PML-N Wins Nine Seats in First Phase AJK Polls

MUZAFFARABAD: (Our Correspondent) – The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has emerged as the dominant party in the first phase of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly elections, securing nine out of 13 seats, according to unofficial and unverified results.

The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) won the remaining four constituencies in the first phase of polling, which was held across Mirpur, Kotli, and Bhimber divisions.

Voting concluded at 5:00pm on Monday, with polling time extended by one hour for voters already present at polling stations. After the completion of voting, counting was conducted and unofficial results were announced from all 13 constituencies.

According to the provisional results, PML-N secured victories in LA-1 Mirpur-1, LA-4 Mirpur-4, LA-5 Bhimber-1, LA-6 Bhimber-2, LA-7 Bhimber-3, LA-9 Kotli-2, LA-11 Kotli-4, LA-12 Kotli-5, and LA-13 Kotli-6.

The PPP won LA-2 Mirpur-2, LA-3 Mirpur-3, LA-8 Kotli-1, and LA-10 Kotli-3.

In LA-1 Mirpur-1, PML-N’s Azhar Sadiq won with 15,427 votes, defeating PPP’s Muhammad Afsar Shahid, who secured 9,832 votes.

PPP’s Qasim Majeed won LA-2 Mirpur-2 with 12,904 votes, while PML-N candidate Azeem Bakhsh Chaudhry finished second with 8,182 votes.

In LA-3 Mirpur-3, PPP’s Chaudhry Yasir Sultan secured victory with 11,676 votes, defeating PML-N’s Chaudhry Muhammad Saeed, who received 9,832 votes.

PML-N candidate Chaudhry Rukhsar Ahmed won LA-4 Mirpur-4 with 20,172 votes, while PPP’s Chaudhry Sohaib Arshad came second with 13,865 votes.

In LA-5 Bhimber-1, PML-N’s Waqar Ahmed Noor defeated PPP’s Chaudhry Pervaiz Ashraf by a narrow margin, securing 30,259 votes compared with his opponent’s 29,574 votes.

PML-N’s Chaudhry Muhammad Razaq won LA-6 Bhimber-2 with 32,732 votes, while Ali Shan Chaudhry of the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party received 26,718 votes.

In LA-7 Bhimber-3, senior PML-N leader Chaudhry Tariq Farooq secured victory with 35,490 votes, defeating independent candidate Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq, who obtained 25,100 votes.

PPP’s Zafar Iqbal Malik won LA-8 Kotli-1 with 19,535 votes, while PML-N’s Malik Muhammad Nawaz Khan secured 11,966 votes.

In LA-9 Kotli-2, PML-N’s Umair Naeem won with 31,080 votes, defeating PPP’s Javed Iqbal Badhanvi, who received 28,509 votes.

PPP’s AJK President Chaudhry Muhammad Yasin won LA-10 Kotli-3 with 12,431 votes, while PML-N’s Fateh Mahmood-ul-Hasan finished second with 9,245 votes.

PML-N’s Muhammad Asif won LA-11 Kotli-4 with 26,190 votes, defeating PPP’s Chaudhry Muhammad Akhlaq, who received 21,751 votes.

In LA-12 Kotli-5, PML-N’s Muhammad Riaz Khan secured victory with 35,168 votes, while PPP’s Chaudhry Muhammad Yasin obtained 30,320 votes.

PML-N’s Raja Ayaz Ahmed Khan won LA-13 Kotli-6 with 21,856 votes, while Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party’s Nisar Ansar Abdali came second with 15,859 votes.

The results remain unofficial and subject to confirmation by the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Election Commission.