Srinagar: All MLAs of Jammu and Kashmir have cast their votes in the Rajya Sabha elections held on Friday.

All 86 MLAs voted in the RS polls.

Sources said that the postal ballot of AAP MLA Mehraj Malik, who is currently in detention, has also reached the Returning Officer and will be included in the counting.

“The polling has ended, but it will be formally closed at 4:00 PM,” sources said.

The total strength of the J&K Assembly is 88. While Mehraj Malik voted through postal ballot from detention, Peoples Conference president Sajad Gani Lone chose to abstain from voting.

With the National Conference receiving support from the Congress, Peoples Democratic Party, CPI(M), and independents, the alliance’s strength has reached 58—enough to secure all four seats.

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