Qamar Hussain

Qamar Hussain Choudhary (born 1948) is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir. He was the MLA from Rajouri Assembly constituency in Rajouri district. He won the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election representing the Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party.^[1] He was nominated again to contest the Thanamandi Assembly constituency which was a newly created seat, reserved for Scheduled Tribe community in the 2024 election by JKPDP but lost.^[2]

Early life and education

Hussain is from Thanamandi, Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir. He is the son of late Lal Din. He is an advocate and his wife is a government teacher. He completed his B.A. and then completed his L.L.B. in 1987 at University of Jammu.^[3]

Career

Hussain won from Rajouri Assembly constituency representing the Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party in the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election. He polled 26,954 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Chowdhary Talib Hussain of the Bharatiya Janata Party, by a margin of 2,490 votes.^[4][5]

Electoral performance

Election	Constituency	Party		Result	Votes %	Opposition Candidate	Opposition Party		Opposition vote %	Ref
2024	Thanamandi		JKPDP	Lost	24.06%	Muzaffar Iqbal Khan		Independent	35.72%	[6]
2014	Rajouri		JKPDP	Won	30.63%	Chowdhary Talib Hussain		BJP	27.80%	[7]
2008	Rajouri		Independent	Lost	9.58%	Shabir Ahmed Khan		INC	13.63%	[8]
2002	Rajouri		INC	Lost	31.02%	Mohammed Aslam		JKNC	40.00%	[9]