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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Md. Mottakin Alam
| image = Md Mottakin Alam.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = 1979
| birth_place = English Bazar, [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| office1 = Member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency1 = [[Manikchak Assembly constituency|Manikchak]]
| term_start1 = 2016
| term_end1 = 2021
| predecessor1 = [[Sabitri Mitra]]
| successor1 = [[Sabitri Mitra]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| occupation = Politician
}}

'''Mohammad Mottakin Alam''' (born 1979)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=Md. Mottakin Alam (Indian National Congress (INC)):Constituency- Manikchak (Malda) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://www.myneta.info/WestBengal2021/candidate.php?candidate_id=1883 |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref> is an Indian politician from [[West Bengal]]. He is a former member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from [[Manikchak Assembly constituency]] in [[Malda district]]. He was elected in the [[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] representing the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Manickchak Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency |url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/manickchak-west-bengal-assembly-constituency |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=resultuniversity.com}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Alam is from [[English Bazar Municipality|English Bazar]], Malda district, West Bengal. He is the son of late Ali Mohammad. He studied Class 10 at Jadupur Anchal High School and passed the examinations conducted by [[West Bengal Board of Secondary Education]] in 1996.

== Career ==
Alam was first elected as an MLA from Manikchak Assembly constituency representing the Indian National Congress in the 1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. He polled 78,472 votes and defeated his nearest rival, [[Sabitri Mitra]] of the [[All India Trinamool Congress]], by a margin of 12,603 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-03 |title=West Bengal Assembly election 2021, Manikchak profile: Congress's Md Mottakin Alam won seat in 2016 |url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/west-bengal-assembly-election-2021-manikchak-profile-congresss-md-mottakin-alam-won-seat-in-2016-9307741.html |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=Firstpost |language=en-us}}</ref> He lost the next election in 2021 and could finish only third. Sabitri Mitra of the Trinamool Congress won the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] defeating Gour Chand Mandal of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. Sitting MLA Alam could only poll 11,555 votes while winner Mitra got 110,234 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manickchak Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Sabitri Mitra of TMC Wins |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/manickchak-election-result-2021-live-updates-manickchak-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-3694895.html |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Manikchak Assembly Election Results 2021 - Manikchak Vidhan Sabha Election Results |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/manikchak-west-bengal-election-result-2021 |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=TimesNow |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:1979 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from West Bengal]]
[[Category:People from Malda district]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2016–2021]]

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