AJK election results: PML-N leads in eight seats, PPP five

AJK election results: PML-N leads in eight seats, PPP five

Unofficial and preliminary results from the first phase of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly elections show the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leading in eight of the 13 constituencies.

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) candidates are ahead in the remaining five constituencies, according to the results received so far.

The first phase covered 13 constituencies across Mirpur, Kotli and Bhimber districts. Vote counting is continuing, and the results remain unofficial.

LA-1 Mirpur-I

Results from 17 of 139 polling stations have been received.

PML-N candidate Azhar Sadiq is leading with 1,692 votes. PPP candidate Muhammad Afsar Shahid is second with 1,482 votes.

LA-2 Mirpur-II

Results from 40 of 149 polling stations are available.

PPP candidate Qasim Majeed is leading with 3,455 votes. PML-N candidate Azeem Bakhsh Chaudhry has secured 2,915 votes.

LA-3 Mirpur-III

Results from 31 of 161 polling stations have been received.

PML-N candidate Chaudhry Muhammad Saeed is ahead with 2,986 votes. PPP candidate Chaudhry Yasir Sultan is in second place with 2,648 votes.

LA-4 Mirpur-IV

Only four of 162 polling stations have reported results.

PML-N candidate Chaudhry Rukhsar Ahmed is leading with 594 votes. PPP candidate Chaudhry Sohaib Arshad has received 345 votes.

LA-5 Bhimber-I

Results from 104 of 176 polling stations have been received.

PML-N candidate Waqar Ahmed Noor is leading with 19,592 votes. PPP candidate Chaudhry Parvez Ashraf is second with 16,335 votes.

LA-6 Bhimber-II

Results from 24 of 195 polling stations have been reported.

PML-N candidate Chaudhry Muhammad Razzaq is leading with 3,814 votes. Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party candidate Ali Shan Chaudhry has secured 3,351 votes.

LA-7 Bhimber-III

Results from 34 of 237 polling stations are available.

PML-N candidate Chaudhry Tariq Farooq is leading with 6,346 votes. Independent candidate Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq is second with 3,552 votes.

LA-8 Kotli-I

Results from 10 of 155 polling stations have been received.

PPP candidate Zafar Iqbal Malik is ahead with 1,221 votes. PML-N candidate Malik Muhammad Nawaz Khan is close behind with 1,174 votes.

LA-9 Kotli-II

Results from 105 of 178 polling stations are available.

PML-N candidate Umair Naeem is leading with 21,682 votes. PPP candidate Javed Iqbal Budhanvi has received 13,484 votes.

LA-10 Kotli-III

Results from 36 of 169 polling stations have been received.

PPP candidate Chaudhry Muhammad Yasin is leading with 6,999 votes. PML-N candidate Fateh Mahmood-ul-Hassan is second with 3,560 votes.

LA-11 Kotli-IV

Results from 73 of 206 polling stations are available.

PPP candidate Chaudhry Muhammad Akhlaq is leading with 10,659 votes. PML-N candidate Muhammad Asif has secured 9,264 votes.

LA-12 Kotli-V

Results from 40 of 207 polling stations have been received.

PPP candidate Chaudhry Muhammad Yasin is ahead with 2,613 votes. PML-N candidate Muhammad Riasat Khan has received 1,255 votes.

LA-13 Kotli-VI

Results from 110 of 193 polling stations are available.

PML-N candidate Raja Ayaz Ahmed Khan is leading with 13,063 votes. Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party candidate Nisar Ansar Abdali is second with 8,995 votes.

Disturbances reported in Bhimber

PPP AJK Election Cell in-charge Sardar Abdul Shakoor claimed that disturbances occurred at polling stations 119, 120 and 121 in LA-5 Barnala.

He said the incident affected polling in the area. According to Shakoor, voting resumed after security forces arrived, but the process remained slow.

Raja Pervez Ashraf seeks action on complaints

PPP leader Raja Pervez Ashraf expressed concern over alleged electoral irregularities in several constituencies.

He called for additional security personnel at sensitive polling stations, including those in Gulpur, Thurochi and Muhajir Camp.

Ashraf urged the Election Commission to take immediate and impartial notice of all complaints. He also called for measures to ensure free, transparent and fair elections.