By Zaidul Haque, Twocircles.net,
Kolkata: The vote is being cast in the 4th Phase election in West Bengal today (3rd May). There are 63 assembly constituencies spreading in 4 districts: Howrah, Hooghly, Burdwan and Purba Medinipur. In total there are 364 candidates in the fray — 62 of them are Muslim including seven Muslim women.
All India Trinamul Congress has fielded two Muslim women — Firoza Begum from Nandigram of Purba Medinipur and Nargis Begum from Pandua of Hooghly. Firoza Begum is sitting MLA of the party. CPI-M has one — Aleya Begam Sekh from Purbasthali Dakshin in Burdwan. Another one from Janata Dal United, one from Indian Unity Centre and two Muslim women are Independents.
Four Muslim MLAs are in fray in 4th phase election, Akkel Ali Khan from Bagnan of Howrah, Sk Mujibar Rahman form Moyna of Purba Medinipur, Firoza Begum from Nandigram of Purba Medinipur and Chowdhury Md Hedayetullah from Monteswar of Burdwan. CPI-M has dropped its sitting MLA Syed Md Masih. He was elected from Bhatar of Burdwan. This time CPI-M has not fielded Muslim candidate in Bhatar constituency.
Muslim candidates in 4th Phase election in West Bengal:
Constituency————-Candidates——————-Sex—-Party
Shibpur——————-Ali Asgar——————–Male—BSP
Howrah Dakshin——-Sekh Abdul Momin———Male—Ind
Panchla——————Gulsan Mullick————–Male—AITMC
Panchla——————Sakirul Islam Sekh———-Male—BSP
Panchla——————Mohiuddin Molla————Male–PDCI
Uluberia Purba———-Haider Aziz Safwi———-Male—AITMC
Uluberia Purba———-Mareful Islam (Mintu)——–Male—-INC
Uluberia Purba———-Musiyar Molla——————Male—-IND
Uluberia Purba———-Sekh Sajahan (Barobhai)——Male—-Ind
Uluberia Dakshin—Ahmed Kutubuddin Sk——Male—-AIFB
Uluberia Dakshin—Aah Soban Khan————–Male—PDCI
Uluberia Dakshin—Sakila Begum—————-Female—INC
Uluberia Dakshin–Aorangjeb Sekh————-Male——Ind
Shyampur————Aynul Molla—————Male——PDCI
Bagnan—————Akkel Ali Khan————Male—–CPI-M
Bagnan————–Anwar Mallick—————Male—-INC
Bagnan—————Begam Fatema————-Female—-Ind
Jagatballavpur——Abul Kasem Molla——–Male—–AITMC
Jagatballavpur——Kazi Jafar Ahmed——–Male——CPI-M
Jagatballavpur—–A. S. Md. Monjurul Hoque Syed—Male–PDCI
Jagatballavpur—-Abul Kasem Khondakar——-Male–Ind
Domjur————Sabila Begum——————Female—Ind
Champdani——Muzaffar Khan——————Male—AITMC
Champdani——Taharon Begum—————-Female—JD(U)
Pandua ———–Amjad Hossain Sk.————Male—CPI-M
Pandua———–Nargis Begum————–Female—-AITMC
Chanditala—– Azim Ali Md Sk————-Male——CPI-M
Jangipara—–Md. Kutubuddin Purkait——-Male—-Ind
Haripal——–Md. Nizamuddin Sekh———Male—PDCI
Pursurah——Parvez Rahman—————–Male—-AITMC
Khanakul——Iqbal Ahmed——————–Male—AITMC
Tamluk——–Ataul Rahaman Bhuniya——Male—INC
Tamluk——–Sk. Khairuddin Rahaman—–Male—-PDCI
Panskura Purba—–Kamarujjaman Khan—-Male—-PDCI
Panskura Purba—–Motahar Hossen Mallick—Male–Ind
Panskura Purba——Sk. Mohim—————–Male—-Ind
Panskura Paschim—–Omar Ali—————–Male—AITMC
Moyna————-Sk. Mujibur Rahaman——Male—-CPI-M
Moyna————Sheikh Nurul Islam———Male—-Ind
Nandakumar—-Abdur Razak Sk.——Male—–PDCI
Nandakumar—-Maphijul Islam Sekh—-Male—-Ind
Mahisadal——-Ajad Ali Sekh————-Male—-PDCI
Mahisadal——Keramat Baks Mallik—–Male—-Ind
Nandigram—-Firoza Bibi————-Female—-AITMC
Nandigram—-Mehedi Masud Sekh—–Male—PDCI
Chandipur—–Siraj Khan—————Male—-Ind
Kanthi Dakshin—–Sek Mahammad Jilani——Male—Ind
Bardhaman Dakshin—-Md. Harun—-Male—-BSP
Monteswar———-Abu Ayesh Mondal——–Male—AITMC
Monteswar——–Chowdhury Md Hedayatullah—–Male—CPI-M
Monteswar——–Abdul Kased Shaikh(Khokon Bhai)—Male—PDCI
Memari————Abul Hasem Mondal—————-Male—AITMC
Bhatar————Sekh Toyeb—————————-Male—-BSP
Bhatar———–Iyar Mohammad Sekh————–Male—–PDCI
Purbasthali Dakshin—–Aleya Begam Sekh——-Female—CPI-M
Purbasthali Dakshin——Irai Sk———–Male——CPI-ML
Purbasthali Dakshin—–Badredojja Molla——Male—PDS
Purbasthali Uttar——–Amanullah Sekh———Male—-PDCI
Katwa——————-Mohammad Nasiruddin——Male—-PDCI
Ketugram————–Abul Kadar Syed—————-Male—-CPI-M
Ketugram————–Sekh Sahonawez—————Male——AITMC
Ketugram————–Kazi Safikur Rahaman——–Male——-Ind