2006 Azad Kashmiri general election

Election in Azad Kashmir 2001 Azad Kashmiri general election 2001 11 July 2006 2011 Azad Kashmiri general election 2011 2006 Azad Kashmir general election Parliamentary No All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference 27 Pakistan People's Party 8 PML 4 Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London 2 Independent 6 Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan Attique Ahmed Khan All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference Prime Minister 41 of the 49 seats in the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly 25 Attique Ahmed Khan B5E61D Tahir Khokhar Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry File:2006 Azad Kashmiri general election results map.svg Map of Azad Kashmir showing Assembly Constituencies and winning parties N/A Sahibzada Muhammad Ishaq Zaffar Azad Kashmir 105x105px 105x105px 105x105px Bagh-I Muzaffarabad-V Mirpur-III Jammu and Others-I 27 17 Did not contest Did not contest 3 9 4 2 3 September 2019 General elections were held in Azad Kashmir on 11 July 2006 to elect the members of eighth assembly of Azad Kashmir. Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan and Raja Zulqarnain Khan were elected as Prime Minister and President of Azad Kashmir, respectively.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 Results The All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference (AJKMC) won twenty general seats, the Pakistan People's Party seven, the People's Muslim League (PML) four the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) two, and the Jammu Kashmir Peoples Party (JKPP) one. Six independents also won seats, although three of them joined the AJKMC after the election. LA-33 Jammu and Others-IV had its election postponed by four days, which saw another AJKMC victory. Following the elections, the AJKMC managed to win four seats reserved for women and one reserved seat each for ulema, technocrats, and overseas. On the other hand, the PPP only won one reserved seat for women.13 July 2006 Ruling MC secures 20 seats, AJKPP 7: Manipulation of results alleged https://www.dawn.com/news/201154/ruling-mc-secures-20-seats-ajkpp-7-manipulation-of-results-alleged DAWN.COMLansford Tom https://books.google.com/books?id=K23EEAAAQBAJ&dq=ishaq+zafar+election+ajk&pg=PA2022-IA142 Political Handbook of the World 2022-2023 2023-06-09 CQ Press 978-1-0718-5305-4 enShekhawat Seema 2007 Electoral Politics in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir https://www.jstor.org/stable/45073208 India Quarterly 63 3 145–167 45073208 0974-9284 Therefore, the AJKMC managed to have thirty-one members in the Assembly, the PPP eight, the PML four, independents three, the MQM two, and the JKPP one.2006-07-23 Attique, Zaffar in run for PM https://www.dawn.com/news/202716/attique-zaffar-in-run-for-pm 2023-08-22 DAWN.COM en Aftermath The AJKMC continued governing Azad Kashmir, easily electing its leader, Attique Ahmed Khan, as the next Prime Minister. Khan had received 35 votes and defeated Sahibzada Muhammad Ishaq Zaffar of the PPP, who received only eight votes. The AJKMC was also able to elect Shah Ghulam Qadir and Sardar Farooq Tahir as Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, respectively.2006-09-03 Ishaq Zafar dies of heart attack https://www.dawn.com/news/208780/ishaq-zafar-dies-of-heart-attack 2023-08-22 DAWN.COM en2006-07-24 Atiq Ahmed Khan elected new PM of PoK https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/atiq-ahmed-khan-elected-new-pm-of-pok/story-q0DzdaR6eEUHesPIVFzNMO.html 2023-08-22 Hindustan Times en Controversies Candidates from the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front and other pro-independence groups were not allowed to run; local law prohibits persons expressing views counter to "the ideology of Pakistan, the ideology of the State’s accession to Pakistan or the sovereignty, integrity of Pakistan" from running for office. Opposition groups saw the vote as rigged in favour of the Pakistani federal government."With Friends Like These…" Human Rights Violations in Azad Kashmir https://www.hrw.org/reports/2006/pakistan0906/6.htm Human Rights Watch 9 August 2018 References Category:Elections in Azad Kashmir Azad Category:July 2006 in Pakistan Category:July 2006 elections