Mir Abdus Sayeed
Mir Abdus Sayeed (d. 2004) was an Indian trade unionist and politician, belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was the president of the Forward Seamens Union of India (FSUI), and a Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly 1969-1970 and 1979-1987.
Biography
As of 1952 M.A. Sayeed was the general secretary of the United Seamen's Union in Calcutta.[https://books.google.at/books?id=gG4_AAAAMAAJ Survey of China Mainland Press]. United States Consulate General (Hong Kong, China), 1952. p. 8Gene D. Overstreet. [https://books.google.at/books?id=jGzfEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA382 Communism in India]. Univ of California Press, 2023. pp. 381-382 He was part of an Indian trade union delegation that took part in a month-long visit to China in connection with the May Day celebrations of 1952.[https://books.google.at/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=B-V008fEyFAC Review of Hong Kong Chinese Press]. 1952. p. 8[https://books.google.at/books?id=jkU_AAAAMAAJ Chinese Press Review]. American Consulate General, 1952. p. 17
The Communist Party of India fielded M.A. Sayeed as its candidate for the Baduria seat in the 1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. M.A. Sayeed finished in second place with 20,146 votes (43.85%).Election Commission of India. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140714193601/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1962 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL] M.A. Sayeed sided with the CPI(M) in the 1964 split in the Communist Party of India. CPI(M) fielded M.A. Sayeed as its candidate in Baduria in the 1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, in which he finished in second place with 17,820 votes (33.60%).Election Commission of India. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140404194327/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1967 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL]
M.A. Sayeed contested the Baduria seat for a third time in the 1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, this time winning the seat with 29,718 votes (54.95%).Election Commission of India. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140718182429/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1969 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL] In the 1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election the CPI(M) fielded M.A. Sayeed as its candidate in the Kabitirtha seat, where he finished in third place with 12,036 votes (26.49%).Election Commission of India. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140718182727/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1971 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL] In the subsequent 1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, he contested the Baduria seat and finished in second place with 17,399 votes (35.71%).Election Commission of India. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140404195120/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1972 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL]
M.A. Sayeed returned to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1979. He contested a by-election for the Maheshtala seat, held after the death of incumbent legislator Sudhir Chandra Bhandari.[https://books.google.at/books?id=vJZRAQAAMAAJ Bye-elections Brochure]. Election Commission of India, 1979. p. 47 M.A. Sayeed obtained 45,259 votes (76.18%).Election Commission of India. [http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/Bye-ele-results%2052-95.xls Bye-election results 1952-95] He retained the Maheshtala seat in the 1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, obtaining 40,523 votes (63.15%).{{cite book|author=Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal State Committee|title=Election results of West Bengal: statistics & analysis, 1952-1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CNeNAAAAMAAJ|publisher=The Committee|page=399}}Election Commission of India. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140404201749/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1982 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL]
As of the 1980s and early 1990s M.A. Sayeed was the president of the Forward Seamens Union of India (FSUI).[https://books.google.at/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=o3rtAAAAMAAJ Trade Union Record, Vol. 50]. All-India Trade Union Congress, 1992. p. 2[https://books.google.at/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=kJ2IYGn5XrYC FSUI Delegation Visits USSR], in The Working Class, Vol. 17. Centre of Indian Trade Unions, 1987. p. 22 He was a member of the General Council of the Centre for Indian Trade Unions (CITU).[https://books.google.at/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=9SxYAAAAYAAJ The CITU Resolves in Madras: Review of the 4th Conference and Resolutions]. Centre of Indian Trade Unions, 1979. p. 71[https://books.google.at/books?id=5dcM2CfHuWwC The Working Class, Vol. 23] Centre for Indian Trade Unions, 1993. p. 62
Mir Abdus Sayeed died in 2004.[https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/764092/1/jpi_march_2005.pdf Sessional Review], in Journal of Parliamentary Information, No 1, March 2005. p. 98