AJK Elections 2026: Polling time ends, counting begins

MUZAFFARABAD: The polling time for the Azad Kashmir General Elections 2026. The Election Commission Azad Jammu and Kashmir has started the counting of the votes.

According to the details, the general elections were held in 3 districts of Mirpur, including Kotli and Bhimber, according to the schedule.

The number of registered voters in 13 constituencies of 3 districts of Mirpur division, Mirpur, Kotli and Bhimber, is 1.4 lakh 1,439. Out of which 7 lakh 25 thousand 118 are male voters and 6 lakh 75 thousand 628 are female voters.

As per the details, 2,454 polling stations were set up in Mirpur division, including 597 in 4 constituencies of Mirpur district, 1,107 in 6 constituencies of Kotli district, and 608 in 3 constituencies of Bhambore district.

Foolproof security arrangements had been made for the elections. Chief Election Commissioner Azad Kashmir Justice (Retd. Ghulam Mustafa Mughal says that legal action will be taken against those who obstruct the voting process.

Election Results (Live Update):

The polling process of Azad Kashmir General Elections 2026 in Mirpur Division has ended. The election commission has compiled the unofficial results.

Constituency	Code	Status	Leading Candidate (Party)	Top Results (Votes)	Electorate	Male	Female	Polling Reported / Total
Mirpur-I	LA-1	Partial	Azhar Sadiq (PML-N)	1. Azhar Sadiq (PML-N) – 3,936 2. Muhammad Afsar Shahid (PPP) – 2,165 3. Junaid Ali (Others) – 14 4. Muhammad Saad Sultani (Others) – 3	105,174	53,211	51,963	21 / 139
Mirpur-II	LA-2	Partial	Qasim Majeed (PPP)	1. Qasim Majeed (PPP) – 1,285 2. Azeem Bakhsh Chaudhry (PML-N) – 1,241 3. Zafar Anwar (Others) – 789 4. Muhammad Maroof (IPP) – 404	99,585	50,008	49,577	17 / 149
Mirpur-III	LA-3	Partial	Chaudhry Yasir Sultan (PPP)	1. Chaudhry Yasir Sultan (PPP) – 1,503 2. Chaudhry Muhammad Saeed (PML-N) – 1,049 3. Tasleem Arif (IPP) – 502 4. Moeez Majeed (Others) – 113	106,757	54,607	52,150	11 / 161
Mirpur-IV	LA-4	Unreported	—	No results available yet	99,624	51,072	48,552	0 / 162
Bhimber-I	LA-5	Partial	Chaudhry Pervaiz Ashraf (PPP)	1. Chaudhry Pervaiz Ashraf (PPP) – 1,043 2. Waqar Ahmed Noor (PML-N) – 755	103,956	54,651	49,305	2 / 176
Bhimber-II	LA-6	Partial	Ali Shan (IPP)	1. Ali Shan (IPP) – 1,367 2. Muhammad Razzaq Chaudhry (PML-N) – 1,145 3. Nasrullah (Others) – 2 4. Tahir Mahmood (Others) – 1	108,976	56,629	52,347	7 / 195
Bhimber-III	LA-7	Partial	Tariq Farooq (PML-N)	1. Tariq Farooq (PML-N) – 1,765 2. Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq (Others) – 1,294 3. Abdul Sattar (JI) – 101 4. Asif Mahmood (Others) – 38	129,994	67,084	62,910	9 / 237
Kotli-I	LA-8	Partial	Zafar Iqbal Malik (PPP)	1. Zafar Iqbal Malik (PPP) – 114 2. Zulfiqar (IPP) – 19 3. Malik Muhammad Nawaz Khan (PML-N) – 4 4. Farhat Arshad (Others) – 3	90,327	47,599	42,728	1 / 155
Kotli-II	LA-9	Partial	Chaudhry Javed Iqbal Budhanvi (PPP)	1. Chaudhry Javed Iqbal Budhanvi (PPP) – 820 2. Umair Naeem (PML-N) – 37	103,211	54,442	48,769	2 / 178
Kotli-III	LA-10	Partial	Muhammad Yasin Chaudhry (PPP)	1. Muhammad Yasin Chaudhry (PPP) – 1,313 2. Fateh Muhammad Al-Hassan (PML-N) – 933 3. Malik Muhammad Yousaf (IPP) – 22	87,145	45,174	41,971	15 / 168
Kotli-IV	LA-11	Partial	Muhammad Asif (PML-N)	1. Muhammad Asif (PML-N) – 799 2. Chaudhry Muhammad Akhlaq (PPP) – 793	124,664	64,930	59,734	5 / 206
Kotli-V	LA-12	Partial	Muhammad Riasat Khan (PML-N)	1. Muhammad Riasat Khan (PML-N) – 3,969 2. Muhammad Yaseen Chaudhry (PPP) – 3,698 3. Ghafarat Shahid (Others) – 37 4. Aftab Ahmed Khan (Others) – 10	126,332	65,826	60,506	16 / 207
Kotli-VI	LA-13	Partial	Muhammad Waleed (PPP)	1. Muhammad Waleed (PPP) – 118 2. Nisar Ansar (IPP) – 96 3. Ayaz Ahmed (PML-N) – 92	115,694	60,578

Note: These are unofficial polling station results based on the information available. The name and party affiliation of the runner-up in LA-1 were not provided, and the number of rejected votes has not yet been released.