Investor Presentaiton
There are instances elsewhere in India when Dalit or Scheduled
Casts seats have been kept in General category and Muslim majority
seats in reserved so that no Muslim is able to contest and win
elections. It seems the same formula is being applied to Jammu and
Kashmir for complete political disempowerment of local Muslims
Appendix Table 2.2: State Assembly Electoral Constituency/Tahsil, Reserved for
Scheduled Castes with relative share of Muslim Population
Tahsil Name
Total
Population
SCs
Muslim
Population Population
STS
Population
Uttar Pradesh: Reserved Assembly Constituency
SCs Pop as
% of Total
Population
Muslims as
% of Total
Population
Hapur
773899
220996
181026
11
23.4
28.6
Najibabad
605199
297892
139227
418
23.0
49.2
Nagina
625366
264523
134807
2004
21.6
42.3
Koil
1373814
368210
283384
203
20.6
26.8
Khalilabad
605777
194538
123577
192
20.4
32.1
Mankapur
530697
95791
87701
9
16.5
18.1
Jansath
767827
280764
125816
0
16.4
36.6
Faridpur
383771
88280
61607
16.1
23.0
Uttar Pradesh:
Un-Reserved Assembly Constituencies
Marihan
189950
6167
93575
617
49.3
3.2
Ghorawal
225824
10198
100869
8
44.7
4.5
Lalganj
287983
17125
122031
189
42.4
5.9
Hardoi
975970
85110
391950
98
40.2
8.7
Misrikh
764302
65750
289823
19
37.9
8.6
Sandila
828047
120541
309395
75
37.4
14.6
Haidergarh
507962
72085
182517
61
35.9
14.2
Bakshi Ka Talab
276134
33062
98476
93
35.7
12.0
Tahrauli
151202
4688
53302
57
35.3
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