General elections were held in Azad Kashmir on 25 July 2021 after the expiry of the 5-year term of the previous Legislative Assembly. The elections were held in 33 constituencies of Azad Kashmir and 12 constituencies of the refugees of Jammu and Kashmir in Pakistan.

By an early estimate, over 2.82 million people of Azad Kashmir were registered to vote; of which 1.59 million were male voters, while 1.30 million were female voters. By the time of the election, the number of registered voters had increased to .

A total of 724 candidates stood for 45 general seats this year. 579 candidates competed for the 33 constituencies within Azad Kashmir, while the remaining 145 competed for the 12 refugee constituencies in Pakistan.

Background In current elections The PTI won 26, the PPP 11 and PML N 6. In addition, AJ&K MC won 1 seats, JK PPP 1 seat.

Following these results, Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf was able to form a comfortable majority government, controlling 26 general seats and 6 reserved/technocrat seats, giving them 32 out of the 53 seats in the assembly.

Addition of new seats 4 new seats were added in Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly. Muzaffarabad, Neelum, Sudhanoti/Poonch and Kotli districts gained an additional seats each, hence, the number of members in the Assembly of Azad Kashmir was elevated from 49 to 53. Therefore the new amount of seats needed for a majority became 27.

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The polls were open across Azad Kashmir and Pakistan from 8:00 to 17:00 PST. The results of started to pour in after poll closings in the evening. The below table shows election results by political party.

By constituency ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMarginRegistered VotersVotes CastVoter TurnoutDistrictNameCandidatePartyVotesCandidatePartyVotesMirpurLA-1Chaudhry Azhar SadiqPTI14,23337.08%Chaudhry Masood KhalidPML(N)7,60919.82%6,62493,48038,38641.06%LA-2Chaudhry Qasim MajeedPPP10,37728.63%Zafar AnwarPTI9,11025.13%1,26784,98536,25042.65%LA-3Sultan Mehmood ChaudhryPTI18,70343.51%Muhammad SaeedPML(N)15,55636.19%3,14785,91742,98550.03%LA-4Chaudhry Arshad HussainPTI22,76844.66%Chaudhry Rukhsar AhmedPML(N) 20,984 41.16% 1,78487,04050,98458.58%BhimberLA-5Waqar Ahmed NoorPML(N)21,79936.54%Pervaiz AshrafPPP15,58326.12%6,21682,62059,66672.22%LA-6Chaudhry Ali Shan SoniPTI24,94639.80%Chaudhry Muhammad RazzaqIND16,64026.55%8,30692,88862,68167.48%LA-7Chaudhry Anwarul HaqPTI38,30349.13%Chaudhry Tariq FarooqPML(N) 32,24541.36% 6,058112,02977,96769.60KotliLA-8Zafar Iqbal MalikPTI17,29936.53%Malik Muhammad Nawaz KhanAJKMC12,10725.57%5,19273,12147,35164.76%LA-9Chaudhry Javed Iqbal BudhanviPPP24,27643.35%Sardar Muhammad Naeem KhanAJKMC19,48434.79%4,79284,62256,00066.18%LA-10Chaudhry Muhammad YasinPPP9,69621.70%Malik Muhammad YousafPTI9,50721.28%18970,53344,67463.34%LA-11Chaudhry Muhammad IkhlaqPTI25,20136.75%Raja Muhammad NaseerPML(N)24,28835.42%913105,82768,58164.80%LA-12Chaudhry Muhammad YasinPPP21,52731.71%Raja Muhammad Riasat KhanPML(N)20,08129.58%1,446106,42867,88063.78%LA-13Nisar AnsarPTI23,34037.53%Muhammad WaleedPPP17,55428.22%5,78696,22062,19464.64%BaghLA-14Attique Ahmed KhanAJKMC25,38937.65%Muhammad Latif KhaliquePTI17,05625.29%8,333102,49167,43765.80%LA-15Sardar Tanveer IlyasPTI19,82534.03%Sardar Ziaul QamarPPP14,55824.99%5,26796,56158,25760.33%LA-16Mir Akbar KhanPTI23,56341.46%Sardar Qamar uz Zaman KhanPPP23,26740.94%29687,81456,82864.71%LA-17Faisal Mumtaz RathorePPP30,08541.96%Chaudhry Muhammad AzizPML(N)25,42135.45%4,66497,90271,03572.56%PoonchLA-18Abdul Qayyum Khan NiaziPTI24,23240.44%Chaudhry Muhammad Yasin GulshanPML(N)15,76926.32%8,46394,50859,92163.40%LA-19Sardar Aamir Altaf KhanPML(N)13,41325.69%Saood bin SadiqPPP12,51723.97%89685,77852,22160.88%LA-20Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob KhanPPP11,92532.98%Abdul Rasheed KhanPML(N)4,88313.50%7,04264,09936,16256.42%LA-21Hassan Ibrahim Khan JKPP8,19023.46%Tahir Anwar KhanPML(N)6,19817.75%1,99288,22034,91539.58%LA-22Shahida SaghirPTI16,96238.11%Asad Ibrahim KhanJKPP10,58223.77%6,38084,67644,51152.57%SudhnotiLA-23Sardar Muhammad Hussain KhanPTI22,51932.85%Muhammad Najeeb Naqi KhanPML(N)19,57528.55%2,944107,51168,56163.77%LA-24Sardar Faheem AkhtarPTI30,72747.26%Sardar Farooq Ahmed TahirPML(N)24,36337.40%6,40498,53965,14766.11%NeelumLA-25Shah Ghulam QadirPML(N)14,34133.24%Mian Abdul WaheedPPP12,40028.74%1,94164,23143,14367.17%LA-26Mian Abdul WaheedPPP18,87044.48%Raja Muhammad Ilyas KhanPTI13,29431.34%5,57658,97042,42471.94%MuzaffarabadLA-27Sardar Muhammad JavedPPP26,44143.17%Mir Attique ur RehmanPTI19,67732.12%6,67487,70661,25469.84%LA-28Syed Bazil Ali NaqviPPP26,01143.32%Chaudhry Shahzad MehmoodPTI21,87336.43%4,13881,51160,03773.66%LA-29Khawaja Farooq AhmedPTI13,33730.83%Iftikhar GilaniPML(N)10,55724.40%2,78063,59443,26368.03%LA-30Chaudhry Muhammad RasheedPTI18,11944.31%Mustafa Bashir AbbasiPML(N)10,49025.65%7,62957,03040,89071.70%LA-31Chaudhry Latif AkbarPPP22,82433.56%Saqib Majeed RajaAJKMC21,48131.58%1,343106,58068,01563.82%Hattian BalaLA-32Raja Farooq HaiderPML(N)15,59832.31%Muhammad Ashfaq ZaffarPPP15,20431.49%39470,86548,27868.13%LA-33Dewan Ali Khan ChughtaiPTI26,47454.08%Raja Farooq HaiderPML(N)14,38429.38%12,09067,86848,95372.13%Jammu & OthersLA-34Riaz Ahmed GujjarPTI4,32041.41%Nasir Hussain DarPML(N)3,54533.98%77518,54210,43356.54%LA-35Maqbool Ahmed GujjarPTI18,93441.38%Chaudhry Muhammad IsmailPML(N)16,85536.84%2,07985,24745,75655.43%LA-36Hafiz Hamid RazaPTI22,09641.30%Muhammad IshaqPML(N)20,46738.26%1,62993,80453,50057.03%LA-37Muhammad Akmal SargalaPTI26,03942.11%Muhammad Siddique ChaudhryPML(N)25,72641.61%31395,69461,83364.62%LA-38Muhammad Akbar ChaudhryPTI14,28340.18%Choudhary Zeeshan Younas TandaPML(N)8,75530.76%5,52848,50428,46158.68%LA-39Raja Muhammad SiddiquePML(N)9,55742.69%Nazia NiazPTI7,51033.54%2,04736,45522,38961.42%Kashmir ValleyLA-40Aamir Abdul Ghaffar LonePPP2,16561.73%Muhammad Saleem ButtPTI87524.95%1,2905,3273,50765.83%LA-41Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din DiwanPTI2,32670.61%Muhammad Ikram ButtPML(N)74122.50%1,5855,0503,29466.23%LA-42Muhammad Asim SharifPTI1,25443.86%Syed Shaukat Ali ShahPML(N)1,20542.15%494,4612,85964.09%LA-43Javed ButtPTI78243.66%Naseema Khatoon WaniPML(N)72040.20%622,4571,79172.89%LA-44Muhammad Ahmad Raza QadriPML(N)2,02744.72%Mehr un NisaAJKMC1,19526.36%8326,3404,53371.50%LA-45Abdul Majid KhanPTI3,13857.10%Abdul Nasir KhanIND2,06337.54%1,0756,9515,49679.07%

See also List of members of the 10th Legislative Assembly of Azad Kashmir Azad Jammu & Kashmir Election Commission 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election

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