Abu Azmi

Abu Asim Azmi (MLA)
Abu Asim Azmi ابو عاصم اعظمی अबु आसिम आजमी Member of Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra Incumbent Assumed office 2009 Constituency Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar Personal details Nationality Indian Political party Samajwadi Party Residence Mumbai Ethnicity Maharashtrian 'Abu Asim Azmi' (Marathi: अबु आसिम आजमी ) is a member of the 12th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar Constituency, Mumbai. He belongs to the Samajwadi Party.
Personal details
Born	(1955-08-08) August 8, 1955
Political party	Samajwadi Party
Children	Farhan Azmi
Residence	Colaba , Mumbai , Maharashtra , India
Religion	Islam
Website	www.abuasimazmi.com

Abu Azmi (full name Abu Asim Azmi) (born 8 August 1955, Manjir Patti, Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh, India) is the president of the Maharashtra state branch of the Samajwadi Party (SP). He currently represents Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar of Mumbai Suburban District in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Key

  SP  

Election		Member	Party
	2009	Abu Azmi	Samajwadi Party
	2014	Abu Azmi	Samajwadi Party

Politics

After his release from jail, Azmi entered politics and in 1995, under his leadership, the SP won two seats in the Maharashtra state assembly. In 2004, entering his first election cycle, Azmi was defeated by Yogesh Patil of the Shiv Sena party (SSP) from Bhiwandi constituency. From 2002 - 2008, Azmi was the MP for Rajya Sabha. In the 2009 Lok Sabha election cycle, Azmi was defeated by Gurudas Kamat (Congress Party), Gajanan Kirtikar (SSP) and Shalani Thakrey (Maharashtra Navnirman Sena). However, in 2009, Azmi was elected to the Maharashtra Assembly where he served for two terms. He successfully contested the seats of Mankhurd-Shivaji Nagar and Bhiwandi (East), and under rules limiting successful candidates to one region, he chose Mankhurd-Shivaji Nagar.

See also

• 2013 Mumbai gang rape

External links

• Official website
• Samajwadi Party, Mumbai
• Samajwadi Party, Maharashtra