Mohammed Salim (politician)
Indian politician (b. 1957)
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Mohammed Salim (born 5 June 1957) is an Indian politician who is the State Secretary of the West Bengal branch of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)). In 2015, he was inducted into the party's Politburo at the 21st Party Congress held in Visakhapatnam. He was a member of the 16th Lok Sabha, representing Raiganj.[2] Earlier, he was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha, representing the Calcutta North East constituency of West Bengal.[1] After delimitation, in the 2009 Lok Sabha election, Salim contested the new Calcutta North constituency and lost to Sudip Bandyopadhyay of the Trinamool Congress.[3][4] He participated in the 2024 Indian general election as a candidate from the Left Front representing the Murshidabad Lok Sabha constituency.[5]
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| State Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) – West Bengal | |
| Assumed office 16 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Surjya Kanta Mishra |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Deepa Dasmunsi |
| Succeeded by | Debasree Chaudhuri |
| Constituency | Raiganj |
| In office 16 May 2004 – 16 May 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Ajit Kumar Panja |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | Calcutta North East |
| Minister for Technical Education and Training, Youth Welfare, Minority Development and Welfare, Self Employment, Government of West Bengal | |
| In office 16 May 2001 – 17 May 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Satya Sadhan Chakraborty |
| Member of Legislative Assembly, West Bengal | |
| In office 14 May 2001 – 17 May 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Sultan Ahmed |
| Succeeded by | Md. Abu Sufayen |
| Constituency | Entally |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 3 April 1990 – 16 May 2001 | |
| Constituency | West Bengal |
| Member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Assumed office 19 April 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Buddhadeb Bhattacharya |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 June 1957 |
| Party |  Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Spouse | Dr. Rosina Khatun |
| Children | 2 |
| University of Calcutta Jadavpur University | |
| Website | mdsalim.org |
As of 17 September, 2006 Source: [[1]] | |
Political career
In the 14th General Elections held in 2004, Salim won from the Calcutta North East constituency of West Bengal and served as the deputy leader of the CPI(M) Lok Sabha group. After delimitation, in the 2009 Lok Sabha election Salim contested the new Calcutta North constituency, and lost to Sudip Bandyopadhyay of the Trinamool Congress.[3][4]
He was a member of the 16th Lok Sabha, representing Raiganj constituency.[2] In 2019 Indian general election he again contested from Raiganj but lost to Debasree Chaudhuri of Bharatiya Janata Party gathering only 14.25% votes and losing his security deposit after coming third.[6] He also served as the deputy leader of the CPI(M) Lok Sabha group between 2004 and 2009 and again between 2014 and 2019. He also contested from the Chanditala Vidhan Sabha Constituency in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, but lost to actor Swati Khandoker of TMC with a margin over 60,000 votes.
He was also elected to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in 1998.[7] He was later inducted in the state committee and state secretariat in 2006. He was elected to the politburo of C.P.I.(M.) in the 21st party congress organised at Visakhapatnam in 2015.
Electoral history
Salim has been elected as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha twice and served as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha for two terms. He was also elected as Member of Legislative Assembly from the Entally (Vidhan Sabha constituency).