Shanimol Usman

{{short description|Indian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Shanimol Osman
ഷാനിമോള്‍ ഉസ്മാൻ

| image = Shanimol Osman.jpg

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|05|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Alappuzha

| honorific-suffix =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| office = Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly

| term_start = 28 October 2019

| term_end = 24 May 2021

| constituency = Aroor

| nationality = Indian

| spouse = Adv. Mohammed Osman

| party = Indian National Congress

| residence = Alappuzha

| alma_mater = Kerala University

| profession = Advocate, politician, social worker

| website =

| children = 2

}}

Shanimol Osman is an Indian politician from Kerala. Shanimol was elected as M.L.A to Kerala legislative assembly from Aroor on a by-election in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/100416/shanimol-usman-right-candidate-for-ottappalam-shanta-out.html|title=Shanimol Usman ‘right candidate’ for Ottappalam, Shanta out|date=10 April 2016|website=Deccanchronicle.com|access-date=4 September 2017}}

She is the first woman leader from Kerala to become the secretary of All India Congress Committee{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/congress-leader-from-kerala-shanimol-usman-was-inducted-into-the-reconstituted-congress-working-committee-as-aicc-secretary-today-/articleshow/7627445.cms|title=Congress leader from Kerala, Shanimol Usman was inducted into the reconstituted Congress Working Committee as AICC Secretary today|newspaper=Times of India|access-date=4 September 2017}} and is an LLB Degree holder.{{cite web|url=http://www.madhyamam.com/content/190585|script-title=ml:പോരിന് മുമ്പെ ചര്‍ച്ചയായത് സ്ഥാനാര്‍ഥി നിര്‍ണയം|website=Madhyamam.com|accessdate=4 September 2017}}

She contested from Alappuzha parliament constituency in 2019 election as Indian National Congress candidate and lost to Adv. A. M. Ariff of Communist Party of India by 9213 votes but in the assembly by-election 2019, she defeated the nearest rival candidate Manu C. Pulickal of the CPI (M) Party by a margin of 2,079 votes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/congress-defeats-cpi-m-in-keralas-aroor-seat-after-18-years-2122220|title=Congress Defeats CPI-M In Kerala's Aroor Seat After 18 Years|website=NDTV.com}}

Shanimol Osman is the only woman MLA of UDF in the 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly.{{citation needed|date= September 2022}}