2016 Azad Kashmiri general election

none September 2020 July 2026 2016 Azad Kashmir general election Azad Kashmir parliamentary no 62.2% 2011 Azad Kashmiri general election 2011 21 July 2016 2021 Azad Kashmiri general election 2021 41 of the 49 seats in the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly 25 Raja Farooq Haider Muzaffarabad-V 100x100px Pakistan Muslim League (N) 739,195 44.4% 11 seats 36 25 Chaudhry Abdul Majid Mirpur-II 100x100px Pakistan Peoples Party 352,742 21.2% 27 seats 4 23 Attique Ahmed Khan Bagh-I 100x100px All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference 171,458 10.3% 5 seats 3 2 Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry Mirpur-III (lost) 100x100px Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 211,827 12.7% Did not contest 2 2 Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majid Pakistan Peoples Party Raja Farooq Haider Pakistan Muslim League (N) Map of Azad Kashmir showing Assembly Constituencies and winning parties File:2016 Azad Kashmiri general election results map.svg General elections were held in Azad Kashmir on 21 July 2016 to elect 41 members of the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly. Polling started at 8:00am and continued until 5:00pm. Campaign At least 423 candidates ran for the 41 seats, the main competition being between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference (AJKMC) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). 5,427 polling stations were set up for the electionhttp://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/345805-Polling-for-Azad-Kashmir-elections-underway Polling for Azad Kashmir elections underway 2016-07-21 Dunya News 2016-11-02 Results 2,674,586 people were registered to vote in the elections, of whom 1,190,839 were female and 1,483,747 male. The PML-N won 31, the PPP three, and PTI two. In addition, the AJKMC won three seats, the Jammu Kashmir Peoples Party (JKPP) won one seat and one seat was won by an independent. After the election, the PML(N) was able to elect its members to three seats reserved for women, one for ulema, and one for overseas. On the other hand, the PPP was able to win one reserved seat for women. Due to a pre-election agreement with the PML(N), the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) was also able to get one of its members elected to a reserved seat for women and another to a reserved seat for technocrats.http://www.pakimag.com/politics/azad-kashmir-election-results-2016-with-complete-list-of-candidates.html Azad Kashmir Election Results 2016 with Complete List of Candidates 2016-07-21 Paki Mag 2016-11-02 Aftermath Following these results, the PML(N) was able to form a comfortable majority government, electing Raja Farooq Haider as prime minister of Azad Kashmir, controlling 36 out of the 49 seats in the assembly, while also enjoying support from the two JI MLAs. His opponents, Chaudhry Muhammad Yasin of the PPP and Ghulam Mohiuddin Dewan of the PTI, each garnered five votes each.2016-07-31 PML-N's Raja Farooq Haider elected as new AJK PM https://www.geo.tv/latest/110470-AJK-Assembly-to-elect-PM-today 2023-08-22 Geo.tv enMir M A 2016-07-31 Raja Farooq Haider takes mantle of AJK PM https://tribune.com.pk/story/1153261/raja-farooq-haider-takes-mantle-ajk-pm?amp=1 2023-08-22 The Express Tribune See also List of members of the 8th Legislative Assembly of Azad Kashmir References Azad Azad