In the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah will contest from the Gandarbal seat. The NC has released its second list of candidates.

Candidates in the Second List:

1. Kangan (ST) – Mian Mehr Ali
2. Gandarbal – Omar Abdullah
3. Hazratbal – Salman Ali Sagar
4. Khanyar – Ali Mohammad Sagar
5. Habba Kadal – Shameema Firdous
6. Lal Chowk – Ahsan Pardesi
7. Chanapora – Mushtaq Guru
8. Jadibal – Tanveer Sadiq
9. Eidgah – Mubarak Gul
10. Khan Sahib – Saif-ud-Din Bhatt
11. Char-e-Sharif – Abdul Raheem Rather
12. Chadoora – Ali Mohammad Dar
13. Gulab Garh (ST) – R. Khurshid
14. Kalakote/Sunderbani – Yashu Vardhan Singh
15. Naushera – Surinder Chaudhary
16. Budhal (ST) – Javid Chaudhary
17. Poonch Haveli – Ajaz Ahmed Jan
18. Mendhar (ST) – Javid Rana
19. Karana – Javid Mirchal
20. Trehgam – Mir Saifullah
21. Kupwara – Nasir Aslam Wani (Sogami)
22. Lolab – Kaiser Jamshid Lone
23. Handwara – Chaudhary Mohammad Ramzan
24. Sopore – Irshad Rasool Kar
25. Rafiabad – Javed Ahmed Dar
26. Uri – Dr. Sajjad Shafi Uri
27. Baramulla – Javid Hussain Beg
28. Tangmarg – Farooq Ahmed Shah
29. Pattan – Javid Riyaz Bedar
30. Sonawari – Hilal Akbar Lone
31. Gurez (ST) – Nazir Ahmed Gurezi
32. Jammu North – Ajay Kumar Sadhotra

First List of Candidates:

Earlier, on August 27, National Conference president Dr. Farooq Abdullah announced the first list of candidates for 18 constituencies including Pampore, Pulwama, Rajpora, and Shopian. This list also included two Hindu candidates: Arjun Singh Raju from Ramban and Pooja Thokur from Pader-Nagasani.

Candidates in the First List:

• Pampore – Retired Justice Hussain Masoodi
• Pulwama – Mohammad Khaleel Band
• Rajpora – Mohi-ud-Din Mir
• Zainpora – Shoukat Hussain Gani
• Shopian – Sheikh Mohammad Rafi
• D.H. Pora – Sakina Ittu
• Devsar – Peerzada Feroz Ahmed
• Larnu – Chaudhary Zafar Ahmed
• Anantnag West – Abdul Majid Larmi
• Bijbehara – Dr. Bashir Ahmad Veeri
• Anantnag East – Riyaz Ahmad Khan
• Pahalgam – Altaf Ahmad Kaloo
• Bhaderwah – Mehboob Iqbal
• Doda – Khalid Najeeb Sohrawardi
• Ramban – Arjun Singh Raju
• Banihal – Sajjad Shaheen
• Kishtwar – Sajjad Kichloo
• Pader-Nagasani – Pooja Thokur

In the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, National Conference will contest 51 seats, while Congress will contest 32 seats. There will be friendly contests for 5 seats. The CPI(M) and Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) will each field a candidate for one seat.