Jammu and Kashmir Rajya Sabha Election Results: NC's Ramzan, Kichloo, Oberoi and BJP's Sharma win

Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday congratulated the three National Conference candidates who won the Rajya Sabha election, and hoped they will strongly represent the people of Jammu and Kashmir and speak up for them in Parliament. The PDP had announced support to the NC for the elections "to keep the BJP away".
"Congratulations to Chowdry Ramzan Sahib, Sajjad Kichloo, and Shami Oberoi on being elected to the Rajya Sabha. I hope they will use this platform to strongly represent and speak up for the people of Jammu and Kashmir," Mehbooba Mufti said on X. Polling for the four Rajya Sabha seats was held on Friday, and the entire process was divided into three notifications. Chowdry Mohammed Ramzan of the NC had a direct contest with Ali Mohammed Mir of the BJP in one of the seats. 

The Bharatiya Janata Party won the fourth seat, with senior leader Sat Sharma defeating National Conference’s Imran Nabi Dar by securing 32 out of 54 votes.

Expressing satisfaction over the outcome, GS “Shammi” Oberoi said he was delighted that the party secured three Rajya Sabha seats, even though one was lost. He added that as the newly elected members head to Parliament, they remain committed to representing the aspirations and voices of the people.

The ruling National Conference (NC) won three Rajya Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, while the opposition BJP emerged victorious on one.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) managed to secure one RS seat as Sat Sharma wins. 

Gurwinder Singh Oberoi (popularly known as Shammi Oberoi), NC's candidate, wins third Rajya Sabha seat in Jammu and Kashmir. 

Sajad Kichloo from JKNC has been elected to the Rajya Sabha from Jammu and Kashmir.

Choudhary Mohammad Ramzan, National Conference senior leader and former minister, has been elected to the Rajya Sabha after securing 58 votes in .

Shamsher Singh Manhas was the only BJP Rajya Sabha member from Jammu and Kashmir. He served as an MP from 2015 to 2021 and was the first BJP leader from Jammu and Kashmir to be elected to the Rajya Sabha.

Counting of votes has begun for the Jammu and Kashmir Rajya Sabha elections, where candidates from the National Conference (NC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are anxiously awaiting results that will determine the winners of two Upper House seats.

The Union territory, with four Rajya Sabha seats, had remained unrepresented in the Upper House since February 15, 2021, the day when Ghulam Nabi Azad and Nazir Ahmed Laway completed their terms.

The 90-member Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly currently has 88 sitting MLAs, as two seats in Budgam and Nagrota remain vacant. The NC-Congress alliance has a total of 54 MLAs, including 41 from the National Conference (NC), six from Congress, one CPM, and six Independents. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) holds 28 seats, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) three, while the J&K Peoples Conference and Engineer Rashid's Awami Ittehad Party have one seat each. For the Rajya Sabha elections, around 45 votes are needed to win a single seat, while 29 votes per seat are required in a two-seat contest. As the largest party, the NC is expected to secure three of the four seats. The BJP is widely expected to win one seat in the two-seat notification.  

For the Rajya Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the National Conference (NC) has fielded four candidates, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has nominated three. The NC candidates are Imran Nabi Dar, Choudhary Muhammad Ramzan, Sajad Kichloo, and Shammi Oberoi. The BJP candidates for the three Rajya Sabha seats are Sat Paul Sharma, Ghulam Mohammad Mir, and Rakesh Mahajan. The People's Democratic Party (PDP), and Congress have extended support to National Conference candidates in Rajya Sabha polls for four seats in Jammu and Kashmir. Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference (JKPC) led by Sajad Gani Lone, an erstwhile ally of the BJP-PDP government, had announced that his party will abstain from the Rajya Sabha elections.

For the third seat, the NC has fielded party treasurer GS Oberoi, also popularly known as Shammi Oberoi, and its young state spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar against BJP's Satpal Sharma.

NC's Sajjad Kitchloo is fighting against Rakesh Mahajan of the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir.

Chowdhury Mohammed Ramzan of the NC is in a direct contest with Ali Mohammed Mir of the BJP in one of the seats.

The J-K Assembly has a strength of 88 MLAs out of which the NC-led ruling coalition plus PDP has 57.

The NC has nominated Muhammed Ramzan Chowdhary, Sajad Kichloo, Shami Oberoi (also known as GS Oberoi) and Imran Nabi Dar. The BJP has nominated three candidates Ali Mohammed Mir, Rakesh Mahajan including its J&K President Sat Sharma.

Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) Khurshid Ahmad has also announced support for the NC alliance. With its 41 MLAs voting with the support of six Congress, five independents, one MLA of CPI(M), three of the PDP, and one of AIP, the NC candidates have an edge over their BJP rivals.

This is the first Rajya Sabha election from Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 and downgrading and bifurcation of the erstwhile state of J-K into two Union territories on August 5, 2019. Voting was being held inside the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly complex.

The Rajya Sabha election in Jammu and Kashmir ended peacefully on Friday (October 24) as 86 MLAs cast their votes, while the detained Doda MLA Mehraj Malik voted through a postal ballot, and Peoples Conference (PC) MLA, Sajad Lone, abstained from the voting process.