SRINAGAR: Polling for four vacant Rajya Sabha seats from Jammu and Kashmir, the first since the abrogation of Article 370, began on Friday at the J&K Legislative Assembly complex.

MLAs are casting their votes at three separate polling booths in the Assembly complex between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. The counting of votes will take place at 5 p.m.

The four Rajya Sabha seats fell vacant in February 2021 following the end of the terms of PDP MPs Mir Mohammad Fayaz and Nazir Ahmed Laway, BJP MP Shamsher Singh, and former Congress MP Ghulam Nabi Azad.

The National Conference (NC) has fielded four candidates, Choudhary Muhammad Ramzan, Shammi Oberoi, Sajad Kichloo, and Imran Nabi Dar, while the BJP has fielded three candidates for the four seats.

A day before polling, the NC received a crucial boost

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