Yeakub Hossain

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| name = Yakub Hossain

| term_start = 1951

| term_end = 1962

| predecessor = Constituency established

| constituency = Nalhati

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Mohammad Yakub Hossain was a politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. He served as a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly for over a decade.

Career

Hossain contested in the inaugural West Bengal Legislative Assembly election where he ran as an Indian National Congress candidate for Nalhati Assembly constituency, defeating the Hindutva-aligned Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha candidate Suresh Chandra Sinha.{{cite web|url=https://www.latestly.com/elections/assembly-elections/west-bengal/1951/nalhati/|title=Nalhati, 1951|website=Latestly|access-date=3 July 2023}} He contested in the 1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election and was re-elected to Nalhati after winning against independent candidate Vishnupada Ghose.{{cite web|url=https://www.latestly.com/elections/assembly-elections/west-bengal/1957/nalhati/|title=Nalhati, 1957|website=Latestly|access-date=3 July 2023}}