Following the election, the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (NC) agreed on a coalition with Congress and their leader, Omar Abdullah became the state's youngest-ever Chief Minister at 38.

In Srinagar, security forces were posted at junctions, patrolled the streets, and guarded polling stations.

An unofficial curfew was enforced, gatherings of more than five people banned and neighborhoods were sealed off with steel barricades and razor wire.

[4] Police also arrested three men they accused of being Jaish-e-Mohammed members planning suicide attacks in Jammu.

However, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chairperson Sonia Gandhi were reported to favor the largest party to "honor the mandate" of the election.

[14] On 30 December Congress and the National Conference agreed to form a coalition government, with Omar Abdullah as Chief Minister.