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Elections to four Rajya Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir will be held today with seven candidates. In which congress leader and Ghulam Nabi Azad current Leader of Opposition in the Upper House of Parliament will face tough time.

On Thursday Natinal Conference said the alliance of the PDP and BJP for Rajya Sabha elections as "unholy and opportunistic" and urged the other parties and independent MLA’s to support Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad in the February 7 polls.

Beside Azad, other contestants are Peoples Democratic Party's Mir Mohammad Fayaz and Nazir Ahmad Laway; BJP's Shamsher Singh and Chander Mohan Sharma; and Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo and Nasir Aslam Wani of NC.

Both BJP - PDP and National Conference- Congress are fighting in alliance with seat sharing arrangements. The BJP-PDP combine is likely to win three seats, Azad, who has the support of 28 members including 12 of Congress, 15 of NC and CPI-M member M Y Tarigami, can win other term if two more person votes him.Seven seats are being shared by smaller party.

In response to the alliance of BJP and PDP "For chair they (PDP) have sold their conscience, and have been saying in the past that they are not power hungry," NC working President Omar Abdullah said while addressing roadside rallies in his Beerwah assembly constituency of Budgam district.

Voter turnout recorded till 11 am is 19.6%. Here's the area-wise break-up:

Central Delhi       15.5%

East Delhi            20.9%

New Delhi            18.6%

North Delhi          17.7%

North East Delhi   22.5%

North West Delhi  20.3%

South Delhi         19.5%

South West Delhi  21.3%

West Delhi           19.6%

-Arun Kumar