Srinagar, Oct. 25 -- The National Conference (NC) won three Rajya Sabha seats while one seat went to the Bharatiya Janata Party during the elections in the J&K assembly on Friday. Among the winning NC candidates were Chowdhary Mohammad Ramzan, Sajad Ahmad Kichloo and Gurwinder Singh Oberoi (Shammi) while BJP's Sat Sharma clinched the fourth seat in a nail biting contest.

During the election to four Rajya Sabha seats, which were held for the first time after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019, 86 of the 88 MLAs exercised their votes while incarcerated MLA Doda Mehraj Malik cast his vote through a postal ballot. Chief Minister and NC vice-president Omar Abdullah led the voting process of his party.

People's Conference president Sajad L...