M. Mokshed Ali

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M. Mokshed Ali was an Indian politician, belonging to the Revolutionary Communist Party of India. [1]

Ali won the Santipur seat in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in the 1969 election. [1] Ali and the other RCPI legislator Anandi Das were expelled from RCPI by party general secretary Sudhin Kumar in July 1969 for "anti-Party and anti-UF activities". [2] [3] [4] In the 1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Ali ran as an independent in Santipur, against the official RCPI candidate Bimalananda Mukherjee. [5] He finished in third place with 3,744 votes (8.84%). [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal State Committee. Election results of West Bengal: statistics & analysis, 1952-1991. The Committee. p. 416.
  2. Janata. Vol. 24. 1969.
  3. S. N. Sadasivan (1977). Party and democracy in India. Tata McGraw-Hill. p. 90.
  4. Society for Study of State Governments (1970). Journal of Society for Study of State Governments. Vol. 3. p. 94.
  5. 1 2 Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1971 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL