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| name = Sheikh Siraj Ali<br />
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| office = Member of [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start = 1977<br />
| term_end = 1987<br />
| predecessor = ''Constituency established''<br />
| successor = [[Sheikh Najmul Haque]]<br />
| constituency = [[Kharagpur Assembly constituency|Kharagpur Rural]]<br />
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| birth_place = [[Kharagpur subdivision|Kharagpur]], [[Midnapore district]], [[Bengal Presidency]]<br />
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| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<br />
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'''Sheikh Siraj Ali''' was an Indian politician belonging to the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. He was a four-time member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Ali was born into a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] family of [[Muslim]] [[Sheikhs]] in [[Kharagpur subdivision|Kharagpur]], [[Midnapore district]], [[Bengal Presidency]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
He contested in the [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] where he ran as a [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] candidate for [[Kharagpur Assembly constituency|Kharagpur Local Assembly constituency]], but lost to Congress politician [[Ajit Kumar Basu]]. In the [[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], Ali lost to Basu once again.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latestly.com/elections/assembly-elections/west-bengal/1972/kharagpur/|title=Kharagpur, 1972|website=Latestly|access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref> In the [[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], Ali was elected to the new Kharagpur Rural constituency. In the [[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], he was re-elected to Kharagpur Rural after defeating [[Deben Das]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latestly.com/elections/assembly-elections/west-bengal/1982/kharagpur/|title=Kharagpur, 1982|website=Latestly|access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref><br />
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