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
The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) ( ur, , translit=Pākistān Muslim Līg (Nūn) PML(N) or PML-N) is a centre-right and liberal conservative political party in Pakistan. Alongside the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Peoples Party ...
(PML-N),
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI),
All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference
The All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference ( ur, آل جموں و کشمیر مسلم کانفرنس) also shortly referred as Muslim Conference (MC) is a major political party in Pakistan administrated territory of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The ...
(MC) and the
Pakistan People’s Party
The Pakistan People's Party ( ur, , ; PPP) is a centre-left, social-democratic political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third largest party in the National Assembly and second largest in the Senate of Pakistan. The party was founded ...
(PPP). 5,427 polling stations were set up for the election
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, AJ&K MC won three seats, JK PPP one seat and one seat was won by an independent.]Raja Farooq Haider
Raja Farooq Haider Khan is a Kashmiri politician and former Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K). He is a senior member of the Pakistan Muslim League (N).
Early life
Raja Muhammad Farooq Haider Khan was born on 14 February 1955. He ...
as prime minister of Azad Kashmir
Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir is the chief executive of Azad Kashmir region of Pakistan. The title of Prime Minister symbolizes the nominal independence of Azad Kashmir. The prime minister heads the Council of Ministers, who are members of the A ...
, controlling 31 general seats and six reserved/technocrat seats, giving them 37 out of the 49 seats in the assembly.
See also
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References
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