- PML-N leading in 19 Constituencies, PPP in 5, PTI in 3, MC in 1 and others in 2
- Unofficial results show Sardar Attique of Muslim Conference has won the election
MUZAFFARABAD: July 21: Polling for 41 constituencies of Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly was held on Thursday. The polling was started at 8:00am and continued till 5:00pm without any break, sources reported.
At least 423 candidates ran for 41 constituencies of the AJK Legislative Assembly. Strong competition was expected between Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) is contesting election on all 41 seats while PML-N has fielded 38 candidate and PTI is contesting election from 32 constituencies.
PML-N is leading in 19 constituencies, PPP in 5, PTI in 3, Muslim Conference in 1 and others in 2. Read the details of the polling day activities here: Polling for Azad Kashmir elections LA-2: Chaudhary Abdul Asad from PPP leads the poll with 8331. LA-7: Chaudhary Tariq Farooq from PML-N leads the poll with 19958. LA-6: PML-N leads the poll. LA-8: Muslim Conference leads the poll. LA 14: Mushtaq Minhas from PML-N leads the poll. LA 15: PML-N leads the poll.LA-16: PPP leads the poll. LA-19: Khalid Ibrahim from JKPP wins the poll with 26425 votes. LA-20: JKPP leads the poll. LA-22: Sardar Farooq Tahir from PML-N leads the poll with 25723 votes. LA-25: Chaudhary Shehzad from PML-N leads the poll with 530 votes. LA-26: PML-N leads the poll with 3500 votes. LA-27: PML-N leads the poll with 3255 votes. LA-28: PML-N leads the poll. LA-29: Dr. Muazaffar from PML-N leads the poll with 9701 votes. LA 38: Syed Shaukat Shah from Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) wins the election with a lead of 1218 votes. LA 39: Asad Aleem Shah from PML-N wins the election with a lead of 1026 votes. LA 41: Abdul Majid Khan from PTI wins the election with 2401 votes. LA 40 Valley 4: Ahmad Raza Qadri from PML-N wins the poll. LA 33 Narowal: Yasir Rashid from PML-N leads the poll. LA 31 Gujranwala: Chaudhary Ismail from PML-N leads the poll. LA-11 Kotli-4: PPP s Cahdurhy Yaseen leads with 937 votes while Raja Iqbal Khan of PML-N follows him with 833 votes. LA-17 Poonch 1 Abbas Pur: PML-N s Chaudhry Yaseen Gulshan extends his lead with 972 votes while PPP s Sardar Amjad Yousuf is following with 258 votes. LA-21 Sidhnoti 1 Plindri: JUI s Maulana Saeed Yousuf leads the poll with 951 votes. LA-35 Jammu-6: PML-N s Raja Siddique leading the poll with 1130 votes while Independent candidate Sardar Abdur Razzaq behind with 419 votes. LA 23: Shah Ghulam Qadir from PML-N wins poll with 20120 votes. LA-4: Chaudhary Rukhsaar from PML-N wins poll. Gujrat LA-24: PML-N s Javed Akhtar leads the poll with 3471 votes after unofficial, unverified results of 23 polling stations. LA-9 Kotli, Nakyal: Shah Ghulam Qadir leads the poll with 5916 votes. PML-N candidate Raja Muhammad Iqbal s supporters celebrate as initial results show him leading the poll clearly. LA-23 Muzaffarabad: PML-N s Shah Ghulam Qadri leads the polls with 5916 votes. LA-1 Mirpur 1 Daddhyal: PML-N s chaudhry Masood Khalid leads the poll with 352 votes while Afsar Shah Advocate of PPP follows with 190 votes. Muzaffarabad LA-18: PML-N s Raja Farooq Haider leads the poll. Sialkot LA-32 results: PTI candidate Hamid Raza leads with 920 votes and PML-N candidate Chaudhry Ashfaq follows with 712 votes. LA-21 Plindri: PML-N s candidate Dr Najeeb Naqi leading the poll with 701 votes while JUI candidate Maulana Yousuf Saeed follows him in a close contest with 650 votes. LA-13 Gharbi Bagh: Sardar Attique of Muslim Conference won the election according to unofficial, unverified results. PML-N candidates leading from LA 1, 6, 7, 8 and 9 while Muslim Conference is in lead from LA-5. LA-5: Mirza Shafiq Jarral of Muslim Confernece leads the poll with 1255 votes. PML-N candidates leading from LA 22, 30, 33, while PPP candidate losing the poll in LA-23. LA-20: JKPP candidate leading the poll. LA-19: PPP s Farzana Yaqoob leading the poll with 180 votes. LA-2 PPP s Cahudhry Abdul Majeed leading the poll with 385 votes. LA-3: PTI candidate Barrister Sultan Mahmood is leading the poll with 198 votes. LA-6: Raja Maqsood Ahmad leading the poll with 1024 votes. LA-35: PML-N candidate Raja Siddique is leading the poll. PML-N leader from Lahore Zaeem Hussain Qadri says that PML-N is leading the polls because PML-N has performed ever since it came to power in 2008. He said that the Kashmiris also knew that PML-N had a vision and thus they voted for Pakistan.PTI leader Ejaz Chaudhry said that PML-N government never raised the Kashmir issue on international level. He hoped that PML-N government in Kashmir would finally begin raising the issue internationally. LA-12 Kotli-5: PTI s Chaudhry Rafique Nayyar leads the poll. Sardar Mahmood Iqbal of JKPP leads the poll from LA-20. Chaudhry Aziz from LA16, Bagh-4 Haveli leads with 886 votes while Khawaja Tariq Saeed of PPP follows with 86 votes. Chaudhry Yaseen Gulshan of PML-N leads the poll from LA-17. PML-N candidate Syed Shaukat Shah leads with 1218 from LA-38. PML-N candidate Najeeb Latti leads from LA-23. PML-N candidate Raja Farooq Haider is also in lead from his constituency Muzaffarabad-5 with 202 votes. LA-39 Waadi 4: Asad Aleem Shah from PML-N leads with1026 votes. LA-40 Waadi 5: PML-N candidate Ahmad Raza Qadri leads the election with 236 votes 1582 votes while PPP candidate follows him with 803 votes. LA-41 Waadi 6: Abdul Majid Khan of PTI leads with 214 votes while PPP s Abdur Rehman Sulehria follows with 97 votes. LA-7 Bhimber 3: Chaudhry Tariq Farooq of PML-N leads the poll with 402 votes and Independent candidate Chaudhry Anwarul Haque is behind him with 147 votes. LA-23 Neelum Valley: PML-N candidate Shah Ghulam Qadir leading the poll with 165 votes while Mufti Mansoor ur-Rehman of Muslim Conference (MC) follows with 6 votes. LA-15 Bagh 3 Mashriqi: PML-N candidate Sardar Mir Akbar leading the poll with 480 votes and Sardar Zia Qamar of PPP is behind him with 105 votes. LA 37: PTI candidate Ghulam Mohiudeen Deewan leads election with 1689 votes from Hamza Shahbaz s seat from Lahore. Renowned TV anchor Mushtaq Minhas, contesting the poll from LA-14, Bagh 2 Wasti is lagging behind with only 105 votes against PPP s Sardar Qamar Zaman who has secured 581 votes so far.-Agencies
