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{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1962)}}
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'''Choudhary Mohammad Akram''' (born 1962) is an Indian politician from [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. He is an MLA from [[Surankote Assembly constituency]] in [[Poonch district, India|Poonch district]] as an independent candidate. He won the [[2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] representing the [[Indian National Congress]]. He won the [[2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2024 election]] as an independent candidate.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-14 |title=Pahari-Gujjar divide in first battle for Jammu ST seats; BJP, INDIA play role reversal |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/first-battle-jammu-st-seats-pahari-gujjar-divide-bjp-india-role-reversal-9567770/ |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-08 |title=Surankote Election Result 2024 LIVE Update: Assembly Winner, Leading, MLA, Margin, Candidates |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/surankote-election-result-2024-live-update-9077473.html |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Akram is from Lassana village, Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir. He is the son of late [[Aslam Chowdhary Mohammad]] Aslam. He completed his B.E. in Civil Engineering in 1991 at R.E.C. Srinagar.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ch Mohd Akram(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- SURANKOTE(POONCH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://www.myneta.info/jk2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=320 |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref>

== Career ==
Akram won from Surankote Assembly constituency representing Indian National Congress in the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election. He polled 30,584 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Mushtaq Ahmed Shah of [[Jammu and Kashmir National Conference]], by a margin of 8,064 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024: BJP state chief faces uphill task against former party colleague in Nowshera |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/elections/jammu-and-kashmir/jammu-and-kashmir-assembly-elections-2024-bjp-state-chief-faces-uphill-task-against-former-party-colleague-in-nowshera-3185057 |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-12-23 |title=Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election winners list |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/assembly-elections-2015/jammu-and-kashmir/story/jammu-kashmir-election-winners-list-assembly-polls-results-bjp-congress-pdp-nc-232557-2014-12-23 |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref name="6 Independent MLAs may back NC, taking it to magic no. of 48">{{cite news |last1=The Times of India |date=10 October 2024 |title=6 Independent MLAs may back NC, taking it to magic no. of 48 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/6-independent-mlas-may-back-nc-taking-it-to-magic-no-of-48/articleshow/114097379.cms |accessdate=23 October 2024}}</ref> In the [[2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] he polled 34,201 votes as an independent candidate and defeated his nearest rival, Mohammad Shahnawaz of the [[Indian National Congress]], by a margin of 8,551 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Surankote (ST) Assembly Election Results 2024: Surankote (ST) Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/jammu-and-kashmir/surankote-st-constituency-result-38088 |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
== Electoral performance ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Election !! Constituency !! colspan="2"|Party !! Result !! Votes % !! Opposition Candidate !! colspan="2"|Opposition Party !! Opposition vote %|| Ref
|-
|[[2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2024]]||[[Surankote Assembly constituency|Surankote]]||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||{{Won}}||39.37%||Mohammed Shahnawaz||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||29.18%||<ref>{{cite news|last1=Election Commission of India|title=J&K Assembly Election Results 2024 - Bandipora|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenOct2024/candidateswise-U0815.htm|access-date=10 October 2024|date=8 October 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241010072117/https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenOct2024/candidateswise-U0815.htm|archive-date=10 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
|[[2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2014]]||[[Surankote Assembly constituency|Surankote]]||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||{{Won}}||46.45%||Mushtaq Ahmed Shah||{{party name with color|Jammu & Kashmir National Conference}}||34.20%||<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Jammu & Kashmir 2014 - Jammu & Kashmir - Election Commission of India |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3797-jammu-kashmir-2014/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613150235/https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3797-jammu-kashmir-2014/ |archive-date=2019-06-13 |access-date= |website=eci.gov.in}}</ref>
|-
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:1962 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2014–2018]]
[[Category:People from Poonch District, India]]
[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2024–2029]]
[[Category:Independent politicians from Jammu and Kashmir]]

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