Shamim Firdous

Shamima Firdous (born 1966) She won for the third time in the 2024 Assembly election.

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.

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. 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. Electoral performance