{{short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Shanimol Osman <br/> ഷാനിമോള് ഉസ്മാൻ | image = Shanimol Osman.jpg | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|05|30|df=y}} | birth_place = Alappuzha | honorific_suffix = <!-- --> | death_date = | death_place = | office3 = Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly | term_start3 = 04 May 2026 | term_end3 = | predecessor3 = Daleema | constituency3 = Aroor | office2 = Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly | constituency2= Aroor | term_start2 = 28 October 2019 | term_end2 = 24 May 2021 | predecessor2 = A. M. Ariff | successor2 = Daleema | office = Deputy Speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly<br>Designate | term_start = 22 May 2026 | term_end = | succeeding = Chittayam Gopakumar | successor = | spouse = Adv. Mohammed Osman | party = Indian National Congress | alma_mater = *Loyola College of Social Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram *Kerala Law Academy, Thiruvananthapuram | profession = Advocate, politician, social worker | website = | children = 2 }}
'''Shanimol Osman''' is an Indian politician from Kerala. She is the deputy speaker in the Kerala Legislative Assembly as well as the member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Aroor since May 2026. She is a leader of the Indian National Congress<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/100416/shanimol-usman-right-candidate-for-ottappalam-shanta-out.html|title=Shanimol Usman 'right candidate' for Ottappalam, Shanta out|date=10 April 2016|website=Deccanchronicle.com|access-date=4 September 2017}}</ref>
== Political career ==
{| class = "wikitable" |- ! Colspan="6" | Electoral History |- !Election !Colspan="2"|Party !House !Constituency !Status |- |2011 |{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=6}} |rowspan ="2" |Kerala Legislative Assembly |rowspan ="1" |Perumbavoor | style="background:#FFB6C1;" | '''Lost''' |- |2016 |rowspan ="1" |Ottapalam | style="background:#FFB6C1;" | '''Lost''' |- |2019 |rowspan="1" |Loksabha |rowspan="1" |Alappuzha | style="background:#FFB6C1;" | '''Lost''' |- |2019^ |rowspan ="3" |Kerala Legislative Assembly |rowspan="3"|Aroor | style="background:#90EE90;" | '''Won''' |- |2021 | style="background:#FFB6C1;" | '''Lost''' |- |2026 | style="background:#90EE90;" | '''Won''' |} ''' ^ - Indicates 2019 By- election'''
She is the first female leader from Kerala to become the secretary of the All India Congress Committee.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/congress-leader-from-kerala-shanimol-usman-was-inducted-into-the-reconstituted-congress-working-committee-as-aicc-secretary-today-/articleshow/7627445.cms|title=Congress leader from Kerala, Shanimol Usman was inducted into the reconstituted Congress Working Committee as AICC Secretary today|newspaper=Times of India|access-date=4 September 2017}}</ref> She is an LLB Degree holder who graduated from Kerala Law Academy in Thiruvananthapuram.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.madhyamam.com/content/190585|script-title=ml:പോരിന് മുമ്പെ ചര്ച്ചയായത് സ്ഥാനാര്ഥി നിര്ണയം|website=Madhyamam.com|accessdate=4 September 2017|archive-date=4 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904201351/http://www.madhyamam.com/content/190585|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/congress-defeats-cpi-m-in-keralas-aroor-seat-after-18-years-2122220|title=Congress Defeats CPI-M In Kerala's Aroor Seat After 18 Years|website=NDTV.com}}</ref>
Shanimol Osman was the only female MLA from the UDF in the 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly.{{citation needed|date= September 2022}}
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