Mir Abdus Sayeed (d. 2004) was an Indian

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ist and 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 ...

. He was the president of the Forward Seamens Union of India (FSUI), and a Member of the

West Bengal Legislative Assembly The West Bengal Legislative Assembly (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Paścimabaṅga Vidhānasabhā'') is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of West Bengal, located in eastern India. It consists of 294 members directly elected from single-seat ...

1969-1970 and 1979-1987.

Biography

As of 1952 M.A. Sayeed was the general secretary of the United Seamen's Union in Calcutta.Gene D. Overstreet.
Communism in India
'. Univ of California Press, 2023. pp. 381-382 He was part of an Indian trade union delegation that took part in a month-long visit to China in connection with the

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celebrations of 1952. The

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fielded M.A. Sayeed as its candidate for the Baduria seat in the

1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1962. Parties Ahead of the polls, the Communist Party of India, the All India Forward Bloc, the Marxist Forward Bloc, the Revolutionary Communist Party of India, th ...

. M.A. Sayeed finished in second place with 20,146 votes (43.85%). M.A. Sayeed sided with the CPI(M) in the

1964 split in the Communist Party of India In 1964, a major split occurred in the Communist Party of India (CPI). The split was the culmination of decades of tensions and factional infighting. When India became independent in 1947, differences arose of how to adapt to the new situation. ...

. CPI(M) fielded M.A. Sayeed as its candidate in Baduria in the

1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Indian state of West Bengal in 1967 to elect 280 members to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. United Front led by Ajoy Mukherjee won majority of seats in the election, and formed the first non-Congr ...

, in which he finished in second place with 17,820 votes (33.60%). M.A. Sayeed contested the Baduria seat for a third time in the

1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Elections were held in Indian state of West Bengal in February 1969 to elect 280 members to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. United Front formed the government with Ajoy Mukherjee as the Chief Minister. United Front won a landslide 214 seat ...

, this time winning the seat with 29,718 votes (54.95%). In the

1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1971. The assembly election was held alongside the 1971 Indian general election. Parties and coalitions Ahead of the 1971 election the map of party coalitions was re ...

the CPI(M) fielded M.A. Sayeed as its candidate in the Kabitirtha seat, where he finished in third place with 12,036 votes (26.49%). In the subsequent

1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal on March 11, 1972. Background The election was the 4th assembly election in West Bengal within six years. In the previous assembly election held last year, Ajoy Mukher ...

, he contested the Baduria seat and finished in second place with 17,399 votes (35.71%). M.A. Sayeed returned to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1979. He contested a by-election for the Maheshtala seat, held after the death of incumbent legislator Sudhir Chandra Bhandari.
Bye-elections Brochure
'. Election Commission of India, 1979. p. 47 M.A. Sayeed obtained 45,259 votes (76.18%).Election Commission of India.
Bye-election results 1952-95
' He retained the Maheshtala seat in the

1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Vidhan Sabha, Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1982. The Left Front (West Bengal), Left Front, which had won the 1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, emerged victoriously. The Indian Natio ...

, obtaining 40,523 votes (63.15%). As of the 1980s and early 1990s M.A. Sayeed was the president of the Forward Seamens Union of India (FSUI). He was a member of the General Council of the Centre for Indian Trade Unions (CITU). Mir Abdus Sayeed died in 2004.
Sessional Review
', in ''Journal of Parliamentary Information'', No 1, March 2005. p. 98

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mir, Abdussayeed 2004 deaths West Bengal MLAs 1969–1971 West Bengal MLAs 1977–1982 West Bengal MLAs 1982–1987 Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal Trade unionists from West Bengal People from Basirhat subdivision Politicians from North 24 Parganas district