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Bashir Ahmad Dar (born 1962) is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir. He is an MLA from Kupwara Assembly constituency in Kupwara district. He won the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election representing the Jammu & Kashmir People's Conference. [1]

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Early life and education

Ahmad Dar is from Handwara, Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir. He is the son of Mohd. Mukhtar Dar. He completed his B.A. and L.L.B Honours in 1984 at Kashmir University. [2]

Career

Ahmad Dar won from Kupwara Assembly constituency representing Jammu and Kashmir People’s Conference in the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election. He polled 24,754 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Mir Mohd Fayaz of the JKPDP, by a margin of 151 votes. [3] [4]

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  2. "Bashir Ahmad Dar(J&K Peoples Conference):Constituency- KUPWARA(KUPWARA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". www.myneta.info. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
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  4. Mushtaq, Tasavur (2014-12-23). "PC's Dar wins Kupwara". Kashmir Life. Retrieved 2024-09-11.