The representation of Muslims in the Karnataka Assembly has now marginally increased to nine from seven in the last Assembly. All of them are from the Congress. It was 11 in 2013. The JD(S) said 23 of its 211 candidates were Muslims, but none won. The BJP did not field any Muslims.
Those elected are Rahim Khan from Bidar, U.T. Khader from Mangaluru, Tanveer Sait from Narasimharaja, Asif (Raju) Sait from Belagavi North, Rizwan Arshad from Shivajinagar, B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan from Chamarajpet, Kaneez Fatima from Kalaburagi North, Iqbal Hussain from Ramanagara, and N.A. Haris from Shantinagar. All of them have been re-elected, except Mr. Asif Sait and Mr. Hussain, who are entering the Assembly for the first time.
