BREAKING NEWS
Final results of Rajya Sabha elections in J&K

Exactly as I had predicted on Facebook yesterday and today when the polling started, Fayaz Ahmad Mir of PDP, Shamsher Singh Manhas of BJP, Ghulam Nabi Azad of Congress and Nazir Ahmad Laway of PDP have won the Rajya Sabha election on the four vacant J&K seats today.

After completion of the counting of votes, Returning Officer and Secretary Legislative Assembly Mohammad Ramzan has declared the following candidates as winners:

SEAT NO: 1 Winner PDP

PDP’s Fayaz Ahmad Mir [PDP-BJP alliance candidate] has polled total of 56 votes as one of his voters has inadvertently cast the vote to NOTA. [PDP 28+ Bakir+ BJP 25+ PC 2 + Pawan Gupta= 57]. His only rival and NC’s Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo [NC-Congress alliance candidate] has polled total of 29 votes [NC 15+ Congress 12+ Tarigami+ Yaseen]. Fayaz Ahmad Mir has been declared as winner.

 

SEAT NO: 2 Winner BJP

BJP’s Shamsher Singh Manhas [PDP-BJP alliance candidate] has polled total of 57 votes [PDP 28+ Bakir+ BJP 25+ PC 2 + Pawan Gupta= 57]. His only rival and NC’s Nasir Aslam Wani [NC-Congress alliance candidate] has polled total of 29 votes [NC 15+ Congress 12+ Tarigami+ Yaseen = 29]. Shamsher Singh Manhas has been declared as winner.

 

SEAT NO: 3 Winner Congress

Ghulam Nabi Azad of Congress [NC-Congress alliance candidate on Seat 3rd/4th]] has polled total of 30 votes [NC 15+ Congress 12+ Tarigami+ Yasin+ Er Rashid = 30]. Mr Azad has been declared as winner.

 

SEAT No: 4 Winner PDP

PDP’s Nazir Ahmad Laway [PDP-BJP alliance candidate on seat 3rd/4th] has polled total of 29 votes [PDP 28+ Bakir = 29]. Mr Laway has been declared as winner.

 

[BJP’s Chander Mohan Sharma [PDP-BJP alliance candidate on seat 3^rd/4^th] polled total of 28 votes [BJP 25+ PC 2+ Pawan Gupta =28] and failed].

 

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