By and large, Muslim votes are equally divided between the Congress and the UF. Sonia's apologies to Muslims for the destruction of the Babari Masjid may have stemmed the flow of Muslim voters away from the Congress but have not won it any additional votes. The Left Front and Samajwadi Party helped the UF obtain a large amount of support from the Muslim population but much less than the majority of Muslim vote they had last time. The BJP front has increased its support among Muslims by about 3 per cent compared to the 1996 elections. However, its degree of support among Muslims continues to be low, and owes a great deal to alliances with parties seen as more secular (such as) in West Bengal ... with the Trinamool Congress. (Source: The Indian Today, 16 March, 1998)
Performance of Political Parties Lok Sabha Elections, 1998
|
Party |
Seats Won 1996 |
Seats Won 1998 |
% Votes Polled 1996 |
% Votes Polled 1998 |
|
National Parties |
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|
BJP |
161 |
178 |
20.29 |
25.41 |
|
Congress |
140 |
140 |
28.8 |
25.75 |
|
CPM |
32 |
32 |
6.12 |
5.22 |
|
CPI |
12 |
9 |
1.97 |
1.74 |
|
BSP |
11 |
5 |
3.64 |
4.67 |
|
JD |
46 |
6 |
8.08 |
3.21 |
|
Samata |
8 |
12 |
2.17 |
1.78 |
|
Recognised Parties |
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|
SP |
16 |
20 |
7 |
4.95 |
|
AIADMK |
- |
18 |
0.64 |
1.82 |
|
TDP |
16 |
12 |
2.97 |
2.79 |
|
DMK |
17 |
6 |
2.15 |
1.46 |
|
RJD |
- |
17 |
- |
2.68 |
|
Akali Dal |
8 |
8 |
0.76 |
- |
|
Trinamool |
- |
7 |
- |
0.83 |
|
TMC |
20 |
3 |
2.19 |
1.42 |
|
BJD |
- |
- |
- |
1.01 |
|
Other Parties |
47 |
53 |
6.94 |
10.65 |
|
Independents |
9 |
6 |
6.28 |
2.15 |
|
Total |
543 |
535 |
100 |
100 |
1998 Lok Sabha Muslim Representation Party-wise break-up
|
|
Tota |
INC |
SP |
RJD |
CPM |
Others |
|
A.P. |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 (MIM) |
|
Assam |
2 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
1 (UMFA) |
|
Bihar |
6 |
2 |
- |
3 |
|
1 (Samata) |
|
J&K |
3 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
2 (NC) |
|
Karnataka |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Kerala |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 (IUML) |
|
W. Bengal |
6 |
1 |
- |
- |
4 |
1 (TC) |
|
UP |
6 |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
1 (BJP) |
|
Lakshadweep |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
2 (BSP) |
|
Total |
28 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
11 |
Note: 1) No representation in Gujarat, Haryana, MP, Maharashtra, Punjab, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tamilnadu or in any U.T. (except Lakshadweep)
2) No representation in CPI,, FB, RSP, JD, TDP, AGP, TMC, DMK, AIADMK, MDMK, AD, SS, Lok Shakti, BJD, RPI
Lok Sabha: Level of Muslim Under-Representation
|
|
SMP as % SP |
Total |
Due Muslim |
Actual 1998 |
Level of Under- |
|
|
India |
12.9 |
543 |
68.7 |
28 |
60% |
|
|
U.P |
17.3 |
85 |
15-16 |
6 |
72.5 |
|
|
W. Bengal |
23.6 |
42 |
10-11 |
6 |
45.45 |
|
|
Bihar |
14.81 |
54 |
8 |
6 |
25% |
|
|
Maharashtra |
9.67 |
48 |
5 |
0 |
100% |
|
|
Kerala |
23.33 |
20 |
04-05 |
2 |
50% |
|
|
Assam |
28.43 |
14 |
4 |
2 |
50% |
|
|
A.P |
8.91 |
42 |
4 |
1 |
75% |
|
|
Karnataka |
11.64 |
28 |
3 |
1 |
66% |
|
|
J&K |
64.18 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
25% |
|
|
Gujarat |
8.73 |
26 |
2 |
0 |
100% |
|
|
Rajasthan |
8.01 |
25 |
2 |
0 |
100% |
|
|
M.P. |
4.96 |
40 |
2 |
0 |
100% |
|
|
Tamil Nadu |
5.21 |
39 |
2 |
0 |
100% |
|
|
Others |
|
72 |
2 |
1 |
50% |
|
1998 Lok Sabha: Muslim Deprivation Rate
|
Population |
Lok Sabha Seats |
||||||
|
Total |
Muslim |
% |
Total |
Muslim |
% |
% of Deprivation |
|
|
States with Muslim |
456.614 |
79.666 |
17.48 |
292 |
28 |
9.59 |
45 |
|
States without Muslim |
359.556 |
25.889 |
7.2 |
251 |
0 |
0 |
100 |
Lok Sabha 1998: Muslim MP's
|
Name |
Party |
Constituency |
|
Abdul Hamid ** |
INC |
Dhubri (Assam) |
|
A.B.A.Ghani Khan |
INC |
Malda (W. Bengal) |
|
Shakeel Ahmed |
INC |
Madhubani (Bihar) |
|
Tariq Anwar |
INC |
Katihar (Bihar) |
|
C.K. Jaffer Sharief ** |
INC |
Bangalore (Karnataka) |
|
P.M. Sayeed |
INC |
Lakshadweep |
|
Mufti Mohd. Sayeed ** |
INC |
Anantnag (J&K) |
|
Abul Hasnat Khan* |
CPM |
Jangipur (W. Bengal) |
|
Hannan Mollah |
CPM |
Uluberia (W. Bengal) |
|
Moinul Hassan* |
CPM |
Murshidabad (W. Bengal) |
|
Zahedi Mahboob |
CPM |
Katwa (W. Bengal) |
|
Mohd. Shahabuddin |
RJD |
Siwan (Bihar) |
|
M.A.A. Fatmi |
RJD |
Darbhanga (Bihar) |
|
Taslimuddin |
RJD |
Kishanganj (Bihar) |
|
Shafiqur Rahman Burq |
SP |
Moradabad (UP) |
|
Rizwan Zaheer Khan* |
SP |
Balrampur (UP) |
|
Saleem Iqbal Shervani |
SP |
Badaum (UP) |
|
Akbar Ahmad Dumpy* |
BSP |
Azamgarh (UP) |
|
Arif Mohd. Khan |
BSP |
Bahraich (UP) |
|
E. Ahamed |
IUML |
Manjeri (Kerala) |
|
G.M. Banatwalla |
IUML |
Punani (Kerala) |
|
Omar Farooq* |
NC |
Srinagar (J&K) |
|
Saifuddin Soz ** |
NC |
Baramulla (J&K) |
|
Sultan S. Owaisi |
MIM |
Hyderabad (AP) |
|
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi* |
BJP |
Rampur (UP) |
|
Abdul Ghafoor ** |
SAP |
Gopalganj (Bihar) |
|
A.F. Golam Osmami* |
UMFA |
Barpeta (Assam) |
|
Akbar Ali Khandoker* |
WBTC |
Serampore (W.Bengal) |
* Elected for First Time.
** Elected as MP in the past, not in 1996.
Lok Sabha Election, 1998: BJP's Muslim Candidates
|
Andhra Pradesh |
Nandyal |
Jafar Ali Khan |
|
Bihar |
Kishanganj |
S. Shahnawaz Husain |
|
J&K |
Srinagar |
A.R. Kabuli |
|
Baramulla |
Deen Mohd. Cheeta |
|
|
UP |
Rampur |
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi |
|
W. Bengal |
Malda |
Muzaffar Khan |
(All lost except M.A. Naqvi in Rampur, UP)
1998 Election: Muslim Party-Changers
|
Party Changed |
|||
|
Name |
From |
To |
Status |
|
Aslam Sher Khan, ex-MP |
Congress |
BJP |
NoTicket |
|
Abrar Ahmad, ex-MP |
Congress |
BJP |
NoTicket |
|
Rizwan Zaheer |
BSP |
SP |
Won |
|
Arif Mohd. Khan |
Indp. |
BSP |
Won |
|
Iliyas Azmi |
BSP |
JD |
Lost |
|
Anwarul Haq |
RJD |
JD |
Lost |
|
Arif Beg |
BJP |
Congress |
Lost |
|
Mustafiz Ahmed |
JD |
Congress |
Lost |
