Srinagar, Oct 24 (PTI) Here are the profiles of the three National Conference candidates and the BJP nominee who emerged victorious in the Rajya Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir -- the first since the erstwhile state was bifurcated and turned into a Union Territory.

1. Chowdry Mohammad Ramzan (National Conference) The 75-year-old leader is a four-time ex-MLA and a former minister, who was first elected to the legislative assembly in 1983 from Handwara in Kupwara district of north Kashmir.

He retained the seat in the 1987 and 1996 elections. After losing in the 2002 polls, Ramzan returned to the assembly in 2008. However, he lost to Sajad Gani Lone in the 2014 and 2024 assembly elections.

Ramzan was a minister in the Farooq Abdullah government in 1996.

2. Sajad Ahmad Kitchloo (Natio

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