Azad Kashmir general election 2016

Azad Kashmir general election 2016

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41 of the 49 seats in the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly 25 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	62.2%
First party Second party   Leader Raja Farooq Haider Chaudhry Abdul Majeed Party PML (N) PPP Leader's seat LA-28 LA-2 Last election 9 seats 20 seats Seats won 31 3 Seat change 22 17 Popular vote 739,195 352,742 Percentage 44.4% 21.2%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Attique Ahmed Khan Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry Party MC PTI Leader's seat LA-13 LA-3 Last election 5 seats Did not contest Seats won 3 2 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 171,458 211,827 Percentage 10.3% 12.7%
Prime Minister before election Chaudhry Abdul Majid PPP Elected Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider PML (N)

Chaudhry Abdul Majid
PPP

Raja Farooq Haider
PML (N)

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 till 5:00pm without any break.

At least 423 candidates ran for the 41 seats, the main competition being between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).

A total number of 5,427 polling stations were set up for election.

A total of 2,674,586 people were registered to vote in the elections, of which 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 3 seats, JK PPP one seat and one seat was won by an independent.

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