Sayed Md Masih

Sayed Mohammad Masih is an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was the MLA of Bhatar Assembly constituency in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.

Sayed Mohammad Masih
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office 2006–2011
Prime Minister	Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
Preceded by	Subhas Mondal
Succeeded by	Banamali Hazra
Constituency	Bhatar
In office 1982–1991
Prime Minister	Jyoti Basu
Preceded by	Bholanath Sen
Succeeded by	Mahboob Zahedi
Personal details
Born	1944 (age 80–81) Bhatar, Bardhaman district, Bengal Presidency
Political party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Early life and family

Masih was born in c. 1944 to a Bengali family of Muslim Syeds in Bhatar, Bardhaman district, Bengal Presidency. He was the son of Sayed Mohammad Taha.^[1]

Career

Mondal contested in the 1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election where he ran as a Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate for Bhatar Assembly constituency.^[2] He was re-elected from the same constituency at the 1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, and 2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election for a third term.^[3]