Unpredictable In Jammu Elections: Clean Sweep Missed: Cross Voting Victory For BJP
Jammu & Kashmir/Hyderabad, Oct 25 (Maxim News): The results of the Rajya Sabha elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir have been declared. The ruling National Conference missed a clean sweep. it won three of the four seats. The BJP won the remaining one seat. Allegations of cross-voting are being raised. These are the first Rajya Sabha elections held after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019.
Voting in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly took place on Friday (October 24). Out of 88 MLas, 86 exercised their right to vote directly, jailed AAP MLa mehraj Malik cast his vote through postal ballot. Congress, PDP, CPI(M), AIP and other independent MLAs supported the National Conference candidates.
Assembly Secretary MK Pandita said tht the winners were Chaudhary Mohammed Ramzan, Sajjad kitchloo and GS Oberoi from the NC, and the party’s state Chief Sath Paul Sharma from the BJP.
Imran nabi and Sath Sharma contested for the fourth seat. However, the Assembly Secretary announced that Sharma won with 32 votes. While the BJP has only 28 seats in the Jammu Assembly, it got 4 additional votes. However, as expected by the BJP, it is clear that the independents have turned towards them. On the other hand, National Conference leader and CM Omar Abdullah tweeted, “Where are those four votes?” It remains to be seen who the four people who cross voted for BJP. AAP MLA from doda constituency Mehraj Malik, who voted in the Rajya Sabha elections through postal ballot, was arrested on September 8, 2025, under the Public Safety Act (PSA). He is currently lodged in kathua district jail.
After the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019, the state of Jammu and kashmir became a quasi-union territory. Union territories like Chandigarh and Lakshadweep do not have an assembly. Therefore, they do not have Rajya Sabha seats. However, in 2020, the Jammu and Kashmir Regional Assembly was reconstituted. Therefore, like other states, the Rajya Sabha elections were again held in the assembly. As expected, the ruling party National Conference won the majority of seats. (Maxim News)
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