Voting was underway on Friday for the four Rajya Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir.

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 is being held inside the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly complex here, officials said.

The elections for the four Rajya Sabha seats in J-K are divided into three notifications. The Election Commission of India had issued three notifications for the four Rajya Sabha seats in J-K, holding elections separately on two seats while the polls for the other two seats are being held under a common notification.

Chowdhury Mohammed Ramzan of the NC is in a direct contest with Ali Mohammed Mir of the

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