Srinagar: National Conference (NC) Omar Abdullah won the Budgam assembly seat in Jammu and Kashmir, defeating PDP's Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi by over 18,000 votes. Abdullah secured 36,010 votes, while Mehdi received 17,525.
The NC vice president had contested the 2014 elections also from two seats, Sonwar in Srinagar and Beerwah in Budgam district. He had won the Beerwah seat. Abdullah had lost the 2024 Parliamentary polls from the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat in north Kashmir.
He was defeated by independent candidate Sheikh Abdul Rashid alias Engineer Rashid, who was then lodged in the Tihar Jail under terror-funding charges. Rashid is currently out on bail.
