Summary Dunya News started airing the results as soon as they started coming in after polling
MUZAFFARABAD: (Dunya News, Web Desk) - Polling for 41 constituencies of Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly was held today (Thursday). The polling was started at 8:00am and will continue till 5:00pm without any break, reported Dunya News.
At least 423 candidates ran for 41 constituencies of the AJK Legislative Assembly. Strong competition was expected between Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) is contesting election on all 41 seats while PML-N has fielded 38 candidate and PTI is contesting election from 32 constituencies.
Read the details of the polling day activities here: Polling for Azad Kashmir elections
Live updates
LA-2: Chaudhary Abdul Asad from PPP leads the poll with 8331.
LA-7: Chaudhary Tariq Farooq from PML-N leads the poll with 19958.
LA-14: Mushtaq Minhas from PML-N leads the poll.
LA-6: PML-N leads the poll.
LA-8: Muslim Conference leads the poll.
LA 14: Mushtaq Minhas from PML-N leads the poll.
LA 15: PML-N leads the poll.
LA-16: PPP leads the poll.
LA-19: Khalid Ibrahim from JKPP wins the poll with 26425 votes.
LA-20: JKPP leads the poll.
LA-22: Sardar Farooq Tahir from PML-N leads the poll with 25723 votes.
LA-25: Chaudhary Shehzad from PML-N leads the poll with 530 votes.
LA-26: PML-N leads the poll with 3500 votes.
LA-27: PML-N leads the poll with 3255 votes.
LA-28: PML-N leads the poll.
LA-29: Dr. Muazaffar from PML-N leads the poll with 9701 votes.
LA 38: Syed Shaukat Shah from Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) wins the election with a lead of 1218 votes.
LA 39: Asad Aleem Shah from PML-N wins the election with a lead of 1026 votes.
LA 41: Abdul Majid Khan from PTI wins the election with 2401 votes.
LA 40 Valley 4: Ahmad Raza Qadri from PML-N wins the poll.
LA 33 Narowal: Yasir Rashid from PML-N leads the poll.
LA 31 Gujranwala: Chaudhary Ismail from PML-N leads the poll.
LA-11 Kotli-4: PPP s Cahdurhy Yaseen leads with 937 votes while Raja Iqbal Khan of PML-N follows him with 833 votes.
LA-17 Poonch 1 Abbas Pur: PML-N s Chaudhry Yaseen Gulshan extends his lead with 972 votes while PPP s Sardar Amjad Yousuf is following with 258 votes.
LA-21 Sidhnoti 1 Plindri: JUI s Maulana Saeed Yousuf leads the poll with 951 votes.
LA-35 Jammu-6: PML-N s Raja Siddique leading the poll with 1130 votes while Independent candidate Sardar Abdur Razzaq behind with 419 votes.
LA 23: Shah Ghulam Qadir from PML-N wins poll with 20120 votes.
LA-4: Chaudhary Rukhsaar from PML-N wins poll.
Gujrat LA-24: PML-N s Javed Akhtar leads the poll with 3471 votes after unofficial, unverified results of 23 polling stations.
LA-9 Kotli, Nakyal: Shah Ghulam Qadir leads the poll with 5916 votes.
PML-N candidate Raja Muhammad Iqbal s supporters celebrate as initial results show him leading the poll clearly.
LA-23 Muzaffarabad: PML-N s Shah Ghulam Qadri leads the polls with 5916 votes.
LA-1 Mirpur 1 Daddhyal: PML-N s chaudhry Masood Khalid leads the poll with 352 votes while Afsar Shah Advocate of PPP follows with 190 votes.
Muzaffarabad LA-18: PML-N s Raja Farooq Haider leads the poll.
Sialkot LA-32 results: PTI candidate Hamid Raza leads with 920 votes and PML-N candidate Chaudhry Ashfaq follows with 712 votes.
LA-21 Plindri: PML-N s candidate Dr Najeeb Naqi leading the poll with 701 votes while JUI candidate Maulana Yousuf Saeed follows him in a close contest with 650 votes.
LA-13 Gharbi Bagh: Sardar Attique of Muslim Conference won the election according to unofficial, unverified results.
PML-N candidates leading from LA 1, 6, 7, 8 and 9 while Muslim Conference is in lead from LA-5.
LA-5: Mirza Shafiq Jarral of Muslim Confernece leads the poll with 1255 votes.
PML-N candidates leading from LA 22, 30, 33, while PPP candidate losing the poll in LA-23.
LA-20: JKPP candidate leading the poll.
Pervaiz Rashid talks to media:
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Pervaiz Rashid has said that the government has raised the Kashmir issue on every level and will continue to do so. Criticising PTI Chairman Imran Khan, Pervaiz Rashid said that entire nation was discussing the Kashmir issue especially on July 20 but instead of raising the same issue, Imran Khan announced a movement against the government.
LA-21: JUI-F
LA-19: PPP s Farzana Yaqoob leading the poll with 180 votes.
LA-2 PPP s Cahudhry Abdul Majeed leading the poll with 385 votes.
LA-3: PTI candidate Barrister Sultan Mahmood is leading the poll with 198 votes.
LA-6: Raja Maqsood Ahmad leading the poll with 1024 votes.
LA-35: PML-N candidate Raja Siddique is leading the poll.
Updates from live transmission on Dunya News:
PML-N leader from Lahore Zaeem Hussain Qadri says that PML-N is leading the polls because PML-N has performed ever since it came to power in 2008. He said that the Kashmiris also knew that PML-N had a vision and thus they voted for Pakistan.
PTI leader Ejaz Chaudhry said that PML-N government never raised the Kashmir issue on international level. He hoped that PML-N government in Kashmir would finally begin raising the issue internationally.
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LA-12 Kotli-5: PTI s Chaudhry Rafique Nayyar leads the poll.
Sardar Mahmood Iqbal of JKPP leads the poll from LA-20.
Chaudhry Aziz from LA16, Bagh-4 Haveli leads with 886 votes while Khawaja Tariq Saeed of PPP follows with 86 votes.
Chaudhry Yaseen Gulshan of PML-N leads the poll from LA-17.
PML-N candidate Syed Shaukat Shah leads with 1218 from LA-38.
PML-N candidate Najeeb Latti leads from LA-23.
PML-N candidate Raja Farooq Haider is also in lead from his constituency Muzaffarabad-5 with 202 votes.
LA-39 Waadi 4: Asad Aleem Shah from PML-N leads with1026 votes.
LA-40 Waadi 5: PML-N candidate Ahmad Raza Qadri leads the election with 236 votes 1582 votes while PPP candidate follows him with 803 votes.
LA-41 Waadi 6: Abdul Majid Khan of PTI leads with 214 votes while PPP s Abdur Rehman Sulehria follows with 97 votes.
LA-7 Bhimber 3: Chaudhry Tariq Farooq of PML-N leads the poll with 402 votes and Independent candidate Chaudhry Anwarul Haque is behind him with 147 votes.
LA-23 Neelum Valley: PML-N candidate Shah Ghulam Qadir leading the poll with 165 votes while Mufti Mansoor ur-Rehman of Muslim Conference (MC) follows with 6 votes.
LA-15 Bagh 3 Mashriqi: PML-N candidate Sardar Mir Akbar leading the poll with 480 votes and Sardar Zia Qamar of PPP is behind him with 105 votes.
LA 37: PTI candidate Ghulam Mohiudeen Deewan leads election with 1689 votes from Hamza Shahbaz s seat from Lahore.
Renowned TV anchor Mushtaq Minhas, contesting the poll from LA-14, Bagh 2 Wasti is lagging behind with only 105 votes against PPP s Sardar Qamar Zaman who has secured 581 votes so far.
