After the number of Muslim MPs in the Lok Sabha had increased from that number dropped back down again to levels last seen in the 1950s and 60s. After the 2019 elections, , while around 15 percent of the country currently belong to the religious group. For comparison, the current Lok Sabha is more than , while Hindus make up just
The landslide win of Prime minister Modi’s BJP party, which centers around Hindu nationalism, had its impact on the representations of Muslims in parliament, even though one Muslim MP was elected for the party in 2019. Since the rise of the BJP, the situation of Muslims in India has deteriorated significantly, the latest race riots in Delhi being just one example of that.
Muslims in India have higher fertility rates than the country’s average – not unusual for groups which are This has caused the share of Muslims in India to rise faster than the share of other groups - from around today. , while the Hindu population was growing at a rate of 16.8 percent. Jain and Sikh populations grew slower at 5.4 and 8.4 percent, again in line with the groups’ more privileged positions in society.
