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Shamima Firdous (born 1966) is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir. She is an MLA from Habba Kadal Assembly constituency in Srinagar district. She won the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election representing the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Party. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Early life and education

Firdous is from Habbakadal, Srinagar district. She married Mohammad Anees. She completed her B.A. and L.L.B. honours at Kashmir University in 1983. [5]

Career

Firdous won the Habba Kadal Assembly constituency representing the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference in the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election. She polled 4,955 votes and defeated her nearest rival, Moti Koul of the Bharatiya Janata Party, by a margin of 2,359 votes. She is one of the three woman MLAs elected in the 2014 Assembly election. [1] [6]

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