Telangana Assembly Elections 2023: All Muslim candidates of BRS and Congress trailing | Data
The Hindu
Analysis of 2023 Telangana Polls shows Congress, BRS and AIMIM fielded Muslim candidates. Of the 119 seats, 12.6% were Muslim. 65% of votes counted as of 2.30 pm; results to be updated. Table lists Muslim candidates and their performance.
An analysis of the candidates of major parties in Telangana shows that the Congress had fielded six, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) had fielded three and the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) fielded eight contestants who were identified as Muslims in the 2023 Telangana State elections. There are in total 119 seats in Telangana. The Muslim population share in Telangana was 12.6% according to the 2011 Census, the highest share among all the States for which counting happened on December 3.
The story was published when 65% of the votes in Telangana were counted as of 2.30 pm. The story will be updated later.
The table lists all the Muslim candidates from prominent parties in the 2023 Polls and how they fared.