2016 Azad Kashmiri general election

2016 Azad Kashmir general election

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41 of the 49 seats in the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly
25 seats needed for a majority
Turnout62.2%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Raja Farooq Haider Chaudhry Abdul Majid
Party PML(N) PPP
Leader's seat Muzaffarabad-V Mirpur-II
Last election 11 seats 27 seats
Seats won 36 4
Seat change Increase 25 Decrease 23
Popular vote 739,195 352,742
Percentage 44.4% 21.2%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Attique Ahmed Khan Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry
Party AJKMC PTI
Leader's seat Bagh-I Mirpur-III (lost)
Last election 5 seats Did not contest
Seats won 3 2
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 2
Popular vote 171,458 211,827
Percentage 10.3% 12.7%

Map of Azad Kashmir showing Assembly Constituencies and winning parties

Prime Minister before election

Chaudhry Abdul Majid
PPP

Elected Prime Minister

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 until 5:00pm.


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