Bashir Ahmad Dar

Bashir Ahmad Dar (born 1962) is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir. He was 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]

Early life and education

Bashir Ahmad Dar is from Jagerpora 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

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

Electoral performance

Election	Constituency	Party		Result	Votes %	Opposition Candidate	Opposition Party		Opposition vote %	Ref
2014	Kupwara		JKPC	Won	34.47%	Mir Mohammed Fayaz		JKPDP	34.26%	[5]