- Muzaffarabad Division to vote in second section on August 2.
- No less than 1,265 candidates submitted nomination papers.
- Physique says all preparations to be accomplished on schedule.
MUZAFFARABAD: The Chief Election Commissioner of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Ghulam Mustafa Mughal, introduced on Tuesday that elections within the area could be held in three phases.
In line with the election commissioner, Mirpur Division will vote first on July 27, Muzaffarabad Division on August 2 and Poonch Division on August 10.
The announcement marked a revision to the sooner single-day election schedule.
The AJK election fee had beforehand introduced July 27, 2026, because the date for basic elections throughout all constituencies of the AJK Legislative Meeting, with polling to be held from 8am to 5pm.
No less than 1,265 candidates have submitted their nomination papers in complete 45 AJK constituencies, together with 12 refugee constituencies, for the upcoming elections, The Information reported.
Some 1047 candidates have filed their nomination papers in opposition to 33 constituencies throughout the territory of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, whereas as many as 218 candidates have filed their nomination papers in opposition to 12 Kashmiri refugee seats.
In line with AJK Election Fee, the scrutiny course of in 45 constituencies have been accomplished, and the physique has rejected 41 nomination papers on authorized grounds.
A complete of 6,983 polling stations and 10,913 polling cubicles will likely be arrange for 3,804,368 voters to elect representatives for 33 Azad Kashmir area seats and 12 migrant seats. Of those, 3,365,685 voters will train their proper to vote at 5,926 polling stations in AJK. Of the whole voters in AJK, 52 per cent are male, and 48 per cent are feminine.
A complete of twenty-two political events are collaborating within the elections. Imran Khan-founded Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has boycotted the polls in solidarity with the continued protests within the area.
The PTI, which had been planning to subject its candidates as independents after as soon as once more failing to safe an election image, introduced it could not take part in what it described because the politics of energy that ignores the voice of the Kashmiri folks.
Alternatively, the Pakistan Peoples Occasion (PPP) and JUI-F have shaped an alliance, below which the PPP ceded LA-14 (Bagh-I) and LA-23 (Poonch and Sudhanoti-VI) to the JUI-F. PPP candidates are contesting the remaining 43 seats.
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has fielded 44 candidates, IPP 38, Muslim Convention 36, JI 36, PNP 14, whereas JKPP is contesting 9 seats.
Political events have stepped up campaigning via nook conferences and rallies throughout the area. PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari arrived in AJK on July 14, 2026, and is main his social gathering’s marketing campaign.
PML-N President Nawaz Sharif is anticipated to handle a rally in Muzaffarabad on July 21 and one other in Mirpur on July 24.
