Sofia Firdous

Sofia Firdaus (born 1992) is an Indian politician and a member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Barabati-Cuttack. She is a member of the Indian National Congress. She is the first woman from the Muslim community to get elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly in Odisha.

Early life and education
Sofia hails from Cuttack and is the daughter of former Congress MLA Mohammed Moquim. She married Sheikh Mairajul Haque. She got schooling from St. Joseph's Girl's High School, Cuttack and Ravenshaw Junior College. Later, she earned a Bachelor of Technology. in Civil Engineering at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, affiliated with KIIT University,  Bhubaneswar in 2013. She also did an Executive General Management program at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore in 2022.

She was managing the Real estate business after her studies and was also the president of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (Credai) Bhubaneswar chapter.

Career
Sofia made her political debut from the Barabati-Cuttack Assembly constituency in the 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election defeating Purna Chandra Mahapatra of the Bharatiya Janata Party by a margin of 8,001 votes.