Nahid Hasan
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
October 2014
Preceded byHukum Singh
ConstituencyKairana
Personal details
Born (1988-10-01) 1 October 1988 (age 35)
Kairana, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partySamajwadi Party
Parents
Residence(s)Kairana, (Uttar Pradesh)
Alma materHolmes Institute
ProfessionPolitician

Nahid Hasan is an Indian politician and a member of the 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He was also a member of the 16th and 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Hasan represents the Kairana constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Samajwadi Party.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Nahid Hasan was born in a Muslim family of Kairana in the district of Shamli in Uttar Pradesh.[4]

Hasan holds Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Holmes Institute in Sydney. His father Chaudhary Munawwar Hasan was an MLA in the 11th and the 12th legislative assemblies of Uttar Pradesh as well as a Member of 11th and 14th Lok Sabha and became Rajya sabha member from 1998 till 2003. Munawwar Hasan was also elected as a Member of Legislative Council (MLC) from Muzaffarnagar-Saharanpur Local Body Authorities constituency in 2003. Nahid's mother, Begum Tabassum Hasan has also been elected to the Lok Sabha in 2009 and 2018.[1][5][6]

Political career

Nahid Hasan has been a MLA for three-terms. Hasan represents Kairana constituency and is a member of the Samajwadi Party. In Oct. 2014, he was elected to office after sitting member Hukum Singh got elected to the 16th Lok Sabha.[1] In the by-poll election, he defeated Bhartiya Janata Party candidate Anil Kumar by a margin of 1,099 votes.[7]

He was elected to the Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh in 2017, he defeated Bhartiya Janata Party candidate Mriganka Singh by a margin of 21,162 votes.[8]

In 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Hasan again defeated Mriganka Singh by 25,887 votes.[9][10]

Legal cases

Nahid Hasan broke the traffic rule and misbehaved with the police.[11] After the incident, he ran away and wasn't found at his residence in Police raid.[12] Later, he was declared as 'absconder' and was booked under sections 153, 353 and 453 of the IPC.[13] A total of 12 FIRs have been lodged on Hasan which include serious crimes like attempt to murder, forgery and attempt to incite communal tensions.[14][12]

Posts held

# From To Position Comments
01 2014 Mar-2017 Member, 16th Legislative Assembly
02 Mar-2017 March-2022 Member, 17th Legislative Assembly
03 Mar-2022 Incumbent Member, 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly

Elections contested

Year Election Type Constituency Result Vote percentage Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote percentage Ref
2012 MLA Gangoh Lost 14.53% Pradeep Choudhary INC 28.44% [15]
2014 MP Kairana Lost 29.40% Hukum Singh BJP 50.56% [16]
2014 (by election) MLA Kairana Won 44.99% Anil Kumar BJP 44.40%
2017 MLA Kairana Won 47.49% Mriganka Singh BJP 37.33% [17]
2022 MLA Kairana Won 54.16% Mriganka Singh BJP 43.46% [10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Profile". myneta.info. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  2. ^ "2012 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Election affidavit" (PDF). myneta.info. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  4. ^ Javaid, Azam (4 February 2017). "UP Elections 2017: Friends and foes - Kairana divided between two families". DNA India. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  5. ^ "1991 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  6. ^ "1993 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  7. ^ PTI (19 October 2014). "Samajwadi Party's Nahid Hasan wins Kairana Assembly bypoll". The Economic Times. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  8. ^ "NAHID HASAN Won with 98830 votes - 2017 Kairana - Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Winner, LIVE Results & Latest News: Election Dates, Polling Schedule, Election Results & Live Election Updates". India.com. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  9. ^ सिंह, जितेंद्र बहादुर; कुमार, कृष्‍ण (10 March 2022). "Shamli Election Result 2022: कैराना में नहीं चला बीजेपी का जादू, जेल में रहकर जीता सपा प्रत्‍याशी". आज तक (in Hindi). Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  10. ^ a b "Uttar Pradesh-Kairana". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  11. ^ "UP cops hunt for Kairana MLA over tiff with official". The Times of India. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  12. ^ a b Shukla, Nelanshu (21 September 2019). "Police raid SP MLA's house to arrest him on charge of misbehaving with officials". India Today. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  13. ^ "Kairana MLA Nahid Hasan declared 'absconder'". The Hindu. 22 September 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  14. ^ "12th FIR against Kairana MLA, police to attach his property by October 20". The Times of India. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  15. ^ "Empoweringindia.org Is For Sale". www.empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  16. ^ "Empoweringindia.org Is For Sale". www.empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  17. ^ "Live KAIRANA Seat Election Result 2022 in Uttar Pradesh". NDTV. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
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