Srinagar, Oct 24 || The Rajya Sabha election in Jammu and Kashmir ended peacefully on Friday 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.
The voting took place at the Legislative Assembly complex in Srinagar.
In total 90-member strong J&K Assembly, two seats, Nagrota and Budgam, are going to bypolls on November 11 after these fell vacant.
The result for all four Rajya Sabha seats will be declared after 4 p.m.
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.