Afroz Alam Sahil, BeyondHeadlines
In the 2018 Assembly Election, 7 Muslim candidates have won (all are from Indian National Congress), whereas 8 Muslim MLAs have secured the second position.
Constituencies like Bidar, Chamrajpet, Gulbarga Uttar, Mangalore, Narasimharaja, Shanti Nagar and Shivajinagar have recorded the victory of the Muslim MLAs.
According to the 2011 census, the Muslim population in the state is 12.92%, which makes them the largest religious minority and has the most influential voting bloc after SCs and STs.
Despite of this crucial fact, BJP did not give a single ticket to a Muslim candidate. Congress and JD (S) gave tickets to the Muslim candidates but this number has declined as compared to the previous years’ records.
After the insistence of Congress Muslim leaders for giving 30 tickets to the Muslim candidates where the chances of these candidates to win are high, Congress made it 15, while 17 is recorded for the JD (S).
One interesting fact about this election is that Muslim turn out is recorded to be large in numbers.
The list of the candidates who won the election are as follows:-
Winner Muslim MLA
| Constituency | Leading Candidate | Leading Party | Trailing Candidate | Trailing Party | Margin |
| Bidar | RAHIM KHAN | Indian National Congress | SURAYAKANTH NAGMARPALLI | Bharatiya Janata Party | 10245 |
| Chamrajpet | B.Z. ZAMEER AHMED KHAN | Indian National Congress | M LAKSHMINARAYANA | Bharatiya Janata Party | 33137 |
| Gulbarga Uttar | KANEEZ FATIMA | Indian National Congress | CHANDRAKANT B PATIL (CHANDU PATIL) | Bharatiya Janata Party | 5940 |
| Mangalore | U.T.ABDUL KHADER | Indian National Congress | SANTHOSH KUMAR RAI BOLIYARU | Bharatiya Janata Party | 19739 |
| Narasimharaja | TANVEER SAIT | Indian National Congress | S.SATHEESH (SANDESH SWAMY) | Bharatiya Janata Party | 18127 |
| Shanti Nagar | N A HARIS | Indian National Congress | K VASUDEVAMURTHY | Bharatiya Janata Party | 18205 |
| Shivajinagar | R ROSHAN BAIG | Indian National Congress | KATTA SUBRAMANYA NAIDU | Bharatiya Janata Party | 15040 |
Runner Muslim MLA
| Constituency | Leading Candidate | Leading Party | Trailing Candidate | Trailing Party | Margin |
| Belgaum Uttar | ANIL S BENAKE | Bharatiya Janata Party | FAIROZ NURUDDIN SAITH | Indian National Congress | 17267 |
| Bijapur City | BASANAGOUD .R. PATIL (YATNAL) | Bharatiya Janata Party | ABDUL HAMEED MUSHRIF | Indian National Congress | 6413 |
| Gangawati | PARANNA ESHWARAPPA MUNAVALLI | Bharatiya Janata Party | IQBAL ANSARI | Indian National Congress | 7973 |
| Hubli-dharwad- West | ARVIND BELLAD | Bharatiya Janata Party | MOHAMMAD ISMAIL TAMATGAR | Indian National Congress | 40487 |
| Kolar | K.SRINIVASA GOWDA | Janata Dal (Secular) | SYED ZAMEER PASHA | Indian National Congress | 44251 |
| Mangalore City North | DR.BHARATH SHETTY. Y | Bharatiya Janata Party | B.A.MOHIUDDIN BAVA | Indian National Congress | 26648 |
| Raichur | DR. SHIVARAJ PATIL | Bharatiya Janata Party | SYED YASEEN | Indian National Congress | 10991 |
| Ramanagaram | H.D.KUMARASWAMY | Janata Dal (Secular) | IQBAL HUSSAIN.H.A | Indian National Congress | 22636 |
| Shiggaon | BASAVARAJ BOMMAI | Bharatiya Janata Party | SAYED AZEEMPEER KHADRI | Indian National Congress | 9265 |
According to the facts, Karnataka had only one elected Muslim MLA in 1952, 9 in 1957, 9 in 1962, 7 in 1967, 12 in 1972, 19 in 1978, only one in 1983, 8 in 1985, 11 in 1989, 6 in 1994, 13 in 1999, 8 in 2004, 9 in 2008 and 12 in 2013.
