A landslide victory for the BJP has also meant a decline in Muslim representation in 16 Lok Sabha. So far as trends and results show only 21 Muslims are likely to enter the parliament against 28 in the outgoing Lok Sabha. The lowest-ever tally owes to the decimation of Congress, the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party, who had given mandate to maximum Muslims to contest. For the first time, since Independence, there will be no Muslim representation in parliament from Uttar Pradesh. Generally, there have been 28 to 40 Muslims in Lok Sabha.

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Muslim candidates have who have won so far belong to Trinamool Congress, CPM, Congress, RJD, NCP, LJP, AIMIM, AIUDF (Assam), PDP, IUML and AIADMK. BJP’s lone Muslim face Syed Shahnawaz Hussain also lost from the Bhagalpur parliamentary constituency in Bihar. He was defeated by Rashtriya Janata Dal's Shailesh Kumar by around 9,000 votes. Congress Muslim faces from Ghulam Nabi Azad to Salman Khurshid and Mohammad Azharuddin also lost elections.

On the basis of trends and results pouring in, it can be safely said that seven Muslims may win from West Bengal, four from Bihar, including Tariq Anwar, Taslimuddin], two from Kerala [IUML], two from Assam, three from Jammu & Kashmir that include three PDP candidates and one from Andhra Pradesh , one from Tamil Nadu AIADMK's Anwar Raja], Lakshadweep et al. The figure would be 20 or 21, once the final results are out. Asaduddin Owaisi is leading from Hyderabad on MIM ticket while Congress has done so badly that in Lakshadweep too the Congress candidate has lost to NCP's Muslim candidate.

An analysis of Muslim votes makes out that baring states where the BJP is in power, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, in other places, they voted against the BJP. They voted considerably to the BJPcandidates in Rajasthan thus given a clean sweep to the BJP. The trend was similar in Gujarat and MP as well. But in UP and Bihar, they voted overwhelmingly against the BJP. But divided their votes between the SP, the BSP and the Congress. In Aonla, where Muslims form 33.90 per cent, Dharmindra Kumar of BJP won by two lakh votes. Muslim votes got divided amongst the SP, the BSP and the Congress party’s Salim Iqbal Sherwani. A similar trend is visible in Barilley, Barabanki, Blundsheher and other seats as well. It looks, while Muslim votes got divided, the Hindu votes transcended caste barriers and votedoverwhelmingly for the BJP.

Muslim MPsWest BengalIdris Ali, AITC, from BasirhatSultan Ahmad, AITC, from UluberiaMohammad Salim, CPI (Marxist), from RaiganjBadrudduja Khan, CPI (Marxist), from MurshidabadMausam Noor, Congress, from Malda NorthAbu Hashem Khan Chaudhary, Congress from Malda SouthDr Mamtaz Sanghamita, AITC, from Burdwan-Durgapur

BiharTasleemuddin, RJD, from ArariaTariq Anwar, NCP, from KatiharChaudhary Mahboob Ali Qaisar, LJP, from KhagariaMohd Asrarul Haq Qasmi, Congress, from Kishanganj

Andhra Pradesh [now Telangana]Asadudduin Owaisi, AIMIM, from Hyderabad

AssamSirajuddin Ajmal, AIUDF, from BarpetaBadurddin Ajmal, AIUDF, from Dhubri

J&KMehbooba Mufti, PDP, from AnantnagMuzaffar Husain Baig, PDP, from BaramullaTariq Hameed Karra, PDP, from Srinagar

KeralaE Ahamed, IUML, from MalappuramET Mohammad Bashir, IUML, from Ponnani

Tamil NaduAnwar Raja, AIADMK, from Ramanathapuram

LakshadwipMohammad Faisal PP, NCP, from Lakshadweep