Mohammad Akbar Lone | |
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 23 May 2019 –4 June 2024 | |
Preceded by | Muzaffar Hussain Baig |
Succeeded by | Sheikh Er Rashid |
Constituency | Baramulla |
Speaker of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | |
In office 2009–2013 | |
Succeeded by | Mubarak Gul |
Minister Hr. Education,Government of Jammu &Kashmir | |
In office 2013–2014 | |
Deputy Speaker of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | |
In office 2002–2008 | |
Member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | |
In office 2002–2018 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Naidkhai,Manzpora,sonawari | 17 February 1947
Political party | Jammu and Kashmir National Conference |
Education | Aligarh Muslim University (B.A. LLB) |
Mohammad Akbar Lone (born 17 February 1947) is a Kashmiri politician who serves the state of Jammu and Kashmir and belongs to the National Conference political party.
Lone is from Sonawari,Bandipora district,Jammu and Kashmir. He is the son of Abdul Gani Lone. He completed his L.L.B. in 1972 at Aligarh Muslim University. [1]
Lone was elected speaker of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly in 2008. He was made cabinet minister in the Omar Abdullah government on 15 January 2013 and was given portfolio of Minister in-charge of Higher Education.
In 2019,he won the Lok Sabha seat from Baramulla,in a four-cornered contest involving the PDP,BJP,Congress and five other candidates. [2]
After the Union government revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir,he teamed up with fellow Lok Sabha MP,Justice Hasnain Masoodi,to file a write petition in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the revocation. [3]
He won the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election representing National Conference from Sonawari Assembly constituency.
Election | Constituency | Party | Result | Votes % | Opposition Candidate | Opposition Party | Opposition vote % | Ref | ||
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2014 | Sonawari | JKNC | Won | 40.53% | Yasir Reshi | JKPDP | 40.02% | [4] | ||
2008 | Sonawari | JKNC | Won | 39.74% | Abid Hussain Ansari | Independent | 15.71% | [5] | ||
2002 | Sonawari | JKNC | Won | 58.05% | Mohammed Yousuf Parray | JKAL | 29.22% | [6] | ||
1996 | Sonawari | JKNC | Lost | 39.24% | Mohammed Yousuf Parray | JKAL | 41.15% | [7] | ||
1983 | Sonawari | JKNC | Lost | 16.57% | Ghulam Rasool Bahar | JKNC | 58.30% | [8] | ||
1977 | Sonawari | JP | Lost | 32.01% | Abdul Aziz Parray | JKNC | 67.99% | [9] |
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