Lateef Ahmad Gupkari was shot at from close range by militants this afternoon, police said.
He was rushed to Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences at Soura where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
Gupkari, a shopkeeper by profession, was affiliated to the ruling NC.
No militant outfit has claimed responsibility for the killing so far.
This is the first killing of a political worker since floods hit Kashmir Valley at the start of September.
