Islam Uddin is an Indian politician belonging to the

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a Communism in India, communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electora ...

(CPI (M)). He is a

Member of Legislative Assembly A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected to sit in a legislative assembly. The term most commonly refers to members of the legislature of a federated state or an autonomous region, but is also used for several national ...

(MLA) representing Kadamtala-Kurti Assembly constituency in the

North Tripura district North Tripura is an administrative district in the state of Tripura in India. The district headquarters are located at Dharmanagar. The district occupies an area of 1422.19 km2 and has a population of 693,947, 856,(as of 2024). History Th ...

and East region of Tripura.

Early life and political career

Islam Uddin contested the

2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election The 2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election was held on 18 February for 59 of the state's 60 constituencies. The counting of votes took place on 3 March 2018. With 43.59% of the vote, the BJP secured a majority of seats (36) and subsequently ...

on a CPI (M) ticket from

North Tripura North Tripura is an administrative district in the state of Tripura in India. The district headquarters are located at Dharmanagar. The district occupies an area of 1422.19 km2 and has a population of 693,947, 856,(as of 2024). History Th ...

and garnered 57.73% of the votes at 20,721. He was elected over Giyas Uddin Choudhary of the

Nationalist Congress Party The Nationalist Congress Party is one of the List of political parties in India#State parties, state parties in India and is one of the major political parties in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, Maharashtra with a recognised state party statu ...

and Tinku Roy of the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

. They got 936 and 13,839 votes respectively out of the total votes polled.

Electoral performance

References

Living people Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Tripura People from North Tripura district Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Bengalis 21st-century Bengalis Tripura MLAs 2018–2023 Tripura MLAs 2023–2028 {{Tripura-politician-stub