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2021 Azad Kashmiri general election

2021 Azad Kashmiri general election

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General elections were held in Azad Kashmir on 25 July 2021 after the expiry of the 5-year term of the previous Legislative Assembly.[1] The elections were held in 33 constituencies of Azad Kashmir and 12 constituencies of the refugees of Jammu and Kashmir in Pakistan.[2]

Quick Facts All 53 seats in the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly 27 seats needed for a majority, Registered ...

By an early estimate, over 2.82 million people of Azad Kashmir were registered to vote; of which 1.59 million were male voters, while 1.30 million were female voters.[3] By the time of the election, the number of registered voters had increased to 3,220,793.[4]

A total of 724 candidates stood for 45 general seats this year. 579 candidates competed for the 33 constituencies within Azad Kashmir, while the remaining 145 competed for the 12 refugee constituencies in Pakistan.[5]

Background

In current elections The PTI won 26, the PPP 11 and PML N 6. In addition, AJ&K MC won 1 seats, JK PPP 1 seat.

Following these results, Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf was able to form a comfortable majority government, controlling 26 general seats and 6 reserved/technocrat seats, giving them 32 out of the 53 seats in the assembly.

Addition of new seats

4 new seats were added in Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly. Muzaffarabad, Neelum, Sudhanoti/Poonch and Kotli districts gained an additional seats each, hence, the number of members in the Assembly of Azad Kashmir was elevated from 49 to 53. Therefore the new amount of seats needed for a majority became 27.[6][7]

Results

32 12 7 1 1
PTI PPP PML(N) AJKMC JKPP

Vote Share of different parties in the election.

  PTI (31.35%)
  PML-N (25.09%)
  PPP (17.88%)
  AJKMC (7.86%)
  JKPP (6.08%)
  TLP (4.94%)
  IND (6.80%)

Seat Share of different parties in the election.

  PTI (60.38%)
  PPP (22.64%)
  PML-N (13.21%)
  AJKMC (1.89%)
  JKPP (1.89%)

The polls were open across Azad Kashmir and Pakistan from 8:00 to 17:00 PST. The results of started to pour in after poll closings in the evening. The below table shows election results by political party.[8]

More information Party, Votes ...

By constituency

More information Constituency, Winner ...

See also

References

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    "General Elections AJK 2021". Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
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    "Elections in Azad Jammu and Kashmir to take place on July 25". The News International. 2021-06-10. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
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    "General Elections, 2021 - Election Commission of AJ&K". Retrieved 16 October 2021.
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    "Unofficial results: PTI clinches six GB seats, leading in four constituencies as vote count underway". ARY NEWS. 2020-11-15. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
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    Times, Parliament. "AJK Legislative Assembly enlarged with inclusion of 4 new seats - Daily Parliament Times". www.dailyparliamenttimes.com. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
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    Maqbool, Atif. "An illiterate person can contest General Elections in AJK - Atif Maqbool appeal to the IDEA". Issuewire. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
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    "Number of votes secured by PTI, PPP, PML-N in AJK elections 2021". ARY NEWS. 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
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