2001 Azad Kashmiri general election

none 1996 Azad Kashmiri general election 1996 5 July 2001 2006 Azad Kashmiri general election 2006 2001 Azad Kashmir general election Parliamentary No All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference 27 Pakistan Peoples Party 17 Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry Pakistan Peoples Party Sikandar Hayat Khan All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry Sikandar Hayat Khan Kotli-II Mirpur-III All 48 seats in the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly 25 105x105px 105x105px 9 37 18 20 August 2019 August 2019 General elections were held in Azad Kashmir on 5 July 2001 to elect the members of seventh assembly of Azad Kashmir.http://ajkassembly.gok.pk/parliamentary_history.htm Azad Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly 23 December 2017 30 December 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171230151831/http://www.ajkassembly.gok.pk/parliamentary_history.htm dead The All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference (AJKMC) won the election, defeating the incumbent Pakistan People's Party (PPP) government of Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry, who was succeeded by Sikandar Hayat Khan as Prime Minister.Hashmi Anees Ur Rashid Gul Shabnum Khawaja Anbrin 2024-07-10 Significant Contribution of the 7th Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (2001-2006) https://ojs.ahss.org.pk/journal/article/view/696 Annals of Human and Social Sciences en 5 2 592–603 10.35484/ahss.2024(5-II-S)56 2790-6809 free Sharma Surinder Kumar Pakistan occupied Kashmir: politics, parties and personalities Hassan Yaqoob ul Behuria Ashok K. 2019 Pentagon Press LLP Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses 978-93-86618-67-2 New Delhi2002-07-21 AJK cabinet may induct woman minister https://www.dawn.com/news/48910/ajk-cabinet-may-induct-woman-minister 2025-08-22 DAWN.COM en Results On election day, the AJKMC won 21 general seats, the PPP won 15 seats, independent candidates won 3 seats, and the Pakistan Muslim League Azad Kashmir (PML-AK), led by Muhammad Hayat Khan, won one seat. The three independents later joined the AJKMC, raising their number of seats to 24. Elections to reserved seats saw the AJKMC winning three reserved seats for women, and one seat each reserved for ulema, technocrats, and overseas, while the PPP won the other two seats reserved for women. This left the final seat tally at: 30 seats for the AJKMC, 17 seats for the PPP, and one seat for the PML-AK.2001-07-07 MC poised to form AJK govt https://asianstudies.github.io/area-studies/SouthAsia/SAserials/Dawn/2001/jul0701.html#mcpo 2025-08-22 DAWN WIRE SERVICE2001-07-16 Power struggle in Muslim Conference subsides https://asianstudies.github.io/area-studies/SouthAsia/SAserials/Dawn/2001/jul2101#powe 2025-08-29 DAWN WIRE SERVICE Aftermath The AJKMC easily formed a government, electing Sikandar Hayat Khan as the Prime Minister and Muhammad Anwar Khan as the President. On 24 July 2001, Muhammad Sayab Khalid Khan and Sanaullah Qadri were elected as Speaker and Deputy Speaker, respectively."Former Speakers Legislative Assembly of Azad Jammu and Kashmir" https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050849/http://www.ajkassembly.gok.pk/former_speaker.htm 4 March 2016. Legislative Assembly of Azad Jammu & Kashmir website. Retrieved 21 July 20182003-06-20 AJK Dy Speaker accused of hurling threats https://www.dawn.com/news/107357/ajk-dy-speaker-accused-of-hurling-threats 2025-08-29 DAWN.COM enFormer Deputy Speakers Legislative Assembly of Azad Jammu and Kashmir https://ajkassembly.gok.pk/former-deputy-speakers-legislative-assembly-of-azad-jammu-and-kashmir/ 2025-08-29 AJK Legislative Assembly en-US References Category:Elections in Azad Kashmir Azad Category:July 2001 in Pakistan