Chief Minister Omar Abdullah vacated the Budgam assembly seat while retaining Ganderbal, a stronghold for his family. His resignation reduced the National Conference’s strength in the assembly to 41,

Omar Abdullah, who took oath as Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister last Wednesday, was an MLA from Ganderbal from 2009 to 2014 during his first stint as chief minister.

J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah has retained his Ganderbal seat and resigned from Budgam after the recent assembly polls, necessitating a bypoll. Omar, proficient now in Hindi, Urdu, and Kashmiri, took his oath in Kashmiri,

Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah resigns from his Budgam seat, choosing to retain Ganderbal. This follows his landslide victory in both seats during the recent elections.

The National Conference (NC) emerged as the single largest party in the assembly polls held in September and October. The NC won 42 out of the 90 seats. The BJP with 29 seats is the second-largest party.

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday resigned the Budgam Assembly seat from where he had also won the recent election. He had contested from two seats, Ganderbal and Budgam, and won both. His resignation from the Budgam seat was announced by the pro-tem Speaker Mubarak Gul in the Assembly.

Omar Abdullah resigned from the Budgam assembly seat and retained the Ganderbal constituency, the National Conference's bastion. He took oath as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. Under his leadership,

Ganderbal has long been associated with the Abdullah family, with NC founder Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah representing the area in 1977, and Farooq Abdullah, the current party president, doing so in 1983,