar(1), Jaunpur(1). Kanpur(1), Maharajganj(1), Pilibhit 1) Sambhal(1), Sultanpur (1), Shahjahanpur, Gonda, Shahabad, Khalilabad, Janjipore(9),Basirhal(4), Raiganj(4), Katwa(4

 

West Bengal

14.7

23.61

42

10

5

Uluberia(4) Malda(4), Murshidabad(4),

Dum Dum(2), Howrah(2)

Lakhsdweep

94.31

1

1

1

 

Lakshadweep Pondicherry

 

(He Figures with brackets indicate the number of occasions when a Muslim represented the Constituency).

 





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