Monirul Islam (politician)

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Monirul Islam (born 1960) was an Indian farmer, social worker and politician belonging to the Trinamool Congress. He served as a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly for a decade.

Monirul Islam
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office 2011–2021
Preceded by	Nabanita Mukherjee
Succeeded by	Abhijit Sinha
Constituency	Labpur
Personal details
Born	1960 (age 64–65) Birbhum district, West Bengal
Political party	Trinamool Congress

Early life and family

Monirul Islam was born in 1960 to a Bengali Muslim family in the Birbhum district of West Bengal. He was the son of Ahasan Ahamad and obtained his Higher Secondary Certificate from the Ramnagar Sahora Union High School in 1976.^[1]

Career

Islam contested in the 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election where he ran as a Trinamool Congress candidate for Labpur Assembly constituency, defeating former MLA and Marxist politician Nabanita Mukherjee.^[2] He contested in the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election and was re-elected to Labpur after winning against Marxist candidate Syed Mahfuzul Karim.^[3] Islam contested in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election on an independent ticket but was unsuccessful.^[4]