2021 Azad Kashmiri general election

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 2021 General Elections of Azad Jammu and Kashmir held on 25 July, the region's election commission announced on Thursday.[2] The elections were held in 33 constituencies of Azad Kashmir and 12 constituencies of the refugees of Jammu and Kashmir.[3]

2021 Azad Kashmir general election
25 July 2021
All 53 seats in the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly
27 seats needed for a majority
Registered3,220,793
Turnout61.30%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Abdul Qayyum Khan Niazi Chaudhry Latif Akbar
Party PTI PPP
Leader's seat Poonch-II Jammu and Others-II
Last election 2 seats, 12.7% 3 seats, 21.2%
Seats won 32 12
Seat change Increase 30 Increase 9
Popular vote 613,590 349,895
Percentage 31.4% 17.9%
Swing Increase18.7pp Decrease3.3pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Raja Farooq Haider Attique Ahmed Khan
Party PML(N) AJKMC
Leader's seat Hattian Bala-I Bagh-II
Last election 31 seats, 44.4% 3 seats, 10.3%
Seats won 7 1
Seat change Decrease 24 Decrease 2
Popular vote 491,091 153,861
Percentage 25.1% 7.9%
Swing Decrease19.3pp Decrease2.4pp
Map of Azad Kashmir showing Assembly Constituencies
Prime Minister before election

Raja Farooq Haider
PML(N)

 Elected Prime Minister

Abdul Qayyum Khan Niazi
PTI

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 1.297 million were female voters.[4] By the time of the election, the number of registered voters had increased to 3,220,793.[5]

A total of 724 people stood for 45 general seats this year. 579 candidates are competing for 33 constituencies within Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The remaining 145 competed for 12 refugee constituencies comprising four provinces of Pakistan.[6]

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 abled 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.[7][8]

Results

The polls were open across Azad Kashmir and Pakistan from 8am to 5pm PST. The results of AJK election 2021 were started to come after poll closings in the evening. The below table shows election results by political party.[9]

PartyVotes%Seats
GeneralWomenUlema Technocrat and OverseasTotalChange Increase Steady Decrease
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf613,59031.35263332Increase30
Pakistan Peoples Party349,89517.88111012Increase9
Pakistan Muslim League (N)491,09125.096107Decrease24
All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference153,8617.861001Decrease2
Jammu Kashmir Peoples Party119,0486.081001Increase1
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan96,6974.940000Steady
Independents133,1366.800000Steady
Total1,957,318100.00455353Increase4
Valid votes1,957,31899.14
Invalid/blank votes17,0000.86
Total votes1,974,318100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,220,79361.30
Source: EC-AJK (Party Positions), (everything else)

See also

References
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  2. "AJK legislative assembly elections to be held on July 25". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  3. "General Elections AJK 2021". Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  4. "Elections in Azad Jammu and Kashmir to take place on July 25". The News International. 2021-06-10. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  5. "General Elections, 2021 - Election Commission of AJ&K". Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  6. "Unofficial results: PTI clinches six GB seats, leading in four constituencies as vote count underway". ARY NEWS. 2020-11-15. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  7. Times, Parliament. "AJK Legislative Assembly enlarged with inclusion of 4 new seats - Daily Parliament Times". www.dailyparliamenttimes.com. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  8. Maqbool, Atif. "An illiterate person can contest General Elections in AJK - Atif Maqbool appeal to the IDEA". Issuewire. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  9. "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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