Mahboob Alam (born 1956/1957NDTV Elections. Bihar Candidates: Phase 5) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Central Committee as well as the Bihar State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation.Rooh E Seemanchal. Rural Poor Turn Out in Massive CPI(ML) Rally at PatnaThe Hindu. CPI-ML has bagged two seats so far He has represented the Barsoi and Balrampur constituencies in the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Since 1994, he has been arrested numerous times on accusations of murder, and was incarcerated for 17 months in the late 2000s.

Political career Alam, an agriculturist, studied up to Class XII. He contested the Barsoi seat in the 1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election as a Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate, finishing in second place with 14,189 votes (20.59%).Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1985 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR

He again contested the Barsoi seat in the 1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election as an independent, again finishing in second place with 15,495 votes (17.94%).Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1990 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR

Barsoi legislator Alam won the Barsoi seat in the 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, standing as a CPI(ML) Liberation candidate. He got 62,644 votes (51.83%).Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2000 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR

He retained the Barsoi seat in the February 2005 Bihar legislative election, winning 45,451 votes.Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2005 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR However, ahead of the subsequent October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election Alam was barred from contesting as his name had been deleted from the voters' list. CPI(ML) Liberation fielded Alam's younger brother Munaf Alam instead, who won the seat.

2009–2014 electoral campaigns CPI(ML) Liberation fielded Alam as its candidate in Katihar Lok Saba seat in the 2009 parliamentary election. He obtained 32,035 votes (4.42%).Election Commission of India. 25 – Constituency wise detailed result

The Barsoi constituency was abolished ahead of the 2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, and the Balrampur constituency was created in its stead. Alam finished in second place in Balrampur with 45,432 votes (30.85%).Zee News. BIHAR ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 2015 RESULTSElection Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2010 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR

Alam filed his nomination papers for the Katihar Lok Sabha seat in the 2014 parliamentary election but was arrested right after the filing. He obtained 9,461 votes (0.97%) in the election.Election Commission of India. 33 – Constituency wise detailed result

2015 Bihar election Ahead of the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election Alam declared 2,296,000 Indian rupees in assets and 13 criminal cases against him. Out of the 13 cases, he declared three murder charges filed against him.OneIndia. Bihar polls: 5th phase has 254 candidates with pending criminal cases Alam won the seat.Election Commission of India. 65 – Balrampur

2020 Assembly Election In the 2020 assembly election, Alam won Balrampur Legislative Assembly seat with a 53,597 vote margin to his nearest rival Barun Kumar Jha of Vikashsheel Insaan Party (VIP). Alam got 104,489 votes, Jha got 50,892 Votes.

2025 Assembly elections In 2025 assembly elections, Alam lost from Balrampur Legislative Assembly securing 79,141 votes and securing third place and losing to LJP(RV) candidate Savitri Devi who secured 80,459 votes.

Arrests Alam was arrested in 1994 for the killing of the spouse of a politician from Barsoi. He was released from prison the following year.

On September 1, 2007 Alam was arrested by plainclothes police at a meeting in Shankula, after a long period as a fugitive from the law. According to police, he was wanted in connection with numerous cases of murders, rioting, and other infractions of the Arms Act. According to CPI(ML) Liberation, Alam had been falsely framed for murder. A bandh (shutdown) was organized in the Barsoi bloc to protest the arrest and demonstrations were held across the state demanding his release. He was later released on bail after 17 months of incarceration.

Police arrested Alam in connection with a murder charge just after he filed his nomination papers for the Katihar Lok Sabha seat in the 2014 parliamentary election.

On July 30, 2016, Mahbub Alam was booked for slapping the branch manager of a bank in Bihar's Katihar district.

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