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{{About|former JKPDP member and current Apni Party member|Jammu and Kashmir National Conference member|Abdul Rahim Rather (born 1944)}}<br />
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'''Abdul Rahim Rather''' (born 1957)<ref name=":0" /> is an Indian politician from [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. He was an MLA from [[Kokernag Assembly constituency]] in [[Anantnag district]]. He won the [[2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] representing the [[Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party]].<ref name="indiatoday">{{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> Before April 2021, he joined [[Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party|Apni party]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Despatch |first=Kashmir |date=2021-04-01 |title=Out of 28 MLAs elected on PDP ticket in 2014, 18 quit party since 2018 |url=https://kashmirdespatch.com/out-of-28-mlas-elected-on-pdp-ticket-in-2014-18-quit-party-since-2018/ |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=Kashmir Despatch |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Rather is from Nagam, [[Kokernag]], Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir. He is the son of Mohamad Ahsan Rather.<ref name="ceojk">{{cite web|url=https://ceojk.nic.in/LAEEXP2014/AC43EXP/Abdul-Rahim-Rather.pdf|title= ABSTRACT STATEMENT OF ELECTION EXPENSES|access-date=2024-09-23}}</ref> He completed his B.Sc. in 1978 at Government Boys Degree College, Anantnag.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Abdul Rahim Rather(JKPDP):Constituency- KOKERNAG(ANANTNAG) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|url=https://myneta.info/jk2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=512 |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=myneta.info}}</ref><br />
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== Electoral performance ==<br />
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! Election !! Constituency !! colspan="2"|Party !! Result !! Votes % !! Opposition Candidate !! colspan="2"|Opposition Party !! Opposition vote %|| Ref<br />
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|[[2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2014]]||[[Kokernag Assembly constituency|Kokernag]]||{{party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}}||{{Won}}||42.30%||[[Peerzada Mohammad Syed]]||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||34.33%||<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><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Rather won the Kokernag Assembly constituency representing Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party in the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election. He polled 24,284 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Peerzada Mohammad Syed of [[Indian National Congress]], by a margin of 4,571 votes.<ref name="indiatoday"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election Results in 2014 |url=https://www.elections.in/jammu-and-kashmir/assembly-constituencies/2014-election-results.html |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=www.elections.in}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2014–2018]]<br />
[[Category:People from Anantnag district]]<br />
[[Category:Apni Party politicians]]<br />
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