Omar Abdullah is the vice president of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) and the former Chief Minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir from 2009 to 2015. He became the youngest Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir in 2009. He became the Minister of State for External Affairs in 2001 under the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. He three times represented the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency in 1998, 1999, and 2004. In the 1998 Lok Sabha polls, Abdullah won the Srinagar seat by defeating Congress candidate Aga Syed Mohdi by a margin of 70,839 votes. Omar retained his seat in the 1999 Lok Sabha Election after defeating independent candidate Mehbooba Mufti by 36,859 votes. He again won the constituency in 2004 by defeating Advocate Ghulam Nabi Lone of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (JKPDP). Abdullah contested the 2002 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections from Ganderbal but lost to JKPDP candidate Qazi Mohd Afzal by 2,870 votes. However, he successfully won the seat in the 2008 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections when he defeated Afzal by 8,215 votes. In 2014, he fought from two constituencies, Beerwah and Sonawar. He won the Beerwah seat by defeating Congress candidate Nazir Ahmad Khan with a margin of just 910 votes. However, he was defeated by Mohammad Ashraf Mir of the JKPDP in Sonawar. He became the Leader of the Opposition in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly in 2015. In the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections, Omar Abdullah was decisively defeated by independent candidate Abdul Rashid Sheikh by 2,04,142 votes in Baramulla. Omar is again contesting from two seats, namely Ganderbal and Budgam, in the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections.
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Jammu and Kashmir Election Results 2024: The Congress-National Conference had earlier declared a seat-sharing arrangement for 83 seats- 51 for NC and 32 for Congress- mostly in the Jammu region, and a friendly fight on six seats as they were unable to reach a consensus.
PM Modi congratulated and complimented the Jammu Kashmir National Conference for their commendable performance in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections.
Omar Abdullah won Budgam seat in Jammu and Kashmir by defeating Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party's (JKPDP) Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi with a margin of 18,485 votes.
Assembly Election Results 2024: Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana went to polls between September 18 and October 5. Both have 90 Assembly seats each.
Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Election Result 2024 will be declared today on October 8. The main contest in the state is between the JKNC-Congress, the JKPDP, and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Election Results 2024 Full List of Winners: Former CM Omar Abdullah, JKNC leader Hasnain Masoodi, Congress leaders Gulam Ahmad Mir and Tariq Hameed Karra, BJP leaders Sunil Kumar Sharma, Balwant Singh Mankotia and Shagun Parihar have won from their respective seats.
Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Election Results: The culmination of the Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, the first in 10 years, took place on October 8 with the declaration of the results. The Congress-NC alliance has secured a majority and will soon form the government.
Election Result 2024: The Assembly Election Results for Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir will be declared on October 8. The BJP has been running the government in Haryana since 2014. Mehobooba Mufti was the last CM of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.
The second phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections saw a 56% voter turnout, slightly lower than 2014. Despite tight security, elections in 26 constituencies concluded peacefully. High turnout was reported in key regions like Sri Mata Vaishno Devi and Surankot.
The Centre invited foreign delegates with the objective of showcasing the peaceful poll process and the good voter turnout that has been witnessed since the Lok Sabha polls earlier this year. The delegation visited several regions in Jammu and Kashmir to witness Assembly elections.
National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah had earlier said pre-poll alliance with the Congress was formed to give people an option to avoid a hung House. In a pointed remark aimed at Congress Omar also urged Rahul Gandhi to wrap up campaigning in Kashmir and shift his focus towards Jammu.
J-K Assembly elections Phase 2 LIVE: The NC and the PDP have laid stress on the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir's special status as the two regional parties have said they do not want to cede space to communal forces.
Omar Abdullah expressed his objection against Ayan Mukherjee's 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani'. The film was of low budget but earned a lot at the box office and broke many box office records.
The second phase will be watched keenly as jailed separatist leader Sarjan Ahmad Wagay alias Barkati is hoping to repeat Engineer Rashid's Lok Sabha poll feat against the National Conference leader.
Omar Abdullah claimed that the BJP would want a hung assembly as it would give it an excuse to extend the lieutenant governor's rule. Under the alliance, the NC will contest 51 seats, the Congress 32, and the CPI(M) one. The remaining six seats will see a "friendly contest" between the two parties.
Jammu-Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024: Muntazir Mohiuddin has announced his support for Abdullah, who is contesting the assembly polls from Budgam. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister is also contesting from the Ganderbal seat.
Hot seats in Jammu-Kashmir Assembly Election 2024: The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah will contest the polls from two constituencies i.e, his family bastion Ganderbal and Budgam constituency.
Jammu-Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024: Omar Abdullah claimed that BJP will form a government with independent candidates if needed.
Mohammad Afzal Guru was a Kashmiri separatist who was convicted for his role in the 2001 Parliament attack. He received a death sentence for his involvement, which was upheld by the Supreme Court. Following the rejection of a mercy petition by the President of India, he was executed in 2013.
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah stated that Afzal Guru's hanging "served no purpose" and claimed that the J&K government, if involved, would not have approved the execution.
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