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{{short description|Indian politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mahbub Alam
| image =
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| office = [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency = [[Balrampur, Katihar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Balrampur]]
| term_start = 2015
| predecessor =
| office2 = [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency2 = [[Barsoi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Barsoi]]
| term_start2 = 2000
| term_end2 = October 2005
| predecessor2 = [[Dulal Chandra Goswami]]
| successor2 = Munaf Alam
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
| termstart = 2015
}}
'''Mahbub Alam''' (born 1956/1957<ref name="e">NDTV Elections. ''[http://www.ndtv.com/elections/candidates-assembly-election-2015?state=bhr Bihar Candidates: Phase 5]''</ref>) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the [[Central Committee]] as well as the [[Bihar]] State Committee of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation]].<ref>''Liberation''. ''[http://www.cpiml.org/liberation/year_2012/jan_2012/special_report.html Rural Poor Turn Out in Massive CPI(ML) Rally at Patna]''</ref><ref>''The Hindu''. ''[http://www.thehindu.com/elections/bihar2015/cpiml-has-bagged-two-seats-so-far/article7858237.ece CPI-ML has bagged two seats so far]''</ref> He has represented the Barsoi and Balrampur constituencies in the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]Since 1994, he has been arrested numerous times on accusations of murder, and was incarcerated for 17 months in the late 2000s.

==Political career==
Alam, an agriculturist, studied up to Class XII.<ref name="e"/> He contested the Barsoi seat in the [[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]] as a [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] candidate, finishing in second place with 14,189 votes (20.59%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1985/StatisticalRep_BH_85.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1985 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR]''</ref>

He again contested the Barsoi seat in the [[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]] as an independent, finishing in second place with 15,495 votes (17.94%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1990/Stat_Rep_BH_90.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1990 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR]''</ref>

===Barsoi legislator===
Alam won the [[Barsoi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Barsoi seat]] in the [[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]], standing as a CPI(ML) Liberation candidate.<ref name="t"/> He got 62,644 votes (51.83%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2000/STAI_REPORT_LA-BR-2000.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2000 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR]''</ref>

He retained the Barsoi seat in the February 2005 Bihar legislative election, winning 45,451 votes.<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2005/StatisticalReports_BH_2005.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2005 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR]''</ref> However, ahead of the subsequent October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election Alam was barred from contesting as his name had been deleted from the voters' list.<ref name="t"/> CPI(ML) Liberation fielded Alam's younger brother Munaf Alam instead, who won the seat.<ref name="t"/>

===2009–2014 electoral campaigns===
CPI(ML) Liberation fielded Alam as its candidate in [[Katihar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Katihar Lok Saba seat]] in the [[2009 Indian general election|2009 parliamentary election]].<ref name="WallaceRoy2011">{{cite book|author1=Paul Wallace|author2=Ramashray Roy|title=India's 2009 Elections: Coalition Politics, Party Competition and Congress Continuity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wZ6HAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA325|date=5 May 2011|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-81-321-0774-3|page=325}}</ref> He obtained 32,035 votes (4.42%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf 25 – Constituency wise detailed result]''</ref>

The Barsoi constituency was abolished ahead of the [[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]], and the [[Balrampur, Katihar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Balrampur constituency]] was created in its stead. Alam finished in second place in Balrampur with 45,432 votes (30.85%).<ref>Zee News. ''[http://zeenews.india.com/bihar-assembly-election-2015/constituency/balrampur BIHAR ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 2015 RESULTS]''</ref><ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2010/stat_BR_Nov2010.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2010 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR]''</ref>

Alam filed his nomination papers for the Katihar Lok Sabha seat in the [[2014 Indian general election|2014 parliamentary election]] but was arrested right after the filing.<ref name="z"/> He obtained 9,461 votes (0.97%) in the election.<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2014/33%20-%20Constituency%20wise%20detailed%20result.pdf 33 – Constituency wise detailed result]''</ref>

===2015 Bihar election===
Ahead of the [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]] Alam declared 2,296,000 [[Indian rupee]]s in assets and 13 criminal cases against him.<ref name="e"/> Out of the 13 cases, he declared three murder charges filed against him.<ref>OneIndia. ''[http://www.oneindia.com/india/bihar-polls-5th-phase-has-254-candidates-with-pending-criminal-cases-1915872.html Bihar polls: 5th phase has 254 candidates with pending criminal cases]''</ref> Alam won the seat.<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS0465.htm?ac=65 65 – Balrampur]''</ref>

==2020 Assembly Election==
In the 2020 assembly election, Alam won Balrampur Legislative Assembly seat with a 53,597 vote margin to his nearest rival Barun Kumar Jha of Vikashsheel Insaan Party (VIP). Alam got 104,489 votes, Jha got 50,892 Votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/highest-victory-margin-to-lowest-assets-old-struggles-to-new-faces-cpi-m-l-in-bihar-7052772/lite/|title=Highest victory margin to lowest assets, old struggles to new faces: CPI (M-L) in Bihar|website=Indian Express|accessdate=2020-11-17}}</ref>

==Arrests==
Alam was arrested in 1994 for the killing of the spouse of a politician from Barsoi.<ref name="t"/> He was released from prison the following year.<ref name="t"/>

On September 1, 2007 Alam was arrested by plainclothes police at a meeting in Shankula, after a long period as a fugitive from the law.<ref name="u">{{cite web |publisher=ML Update|url=http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article7682 |title=Angry Protests against arrest of popular mass leader and former MLA Comrade Mahbub Alam|date=25 September 2007}}</ref><ref name="t">{{cite web |work=[[The Times of India]]|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Fugitive-ex-MLA-held/articleshow/2332381.cms |title=Fugitive ex-MLA held|date=3 September 2007|first=Bhuvaneshwar |last=Prasad}}</ref> According to police, he was wanted in connection with numerous cases of murders, rioting, and other infractions of the Arms Act.<ref name="t"/> According to CPI(ML) Liberation, Alam had been falsely framed for murder.<ref name="u"/> A ''[[bandh]]'' (shutdown) was organized in the [[Barsoi]] bloc to protest the arrest and demonstrations were held across the state demanding his release.<ref name="u"/> He was later released on bail after 17 months of incarceration.<ref name="z">{{cite web |publisher=Zee News|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/general-elections-2014/cpiml-candidate-arrested-in-bihar_922262.html |title=CPI(ML) candidate arrested in Bihar|date=4 April 2014|accessdate=6 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=Liberation |url=http://cpiml.org/liberation/year_2009/april_09/elections_2.html |title=CPI(ML) at the Polls: A Preview |date=9 April 2009 |accessdate=6 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615210657/http://cpiml.org/liberation/year_2009/april_09/elections_2.html |archivedate=June 15, 2010 }}</ref>

Police arrested Alam in connection with a murder charge just after he filed his nomination papers for the Katihar Lok Sabha seat in the [[2014 Indian general election|2014 parliamentary election]].<ref name="z"/>

On July 30, 2016, Mahbub Alam was booked for slapping a branch manager of bank in [[Bihar]]'s Katihar district.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bihar MLA Mehboob Alam booked for slapping Bank Official.|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bihar-mla-mehboob-alam-booked-for-slapping-bank-official/articleshow/53464028.cms|accessdate=30 July 2016|agency=PTI|publisher=The Economic Times|date=30 July 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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