Shah Alam (Indian politician)

Shah Alam (known as Guddu Jamali) is an Indian politician and a member of the 16th and 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. He represented the Mubarakpur constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Samajwadi Party and he was a close associate of BSP Supremo Mayawati.

Shah Alam
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
Assumed office
(2024-05-06)May 6, 2024
Constituencyelected by Legislative assembly members
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
(2012-03-08)March 8, 2012 – (2022-03-12)March 12, 2022
Preceded byChandradev Ram Yadav
Succeeded byAkhilesh Yadav
ConstituencyMubarakpur
Personal details
Born (1973-06-01) 1 June 1973 (age 51)[1]
Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
CitizenshipIndian
Political partySamajwadi Party (2024–present)
Other political
affiliations
Bahujan Samaj Party (2010–2021, 2022–2024)
AIMIM (2021–2022)
Residence(s)3/247 Vishal Khand, Gomti Nagar Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
OccupationBusiness
ProfessionPolitician

Early life and education

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Alam was born in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. He holds a Master of Arts degree.[2]

Political career

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Alam has been a MLA. He represented the Mubarakpur constituency and was a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party.[3] He left BSP to join Samajwadi Party before the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election but when he wasn't made the candidate from Mubarakpur he joined All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen and got a ticket from Mubarakpur.[4] Jamali left AIMIM on 27th of March 2022 and rejoined Bahujan Samaj Party most probably for being the party's candidate for the Azamgarh (Lok Sabha constituency) by-polls due to Akhilesh Yadav vacating the seat to become the leader of the opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.[5] He Joined Samajwadi Party in 2024 and became a MLC.[6]

Positions held

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# From To Position Constituency Comments
01 March 2012 March 2017 Member, 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh Mubarakpur [7]
02 March 2017 March 2022 Member, 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh Mubarakpur [8]
03 May 2024

Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council

elected by MLA's [9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Shah Alam" (PDF). Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Mubarakpur Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Mubarakpur, Uttar Pradesh". elections.in.
  3. ^ ADR. "Shah Alam Alias Guddu Jamali(Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP)):Constituency- AZAMGARH(UTTAR PRADESH) – Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info.
  4. ^ नोमानी, खुर्रम (15 February 2022). "जानिए- कौन हैं गुड्डू जमाली जिन्हें AIMIM ने मुबारकपुर से दिया टिकट?". ABP News (in Hindi). Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  5. ^ "यूपी: मायावती के इस कदम से दिलचस्प होगा आजमगढ़ का उपचुनाव, एक तीर से ओवैसी-अखिलेश पर साधा निशाना".
  6. ^ "SP may wrest Azamgarh stronghold back with key Muslim leader on its side". The Indian Express. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Uttar Pradesh 2012 Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Uttar Pradesh 2017 Result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  9. ^ "Shah Alam and 12 others elected unopened to upper house of Uttar Pradesh". Hindustan Times.