Omar has been a Lok Sabha member thrice (in 1998, 1999 and 2004) and was a junior minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government

Omar Abdullah was declared the winner from the Budgam constituency after the conclusion of 13 rounds of counting. With just one round of counting to go, Abdullah secured 32,344 votes which was 16,294 more than Mehdi's 16,

Victorious from both Budgam and Ganderbal in the assembly polls, the National Conference leader asks supporters to celebrate the victory—but await the alliance's choice of chief minister

PM Modi congratulated and complimented the Jammu Kashmir National Conference for their commendable performance in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections.

Choudhary Lal Singh, a veteran Congress leader, was defeated by BJP candidate Darshan Kumar in the Basholi seat in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district.

Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said many attempts were made to destroy the National Conference over the last five years by creating new outfits which have been decimated in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly election 2024.

The stage is set for the culmination of the Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, first in 10 years. Who will win the mega poll battle? Will Congress-NC alliance emerge victorious or can BJP surprise and take lead?

The former CM of Jammu and Kashmir is also contesting from Ganderbal seat. Both constituencies cast their votes during the second phase of the three-part elections on September 25.

The BJP is in the lead in the state of Haryana which borders the capital Delhi, but trails in the federal territories of Jammu and Kashmir, which are seeing their first election results in a decade. The first local elections in India since Mr Modi’s party lost its outright majority in parliament,