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. Earlier, he was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha, representing the Calcutta North East constituency of West Bengal. After delimitation, in the 2009 Lok Sabha election, Salim contested the new Calcutta North constituency and lost to Sudip Bandyopadhyay of the Trinamool Congress.Partywise Trends & Result. Election Commission of India. 2005 He participated in the 2024 Indian general election as a candidate from the Left Front representing the Murshidabad Lok Sabha constituency.
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.
He was a member of the 16th Lok Sabha, representing Raiganj constituency. 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. 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. 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).
Election YearOffice forConstituencyParty Affiliation ResultWinner or Nearest Rival 1990Member of Parliament, Rajya SabhaWest BengalWonUncontested 1996Member of Parliament, Rajya SabhaWest BengalWon 1999Member of Parliament, Lok SabhaCalcutta North East Lok Sabha constituencyLostAjit Kumar Panja 2001Member of the legislative assemblyEntally Assembly ConstituencyWonSultan Ahmed2004Member of Parliament, Lok SabhaCalcutta North East Lok Sabha constituencyWonAjit Kumar Panja 2009Member of Parliament, Lok SabhaKolkata Uttar Lok SabhaLost Sudip Bandyopadhyay 2014Member of Parliament, Lok SabhaRaiganj Lok Sabha constituencyWonDeepa Dasmunsi 2019Member of Parliament, Lok SabhaRaiganj Lok Sabha constituencyLost (3rd)Debasree Chaudhuri 2021Member of the legislative assemblyChanditala Assembly ConstituencyLost (3rd)Swati Khandoker 2024Member of Parliament, Lok SabhaMurshidabad Lok Sabha constituencyLostAbu Taher Khan
See also Communist Party of India (Marxist), West Bengal
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