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'''Hamidul Rahman''' is an Indian politician who has won two terms as a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.<br />
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Rahman won the [[Chopra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chopra]] seat in [[Uttar Dinajpur]] as an independent candidate in the 2001 election. As an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate he lost the same seat in 2006.<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 1 July 2014}}</ref><ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 1 July 2014}}</ref><br />
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In the eventful 2011 elections, which the Congress fought in alliance with [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]], the Chopra seat was allotted to Trinamool Congress. However, Rahman contested as an independent candidate<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110416/jsp/siliguri/story_13859959.jsp |title = Deepa backs rebels under Sonia nose - MP pleads for Congress 'soldiers'| work=The Telegraph|date= 16 April 2011 | accessdate = 4 July 2014}}</ref> and won the seat. In fact, of the 18 rebel Congress candidates who fought elections throughout West Bengal, Rahman was the only winner.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110514/jsp/nation/story_13981424.jsp |title = Rebels flattened but give pinpricks | work= The Telegraph|date= 14 May 2011| accessdate = 4 July 2014}}</ref><br />
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Rahman was initially suspended by the Congress for contesting against the alliance candidate, but was soon taken back into the Congress by his political mentor, [[Deepa Dasmunsi]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110912/jsp/siliguri/story_14495356.jsp |title = Deepa brings back Hamidul- Raiganj MP ascribes Mamata's rise to power to Congress | work=The Telegraph |date=12 September 2011 | accessdate = 4 July 2014}}</ref> Rahman is alleged to have been involved in post-poll violence.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110520/jsp/siliguri/story_14006103.jsp|title = Only rebel to win and lonely too |publisher= |work=The Telegraph|date=20 May 2011 | accessdate = 24 July 2014}}</ref> Subsequently, Rahman joined Trinamool Congress.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://in.news.yahoo.com/hamidul-trinamul-000000143.html |title = Hamidul in Trinamul| work=The Telegraph|date=24 March 2012 |publisher= | accessdate = 4 July 2014}}<br>- {{cite web | url = http://www.thestatesman.co.in/news/45730-bjp-main-rival-says-sujoy-ghatak.html?page=1 | title = BJP main rival, says Sujoy Ghatak | work = The Statesman|date= 22 March 2014 | accessdate = 4 July 2014 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714123046/http://www.thestatesman.co.in/news/45730-bjp-main-rival-says-sujoy-ghatak.html?page=1 | archivedate = 14 July 2014 }}</ref><br />
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