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'''Nurul Huda''' was an Indian politician, former Member of Parliament and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of [[Assam]]. A leader of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], Nurul Huda belonged to the [[Central Committee]] of the party.<ref>''People's Democracy''. ''[http://pd.cpim.org/2004/1226/12262004_manipur.htm Report On the 14th Manipur State Conference Of The CPI(M)]''</ref><ref name="t">''The Telegraph''. ''[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040208/asp/northeast/story_2872606.asp CPM to contest in Silchar and Barpeta]''</ref>

==Background==
Nurul Huda hailed from a Manipuri Muslim (referred to as 'Pangal') family. He was born in Dolugram, a village in the remote parts of Cachar district in Assam. He holds engineering and law degrees.<ref name="t"/><ref name="Chaube1985">{{cite book|author=Shibani Kinkar Chaube|title=Electoral politics in northeast India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q8U6AAAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Universities Press|isbn=978-0-86131-470-6|page=47}}</ref> Whilst studying engineering at [[Jadavpur University]] he came into contact with the communist movement thereby joining the student politics wing of the CPI (M).<ref>Siliguri Times. ''[http://siliguritimes.com/in/ex-cpi-m-mp-silchar-nurul-huda-dies-kolkata-nursing-home/ Ex-CPI-M MP from Silchar Nurul Huda dies in Kolkata nursing home]''</ref>

==1974 by-election==
He contested the 1972 Assam Legislative Assembly election from the Lakhipur seat and finished in second place, with 12,374 votes (38.91%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/Statistical%20Report%20Assam%201972.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1972 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ASSAM]''</ref>

Nurul Huda was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] in a by-election in [[Cachar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Cachar]] in early 1974.<ref name="a"/> He defeated the [[Indian National Congress]] candidate and former Minister Mahitosh Purkayastha by a margin of 19,944 votes.<ref name="a"/><ref name="Lal1978">{{cite book|author=Shiv Lal|title=Elections Under the Janata Rule|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6MslAAAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Election Archives|page=29}}</ref> His victory was declared on 26 February 1974. The by-election had been called following the death of incumbent Congress parliamentarian Jyotsna Chanda.<ref name="a">{{cite book|title=The Journal of Parliamentary Information, Vol. 20|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XnO2AAAAIAAJ|year=1974|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|page=672}}</ref>

==MLA==
In the [[1977 Indian general election|1977 Lok Sabha election]], Nurool Huda contested the [[Silchar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Silchar seat]] (the Cachar seat had been abolished in delimitation). He faced the Congress Party candidate [[Rashida Haque Choudhury]], widow of Moinul Haque Choudhury.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Election Archives, Vol. 30-32|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QJ8eAQAAMAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Shiv Lal|page=681}}</ref><ref name="e77"/> Nurool Huda lost the seat, obtaining 110,085 votes (44.26% of the votes in the constituency).<ref name="e77">Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1977 TO THE SIXTH LOK SABHA - VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)]''</ref> However, he won the Silchar Legislative Assembly seat in the 1978 elections. He obtained 20,409 votes (44.64%), defeating [[Janata Party]] candidate [[Kabindra Purkayastha]].<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1978/StatisticalReportAssam78.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1978 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ASSAM]''</ref>

==Later elections==
Nurool Huda lost the Silchar Legislative Assembly seat in the 1983 election. He finished in third place with 7,296 votes (13.13%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1983/StatisticalReportAssam83.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1983 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ASSAM]''</ref> In 1985 Nurool Huda sought to recapture his seat in the Lok Sabha, standing as a candidate in the Silchar constituency (Lok Sabha polls could not be carried out in Assam during the [[1984 Indian general election|1984 general election]]). He finished in second place with 175,711 votes (39.08%), being defeated by [[Santosh Mohan Dev]] of the Congress Party.<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1985/Vol_I_LS_85.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1985 TO THE EIGHT LOK SABHA - VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)]''</ref> In the [[1991 Indian general election|1991 general election]] Nurul Huda again finished in second place in Silchar, obtaining 193,350 votes (36.81%). He lost to Kabindra Purkayastha (now representing the [[BJP]]).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1991 TO THE TENTH LOK SABHA - VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)]''</ref>

Again, facing Santosh Mohan Dev and Kabindra Purkayastha, Nurul Huda finished third in the Silchar seat in the [[1996 Indian general election|1996 Lok Sabha election]]. He obtained 120,703 votes (21.67%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1996 TO THE ELEVENTH LOK SABHA - VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)]''</ref> He again finished third in the [[1998 Indian general election|1998 Lok Sabha election]] in Silchar, obtaining 172,999 votes (27.78%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1998 TO THE 12TH LOK SABHA - VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)]''</ref>

CPI(M) fielded the now 74-year-old Nurul Huda in the [[2004 Indian general election|2004 Lok Sabha election]] from Silchar. He finished in fourth place with 20,020 votes.<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 2004 TO THE 14TH LOK SABHA - VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)]''</ref>

==Shift to Delhi==
In 2005 the party relieved Nurul Huda of his responsibilities in Assam, and he shifted to work with the national level office of [[All India Kisan Sabha (Ashoka Road)|All India Kisan Sabha]] (peasants movement) in Delhi.<ref>Communist Party of India (Marxist). ''[http://cpim.org/documents/2006_sept_rep-org.pdf Report on Implementation of Organisational Tasks]''</ref> As of 2007 he served as joint secretary and finance secretary of the AIKS.<ref>''People's Democracy''. ''[http://pd.cpim.org/2007/0729/07292007_up.htm Gearing Up Against Sugar Mills Privatisation Threat]''</ref> The founding conference of the All India Fishers and Fisheries Workers’ Federation (AIFFWF), held in 2007 (co-organised by AIKS and the [[Centre of Indian Trade Unions]], elected Nurul Huda as its treasurer.<ref>''People's Democracy''. ''[http://pd.cpim.org/2007/0401/04012007_aiffwf%20conf.htm CITU- AIKS Organise First Conference of AIFFWF]''</ref> The 32nd All India Conference of AIKS, held in 2010, elected Nurul Huda as finance secretary of the organisation.<ref>''People's Democracy''. ''[http://pd.cpim.org/2010/0117_pd/01172010_7.html S R Pillai and K Varadharajan Re-elected as President and Gen-Sec]''</ref>

==Death==
Nurul Huda died on December 17, 2015 at Ruby Hospital in [[Kolkata]], after having suffered a heart attack two days earlier.<ref>ZeeNews. ''[http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/nurul-huda-ex-mp-of-cpi-m-dies-in-kolkata_1835560.html Nurul Huda, ex-MP of CPI-M, dies in Kolkata]''</ref>

==References==
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