PML-N Dominates Mirpur Division as AJK Election Results Show 9-4 Lead over PPP
Unofficial results showed PML-N winning 9 of 13 seats as counting continued, while the PPP took the remaining four and one constituency was still incomplete.
- On Tuesday, the Election Commission announced that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz won nine of 13 seats in Mirpur Division during Monday's first phase of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly elections.
- These elections for 45 assembly seats occur in three phases between July 27 and August 10, with the first phase covering Mirpur Division's districts of Mirpur, Kotli, and Chaksawari.
- Election day was marred by violence, including the death of a Pakistan Peoples Party worker in Kotli, as the party alleged armed PML-N supporters disrupted voting at several polling stations.
- PML-N leader Rana Sanaullah dismissed rigging claims, calling the polls "peaceful, free and credible," while PPP senior leader Nayyar Bokhari alleged "our winning seats have been gifted to the PML-N."
- Voters in Muzaffarabad Division and refugee constituencies will head to polls on August 2, with the final phase of AJK elections scheduled for August 10 in Poonch.
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PML-N wins 9 out of 13 seats in first phase of AJK elections
MIRPUR/ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) grabbed 9 out of the 13 constituencies of Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s (AJK) Mirpur division in Monday’s elections, according to the unofficial and preliminary results from the first phase of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly elections.
AJK elections: PML-N grabs 9 out of 13 seats across Mirpur division, unofficial results show
The PML-N grabbed nine out of the 13 constituencies of Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s (AJK) Mirpur division in yesterday’s elections, preliminary results issued by the Election Commission showed on Tuesday. Polls in AJK are being held in three phases over security concerns, with the first set of polls held in Mirpur division on Monday. Scuffles, violence and allegations of rigging had marred the polling process, with the PML-N and PPP accusing each ot…
The results of the first phase of the elections in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) have been declared. Shahbaz Sharif and Nawaz Sharif's party (PML-N) has won nine out of 13 seats, while the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has won four. Meanwhile, the PPP has alleged widespread rigging during the elections.
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