Ganderbal

Omar Abdullah, vice president of the National Conference (NC), is contesting the Ganderbal Assembly seat, a constituency with deep personal and familial significance, having been represented in the past by his grandfather Sheikh Abdullah, father Farooq Abdullah, and himself. Ganderbal, located in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, is one of the Assembly segments forming the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency. Major political parties contesting in the constituency include the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC), the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (JKPDP), and Congress. 

 

In the 2014 elections, the seat was won by JKNC’s Ishfaq Ahmad Sheikh, while in 2008, Omar