MOLLAH, SHRI HANNAN
C.P.I(M) - ULBERIA (WEST BENGAL)

Father's Name:   Late Shri Abdul Latif Mollah

Date of Birth:   3 January 1946

Place of Birth:   Paschim Bauria in Distt. Howrah (West Bengal)

Marital Status:   Married on 30 March 1982

Spouse's Name:   Smt. Maimoona Mollah (Abbas)

Children:   One son and one daughter

Educational Qualifications :
M.A.
Educated at Calcutta University, Calcutta 
(West Bengal)

Profession :
   Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address :
   Vill. Paschim Bauria, P.O. Chackasi,
Distt. Howrah-711101 (West Bengal)
Tel. (033) 6613329 PP

Positions Held :
   
1980Elected to Lok Sabha (Seventh)
Member, House Committee
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
1982 onwardsMember, West Bengal State Committee, C.P.I.(M)
1984Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth)
Member, Estimates Committee
Member, Committee on Petitions
Member, Joint Committee on Medical Council Bill
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Planning
1986 onwardsMember, Central Committee, C.P.I.(M)
1989Elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth) for the third time
1990-91Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications
May 1990-92Member, Estimates Committee
1991Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) for the fourth time
1992-94Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce
1994-96Member, Standing Committee on Defence
1996Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the fifth time

Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments :
   Contributed articles to magazines and weekly papers  on various 
issues

Social and Cultural Activities :
Organising students and youth to  fight for their cause; relief 
work during natural calamities; struggle for improvement in the 
living conditions of agricultural workers

Special Interests :
   Problem of youth and students, welfare of masses and upliftment 
of the downtrodden

Favourite Pastime and Recreation :
Reading, travelling and watching sports events

Countries Visited :
Bangladesh, China, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Japan, Korea, Kuwait 
and Russia 

Other Information :
General Secretary, Democratic Youth Federation of India, 1980-91; 
Joint  Secretary,  All  India  Agricultural  Workers' Union, 1992 
onwards

Election Result :
   
Uluberia Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate10,43,340
Total votes polled 8,63,906
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates:
(1) Shri Hannan Mollah [C.P.I.(M)]4,15,592
(2) Shri Minati Adhikari (I.N.C.)3,87,750
(3) Shri Moni Lal Basu (B.J.P.)  38,010
(4) Shri Md. Israfil (Ind.)      2,228