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There are about 20 percent Muslim voters in Uttar Pradesh. These voters have a direct impact on 143 out of 403 assembly seats. There are 70 assembly seats in the state where Muslim candidates win on their own. 24 Muslim MLAs had won in the 2017 assembly elections. In the 2022 elections, 34 Muslim candidates won and reached the Assembly. Samajwadi Party considers Muslims as its core vote bank.

Akhilesh Yadav does not leave any chance to corner the government on the issues of Muslims. Like 2007, Bahujan Samaj Party is once again trying to bring Muslims into its fold. Bahujan Samaj Party is working on the strategy of giving maximum tickets to Muslim candidates. The party is especially active in western Uttar Pradesh. Congress is preparing to contest elections in alliance with Samajwadi Party and it is also trying to woo Muslim voters.

What is AIMIM’s plan?

All India Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) is also making the same efforts. Asaduddin Owaisi’s party is emphasizing on Muslim dominated seats. The entire organization of the party is working focusing on these seats.

How did Congress’s vote bank slip?

Since independence till the 1990s, Muslim voters were traditional voters of Congress. After the Ram Mandir movement, he distanced himself from Congress. After this Mulayam Singh Yadav became his first choice.

Whom are the Muslims supporting?

In 2007, Bahujan Samaj Party gave more tickets to Muslims and formed the government with full majority. In the 2012 elections, Muslim voters gave 60 percent votes to the Samajwadi Party and 40 percent to the Basmaajwadi Party, which led to the formation of the Samajwadi Party government.

Will Akhilesh Yadav be successful in 2022 also?

In the 2022 assembly elections, Muslims completely united with the Samajwadi Party. Akhilesh Yadav benefited from this and Samajwadi Party increased from 47 seats to 111 seats. Muslims remained with Samajwadi Party in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections also, due to which Samajwadi Party won 37 seats in the state.

On which districts is the emphasis of political parties?

In Saharanpur, Moradabad, Rampur, Sambhal, Bijnor, Meerut, Amroha, Bahraich, Bareilly, Bulandshahr, Muzaffarnagar and many districts of Rohilkhand and Awadh, the population of Muslims is 30 to 50 percent. If only one Muslim candidate contests the assembly seats in these areas, it becomes almost impossible to defeat him.