The ruling National Conference (NC) secured three out of four Rajya Sabha seats while the opposition BJP caused an upset by winning the remaining one seat in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday.

The NC had fielded four candidates on four seats while BJP had fielded three candidates.
A total of 87 votes were polled in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, which has a current strength of 88 members. Sajad Lone was the only member to abstain from voting.
NC candidate on the first notification and former Minister Choudhary Mohammad Ramzan was elected by securing 58 votes against 28 of the BJP.
Another NC candidate and former J&K Minister of State, Sajjad Kitchloo, was elected to the Upper House by obtaining 56 votes.
NC treasurer Shammi Oberoi won the third Rajya Sabha seat by securing 31 votes.
BJP J&K President Satpal Sharma won the fourth seat by securing 32 votes against NC’s Imran Nabi Dar, who bagged 21 votes.
The 32 votes to the BJP J&K president hint that at least four members have cross-voted for the party, as it has only 28 members in the House.
NC had received a significant boost in the run-up to the polls as the Congress and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) had agreed to support the party’s four candidates, despite lingering grievances over the NC’s recent political conduct.
Jammu and Kashmir’s four Rajya Sabha seats had been vacant since February 2021, when the terms of Ghulam Nabi Azad and Nazir Ahmad Laway ended on February 15, and those of Fayaz Ahmad Mir and Shamsher Singh Manhas expired on February 10.