Shanimol Osman
Indian politician
Shanimol Osman (born 30 May 1966) is an Indian politician from Kerala. She currently serves as the Deputy Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly. She represents Aroor constituency in the Kerala Legislative Assembly since 21 May 2026. Shanimol is a member of the Indian National Congress.
Political career
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She is the first female leader from Kerala to become the secretary of the All India Congress Committee. She is an LLB Degree holder who graduated from Kerala Law Academy in Thiruvananthapuram.
She contested from Alappuzha in the 2019 Indian general election but lost to Adv. A. M. Ariff of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) by 9213 votes.
In the 2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections, she won from Aroor Assembly constituency by defeating her nearest rival candidate, Manu C. Pulickal of the CPI(M) by a margin of 2,079 votes.
Shanimol Osman was the only female MLA from the UDF in the 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly.
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