Azad relected to Rajya Sabha

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Press Trust of India Jammu
Last Updated : Feb 07 2015 | 7:40 PM IST
Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad was today relected as a Rajya Sabha member from Jammu and Kashmir while PDP bagged two seats and BJP one in the elections to the Upper House from the state.
Besides Azad who was a joint candidate of Congress and National Conference, PDP's Fayaz Ahmed Mir and Nazir Ahmad Laway and Shamsher Singh Manhas have been declared winner in the elections.
Both BJP-PDP and National Conference-Congress had fought the elections separately under seat-sharing arrangements.
PDP, with 28 seats in the 87-member Assembly, is the single-largest party while BJP has 25 seats. The Assembly has been put under suspended animation.
NC and Congress have 15 and 12 seats respectively.
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First Published: Feb 07 2015 | 7:40 PM IST

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