Vadodara elects none Muslim,Rajkot elects one BJP Muslim candidate

Some interesting Muslims related facts of Gujarat Civic Polls 2010

-Vadodara has elected no Muslim, though there were eight Muslim candidates in fray from Congress and some others independently. This means in Vadodara Municipal Corporation, there will no be no Muslim representative.

-BJP had given ticket to 12 Muslims. However only one Muslim lady in Rajkot Mrs. Bibiben Shama has been victorious. All Muslims in Surat, Ahmedabad, and Jamnagar who contested on BJP ticket have lost the election.

-In Ahmedabad, Congress party has secured victory over 37 seats. Of this, 23 are from Muslim areas. Congress party’s 18 Muslim candidates are victorious. They form half of the Congress’s total victorious seats in Ahmedabad. Five Hindu candidates who were in Congress’s Muslim area panel due to reservation and other compulsion are victorious thank to Muslim votes. It seems, Congress party has been limited to Muslim areas and some backward areas of city.