Nausad Siddique, president of the Indian Secular Front (ISF), is currently leading in Bhangar constituency as per the latest figures released by the Election Commission of India at 1 pm. Counting is currently underway for the 294 parliamentary seats in Bengal, where the BJP has made some big gains. While there are still 11 more rounds of counting to go, he is still ahead of TMC’s Saukat Molla by 24,378 votes.
Siddique is currently serving as MLA from Bhangar constituency in West Bengal Legislative Assembly. He was elected in the 2021 Assembly elections from Bhangar as a candidate of the Secular Rashtriya Council Party. For the 2026 Assembly elections, Siddique aims to retain his seat from Bhangar constituency in South 24 Parganas district, and is seeking another term as the district’s representative.
background
Born on May 2, 1993, Nusad comes from a prominent religious lineage. He is the son of Ali Akbar Siddiqui and great-grandson of Pir Zulfiqar Ali, known as “Chhoto Huzur” of Furfura Sharif. He belongs to the fourth generation of Farfoura founder Sharif Muhammad Abu Bakr Siddiq, and he is the brother of Abbas Siddiq, founder of the Indian Secular Front. Nosad completed his graduate studies in 2015 from Aliya University
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What happened in the previous elections?
The Bhangar constituency has witnessed a shift in political control over the years, alternating between the Trinamool Congress and the Communist Party of India (Maoist). In 2006, Arab Islam of the Trinamool Congress won the seat, followed by Badal Jamadar of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) in 2011. The constituency returned to the Trinamool Congress in 2016 with the victory of Abdul Razzaq Molla, reflecting its volatile electoral pattern.
A major shift came in 2021 when Nausad Siddique won the seat as the candidate of the secular Rashtriya Council party, which is backed by the Indian Secular Front, which was formed by Abbas Siddique earlier that year. The ISF allied with the Congress and the Left Front under the Sanjukta Morcha in the elections, and Siddiq’s victory marked the party’s entry into the assembly.
