- Polling held in 4 constituencies of Poonch division.
- Polls in Poonch, Sudhnoti districts postponed.
- PML-N candidate seeks recounting in LA-17 Bagh-4.
The Pakistan Peoples Social gathering (PPP) is main in two of the 4 constituencies within the Poonch division within the third part of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Meeting elections, whereas the PML-N is forward in a single and an impartial candidate has gained the fourth, based on unofficial and unconfirmed outcomes.
Polling for the third part of the AJK elections was held in 4 constituencies throughout Bagh and Haveli districts of Poonch division.
In LA-15 Bagh-2, unofficial outcomes from 203 of 213 polling stations present PPP’s Zia Qamar with 16696 votes, whereas PML-N’s Muhammad Mushtaq Ahmed Minhas is behind with 15099 votes.
In LA-16 Japanese Bagh, PML-N candidate Sardar Mir Akbar Khan was main towards PPP candidate Sardar Qamar Zaman Khan. The constituency was the one one among the many 4 wherein the PMLN appeared poised to safe a victory.
Within the intently contested LA-17 Haveli-Kahuta constituency, incumbent Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Faisal Mumtaz Rathore was main towards PML-N candidate Chaudhry Mohsin Aziz.
A significant upset was witnessed in LA-14 Western Bagh, the place impartial candidate Sardar Sajid Iqbal Abbasi defeated former prime minister and Muslim Convention president Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan in his dwelling constituency.
Based on unofficial outcomes, Awami Dast-o-Bazu’s Sajid Iqbal was main with 40,702 votes, adopted by Muslim Convention’s Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan with 19,542 votes.
Elections for 5 seats in Poonch district and two seats in Sudhnoti district have been postponed.
PML-N candidate seeks recounting in LA-17 Bagh-4
In the meantime, a sit-in by PML-N staff is continuous exterior the Returning Officer’s (RO) workplace over a requirement for recounting of votes in LA-17 Bagh-4 constituency.
PML-N candidate Mohsin Aziz has submitted a request for recounting in LA-17 Bagh-4, which was rejected by the RO, based on the data obtainable.
Aziz stated the protest and sit-in would proceed till the votes are recounted.
PPP alleges rigging
The Pakistan Individuals’s Social gathering (PPP) on Monday rejected the outcomes of the current Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) elections, alleging widespread rigging, electoral irregularities, disruption of polling and critical law-and-order violations.
Addressing a press convention, Senators Palwasha Khan, Shahlah Raza and Sharmila Faruqui described the elections as “the darkest blot” on Kashmir’s electoral historical past, alleging that portraying the polls as peaceable would quantity to a “blatant lie”, The Information reported on Tuesday.
The PPP leaders stated the complaints and alleged irregularities reported throughout the elections couldn’t be ignored and known as on the Election Fee to conduct an neutral evaluate of all complaints to guard the voters’ mandate and guarantee transparency within the electoral course of.
Because the voting course of started, PPP Senator Sherry Rehman raised issues over delayed polling and alleged restrictions on PPP’s polling brokers at a number of stations.
Rehman expressed concern over delays within the begin of polling at numerous stations in LA-16 and LA-15, urging that the misplaced time be compensated for and voters be given a full alternative to train their proper to vote.
She additionally alleged that PPP polling brokers had been prevented from coming into polling stations 119 and 120, saying the transfer raised questions on transparency.
Allegations ‘not as intense as earlier than’
Addressing a presser in Islamabad, Rana Sanaullah, adviser to the prime minister and a senior chief of the PML-N, urged protest teams to finish their sit-in as polling continues in AJK.
The senior PML-N chief stated that these taking on arms or turning into instruments of the enemy must face the legislation.
Nonetheless, the federal government would evaluate the authentic calls for of protesters, he added.
He alleged that the PPP was masking its defeat via a rigging narrative, though he famous that the get together’s allegations had been “not as intense as earlier than”.
The AJK chief election commissioner had beforehand stated that when the problem of the sit-ins is resolved, they’d be able to announce the polling date for Rawalakot throughout the subsequent few days.
Earlier election end result
Within the first part of the AJK elections, the PML-N gained 9 of 13 seats within the Mirpur division, whereas the PPP secured 4.
Within the second part, voters forged ballots for 9 seats within the Muzaffarabad division and 12 seats reserved for refugees. The PML-N gained 15 seats, whereas the PPP secured six.
The PML-N has emerged because the dominant get together within the area, securing 24 seats, whereas the PPP has gained 10 seats within the first two phases of the elections.
Sanaullah stated on August 8 that the PML-N wanted simply six extra seats to safe a two-thirds majority in AJK.
A day earlier than that, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari stated that the PML-N was mistaken in believing it will type the federal government in AJK, saying: “In actual fact, their [PML-N’s] authorities in Islamabad can also be in danger.”
