Srinagar, Oct 21: Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has vacated the Budgam assembly seat, opting to retain the Ganderbal constituency, which is considered an Abdullah family stronghold.
This decision was announced by pro-tem speaker Mubarak Gul in the House.
Omar Abdullah, 54, had won both the Budgam and Ganderbal seats in the recently concluded Jammu and Kashmir elections. In Budgam, he defeated People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi by a convincing margin of 18,485 votes. Omar Abdullah secured 36010 votes while Mehdi was able to get 17525 votes. In Ganderbal, Omar Abdullah defeated his nearest rival Bashir Ahmad Mir from PDP by 10574 votes. Omar Abdullah had secured 32727 votes.
The National Conference, led by Omar Abdullah, has a comfortable majority in the 95-member house, with 41 seats, and is supported by six Congress MLAs, five Independents, and one MLA each from the AAP and CPI(M). [KNT]
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