Cross-voting by some ruling coalition MLAs helped the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secure one of the four Rajya Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir, though it lacks the numbers in the Assembly.

BJP candidate Sat Pal Sharma won the fourth seat with 32 votes—four more than the party’s actual strength. The extra votes indicate that a few MLAs from the ruling National Conference (NC)-Congress-PDP alliance or their supporters voted in his favour.

In contrast, NC candidate Imran Nabi Dar, who was expected to win comfortably with 28–29 votes, secured only 21 votes—seven short of the required number. This shortfall paved the way for the BJP’s victory.

BJP’s Sat Sharma credits his victory to conscience vote by MLAs | JK News Today @BJP4JnK @BJP4India pic.twitter.com/oQO82k1VZA — JK News Today

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