NEW DELHI, April 6: National Conference nominee Kushok Nawang Chamba Stanzin was today declared elected to the Rajya Sabha from Jammu and Kashmir, becoming the first Ladakhi to represent the State in the Upper House.In other results out today Karnataka Janata Dal working president Lakshmisagar and Congress nominee in Orissa Frida Topno were elected to the House. Topno had been denied a party ticket in the recent Lok Sabha elections.
Stanzin, who is the Head Lama of the historic Thiksey monastery, was elected unopposed. The by-poll for the Rajya Sabha took place after Saifuddin Soz, who has been elected to the Lok Sabha, resigned.
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