Nahid Hasan


Nahid Hasan is an Indian politician and a member of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Kairana constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Samajwadi Party.

Early life and education

Nahid Hasan was born in a Muslim family of Kairana in the district of Shamli, Uttar Pradesh.
Hasan holds Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Holmes Institute in Sydney. His father Chaudhary Munawwar Hasan was a MLA in the 11th and the 12th legislative assemblies of Uttar Pradesh as well as a Member of 11th and 14th Parliaments. Munawwar Hasan was also elected Member of Legislative Council in U.P. Nahid's mother, Begum Tabassum Hasan has also been elected to the Lok Sabha in 2009 and 2018.

Political career

Nahid Hasan has been a MLA for two term. Hasan represents Kairana constituency and is a member of the Samajwadi Party. In Oct 2014, he was elected in office after sitting member Hukum Singh got elected to the 16th Lok Sabha. In by poll election, he defeated Bhartiya Janata Party candidate Anil Kumar by a margin of 1,099 votes.
He was elected to the Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh in 2017, he defeated Bhartiya Janata Party candidate Mriganka Singh by a margin of 21,162 votes.

Legal Cases

Nahid Hasan broke the traffic rule and misbehaved with the police. After the incident, he ran away and didn't find at his residence in Police raid. Later, he was declared as 'absconder' and was booked under sections 153, 353 and 453 of the IPC. Total 12 FIRs have been lodged on Hasan which includes serious crimes like attempt to murder, forgery and attempt to flare communal tensions.

Posts Held

Elections contested

YearElection TypeConstituencyResultVote percentageOpposition CandidateOpposition PartyOpposition vote percentageRef
2012MLAGangoh14.53%Pradeep ChoudharyINC28.44%
2014MPKairana29.40%Hukum SinghBJP50.56%
2014 MLAKairanaNAAnil Singh ChauhanBJPNA
2017MLAKairana47.49%Mriganka SinghBJP47.33%