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Shanimol Osman | |
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| ഷാനിമോള് ഉസ്മാൻ | |
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| Deputy Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2 June 2026 | |
| Speaker | Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan |
| Preceded by | Chittayam Gopakumar |
| Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 21 May 2026 | |
| Preceded by | Daleema |
| Constituency | Aroor |
| Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 28 October 2019 – 24 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | A. M. Ariff |
| Succeeded by | Daleema |
| Constituency | Aroor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 May 1966 |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Adv. Mohammed Osman |
| Children | 2 |
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Shanimol Osman (born 30 May 1966) is an Indian politician from Kerala. She currently serves as the Deputy Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly. She represents Aroor constituency in the Kerala Legislative Assembly since 21 May 2026. Shanimol is a member of the Indian National Congress.[1]
Political career
[edit]| Electoral History | |||||
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| Election | Party | House | Constituency | Status | |
| 2011 | INC | Kerala Legislative Assembly | Perumbavoor | Lost | |
| 2016 | Ottapalam | Lost | |||
| 2019 | Lok Sabha | Alappuzha | Lost | ||
| 2019^ | Kerala Legislative Assembly | Aroor | Won | ||
| 2021 | Lost | ||||
| 2026 | Won | ||||
^ - Indicates 2019 By- election
She is the first female leader from Kerala to become the secretary of the All India Congress Committee.[2] She is an LLB Degree holder who graduated from Kerala Law Academy in Thiruvananthapuram.[3] She contested from Alappuzha in the 2019 Indian general election but lost to Adv. A. M. Ariff of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) by 9213 votes.
In the 2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections, she won from Aroor Assembly constituency by defeating her nearest rival candidate, Manu C. Pulickal of the CPI(M) by a margin of 2,079 votes.[4]
Shanimol Osman was the only female MLA from the UDF in the 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Shanimol Usman 'right candidate' for Ottappalam, Shanta out". Deccanchronicle.com. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ↑ "Congress leader from Kerala, Shanimol Usman was inducted into the reconstituted Congress Working Committee as AICC Secretary today". Times of India. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ↑ പോരിന് മുമ്പെ ചര്ച്ചയായത് സ്ഥാനാര്ഥി നിര്ണയം. Madhyamam.com. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ↑ "Congress Defeats CPI-M In Kerala's Aroor Seat After 18 Years". NDTV.com.