Muslims in the Bihar assembly in the last 6 decades

Muslims have a share of 16.9% of Bihar's population according to the 2011 census.

- Nishant Ranjan, Roshan Kishore and Abhishek Jha

The number is broadly the same in the 2023 caste survey conducted by the Bihar government.

How have Muslims been represented in the state legislature over the years? Has Muslim representation changed with the changing politics in Bihar? Which parties have given the maximum representation to Muslims in Bihar assembly? We answer this question by looking at the database of all 3,629 MLAs Bihar has had since 1962, which has been prepared by the first author of this story.

Share of Muslim MLAs in Bihar has varied from 6%-12%