Barely 7 per cent of the councillors-elect are from the minority Muslim and Christian communities.

Of the 16 winners, 13, including a Christian, are from the Congress, two are from the JD(S) and one is from the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI).

The BJP had fielded five candidates from among minorities. All failed to do well. For instance, Chand Pasha (Manorayanapalya) came a distant third. In Gurappanapalya, the BJP polled 70 per cent less votes than the winner.

In the 2010 elections, 12 persons, including one from the BJP, were elected from the minority community.

Contesting the civic polls for the first time, Asaduddin Owaisi’s All-India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) barely made a dent. In all, its 12 candidates polled just 3,457 votes.

Another party with members predominantly from the minority community, the SDPI secured one seat. The party did not make an impact elsewhere, apart from in Thanisandra where its candidate, Hemalatha, polled 5,731 votes and was placed third. In the other five wards the SDPI contested, its candidates cumulatively polled 5,664 votes. Surprisingly, in Padarayanapura ward, where the SDPI won for the first time in 2010, the party did not field a candidate.