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'''Mohammad Yousuf Bhat''' (born 1948) is an Indian politician from [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. He is a former MLA from [[Shopian Assembly constituency]] in [[Shopian district]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-01-20 |title=Shopian rues ex-MLA's failure |url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/famous-for-declicious-apples-shopian-rues-mlas-failure/ |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=Daily Excelsior |language=en-US}}</ref> He won the [[2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election]] representing the [[Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-12-23 |title=List of candidates declared winner by ECI : J&K Assembly Elections 2014 Result |url=https://statetimes.in/list-candidates-declared-winner-eci-jk-assembly-elections-2014-result/ |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=Statetimes |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Bhat is from [[Shopian]], Shopian district, Jammu and Kashmir. He is the son of late Mohammad Ahsan Bhat. He is an advocate and his wife is a government teacher. After completing his B.Sc., he did his L.L.B. in 1972 at Aligarh Muslim University.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mohammad Yousuf Bhat(JKPDP):Constituency- SHOPIAN(SHOPIAN) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://myneta.info/jk2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=686 |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=myneta.info}}</ref><br />
== 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]]||[[Shopian Assembly constituency|Shopian]]||{{party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}}||{{Won}}||34.20%||[[Shabir Ahmad Kullay]]||{{party name with color|Independent politician}}||28.52%||<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 />
Bhat won from Shopian Assembly constituency representing the [[Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party]] in the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election. He polled 14,262 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Shabir Ahmad Kullay, an independent candidate, by a margin of 2,366 votes.<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=2024-09-15 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><br />
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