Ashim Kumar Ukil
{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ashim Kumar Ukil
| office = Member of Parliament
| term_start = 29 January 2019
| term_end = 29 January 2024
| predecessor = Iftiquar Uddin Talukder Pintu
| successor = Iftiquar Uddin Talukder Pintu
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|03|01|df=y}}
| birth_place = Netrokona, Bangladesh
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Bangladesh Awami League
| native_name = অসীম কুমার উকিল
| native_name_lang = bn
| constituency = Netrokona-3
| profession = Politician
| spouse = Apu Ukil
}}
Ashim Kumar Ukil ({{langx|bn|অসীম কুমার উকিল}}) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former member of parliament of Netrokona-3.
Career
Ashim Kumar Ukil was elected to parliament from Netrokona-3 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate on 30 December 2018.{{cite news |title=Awami League-nominated candidates |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/js-polls-2018/awami-league-started-party-nomination-letter-distribution-1664929 |access-date=7 August 2019 |work=The Daily Star |date=25 November 2018 |language=en}} He is the cultural secretary of Bangladesh Awami League.{{cite news |title=NETRAKONA: Cultural Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League Ashim Kumar Ukil distributing school bags among the students of Sandikona Government Primary School at Kendua Upazila on Saturday. |url=http://m.thedailynewnation.com/news/163839/netrakona--cultural-secretary-of-bangladesh-awami-league-ashim-kumar-ukil-distributing-school-bags-among-the-students-of-sandikona-government-primary-school-at--kendua-upazila--on-saturday |access-date=7 August 2019 |work=The New Nation |archive-date=7 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807213144/http://m.thedailynewnation.com/news/163839/netrakona--cultural-secretary-of-bangladesh-awami-league-ashim-kumar-ukil-distributing-school-bags-among-the-students-of-sandikona-government-primary-school-at--kendua-upazila--on-saturday |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |title=74 from minority communities to contest polls |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/election/2018/12/26/74-from-minority-communities-to-contest-polls |access-date=7 August 2019 |work=Dhaka Tribune|date=26 December 2018}}
He contested the national election on 7 January 2024 as an Awami League candidate. He received 74,550 votes but lost to Iftiquar Uddin Talukder Pintu who received 76,803 votes.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}
References
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Category:People from Netrokona District
Category:Politicians from Mymensingh Division
Category:Awami League politicians
Category:11th Jatiya Sangsad members
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