Shamim Firdous

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Shamima Firdous (born 1966) [1] is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir. She is a three time 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. [2] [3] [4] She won for the third time in the 2024 Assembly election. [5]

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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. [1]

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. [2] [6] She became an MLA for the first time winning the 2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election on the JKNC seat. She retained the Habba Kadal seat winning the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election and won the 2024 Assembly election defeating Ashok Kumar Bhat of the Bharatiya Janata Party, by a margin of 9,538 votes. [7] [8]

Electoral performance

ElectionConstituencyPartyResultVotes %Opposition CandidateOpposition PartyOpposition vote %Ref
2024 Habba Kadal JKNC Won64.68%Ashok Kumar Bhat BJP 15.08% [9]
2014 Habba Kadal JKNC Won42.40%Moti Koul BJP 22.21% [10]
2008 Habba Kadal JKNC Won41.14%Hira Lal Chatta BJP 11.65% [11]

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