Hyderabad, May 3 -- The results of five state assembly elections that were announced by the Election Commission on Sunday revealed that Muslim candidates in the contest barely showed any significant rise in tally.

Only Assam and Kerala registered a slight rise in the number of Muslims elected to the assembly, while it went down in West Bengal. Tamil Nadu and Puducherry showed no improvement in the trend.

Of those Muslims who won, none represent the Hindu nationalist, Centre-ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.

In West Bengal, 42 Muslim MLAs have been elected out of 292 newly elected members, according to data released by the election commission after counting of votes on Sunday.

Of the 42, 41 belong to Mamata Banerjee's All India Trinamool ...