The biennial election for the four Rajya Sabha seats from Jammu and Kashmir witnessed a curious case of six invalid votes across three rounds of polling, increasing in each round. The National Conference won three seats , while the BJP snagged a surprise win in the remaining seat.

According to the J&K Chief Electoral Office, during the first round of polling where National Conference (NC) candidate Choudhary Mohammad Ramzan was pitted against BJP’s Ali Muhammad Mir, one vote was reported invalid out of a total electorate of 87. Though the J&K Assembly is an 88-member house, J&K Peoples MLA Sajad Lone decided to abstain from voting

The winning vote share for the first round was fixed at 44. The NC’s Mr. Ramzan bagged 58 votes and the BJP’s Mr. Mir got 28 votes, which is the BJP’s tota

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