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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office = Member of [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency = [[Basohli Assembly constituency|Basohli]]
| term_start = 8 October 2024
| term_end =
| profession = Politician
| predecessor = Lal Singh
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
}}
'''Darshan Kumar''' is an Indian politician from Jammu & Kashmir. He is a [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly|Member of the Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly]] from 2024, representing [[Basohli Assembly constituency]] as a Member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|Bharatiya Janta Party]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-08 |title=Basohli, J&K Assembly Election Results 2024 Highlights: BJP's Darshan Kumar defeats INC's Ch. Lal Singh with 16034 votes |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/story/basohli-jammu-and-kashmir-assembly-election-results-2024-live-updates-aelb-2612942-2024-10-08 |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-08 |title=Jammu and Kashmir Election Result 2024: Darshan Kumar wins first seat for BJP from Basholi, defeats Cong's Chaudhary Lal Singh by over 16,000 votes |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/jammu-and-kashmir-election-result-2024-darshan-kumar-wins-first-seat-for-bjp-from-basholi-defeats-congs-chaudhary-lal-singh-by-over-16000-votes/3634022/ |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=Financialexpress |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election Results 2024 - Basoli">{{cite news |title=Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election Results 2024 - Basoli |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenOct2024/candidateswise-U0865.htm |accessdate=8 October 2024 |date=8 October 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241008190643/https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenOct2024/candidateswise-U0865.htm |archivedate=8 October 2024}}</ref><ref name="J&K Assembly Election Results 2024 - Basohli">{{cite news |last1=Election Commission of India |date=8 October 2024 |title=J&K Assembly Election Results 2024 - Basohli |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenOct2024/candidateswise-U0865.htm |accessdate=21 October 2024}}</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]]||[[Basohli Assembly constituency|Basohli]]||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||{{Won}}||65.38%||[[Chaudhary Lal Singh]]||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||32.49%||<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]]||[[Basohli Assembly constituency|Basohli]]||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||{{Lost}}||0.90%||[[Chaudhary Lal Singh]]||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||53.07%||<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>
|-
|[[1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|1996]]||[[Basohli Assembly constituency|Basohli]]||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||{{Lost}}||15.46%||[[Chaudhary Lal Singh]]||{{party name with color|All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)}}||38.44%||<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-JK96.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117084805/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-JK96.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2012|access-date=15 February 2024|format=pdf}}</ref>
|-
|}

== See also ==

* [[2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2024 Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]]
* [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2024–2029]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Kathua district]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]

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