Party ahead in five Muzaffarabad Division constituencies; PPP likely to secure three seats
PEOPLE’S VOICE: A woman casts her ballot at a polling station during the second phase of elections for the AJK Legislative Assembly in Muzaffarabad. PHOTO: AFP
MUZAFFARABAD:
The PML-N was leading in five constituencies in Muzaffarabad Division, while the PPP had won two seats and was ahead in another as preliminary results from the second phase of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) elections began to emerge on Sunday night.
According to results received so far, in LA-30 Muzaffarabad, PML-N candidate Dr Mustafa Bashir was leading with 17,521 votes, while PPP’s Mubashir Munir Awan had secured 12,067 votes.
In LA-31 Muzaffarabad Khawra, results from 187 polling stations showed PML-N’s Saqib Majeed in the lead with 24,496 votes, followed by PPP’s Latif Akbar with 16,476 votes.
In LA-28 Lachrat, results from 93 polling stations put PPP candidate Bazal Naqvi ahead with 15,523 votes, while PML-N’s Chaudhry Shehzad had secured 14,580 votes.
In LA-29 Muzaffarabad City, results from 136 polling stations showed PPP’s Mukhtar Abbasi leading with 19,759 votes, while PML-N candidate Iftikhar Gilani had secured 16,400 votes.
In LA-25 Neelum Valley-I, results from 30 of 143 polling stations showed PML-N’s Shah Ghulam Qadir leading with 12,486 votes, followed by PPP’s Mian Waheed with 5,980 votes.
In LA-26 Neelum Valley-II, results from 40 of 135 polling stations showed PML-N candidate Shah Ghulam Qadir leading with 9,720 votes, while PPP’s Mian Abdul Waheed was in second place with 8,950 votes.
In LA-32, PML-N candidate Farooq Haider was leading with 12,567 votes, while PPP’s Ashfaq Zafar was in second place with 10,987 votes. In LA-33, PPP candidate Diwan Ali Khan had secured 9,180 votes, while Chaudhry Muhammad Rashid had obtained 7,893 votes.
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At LA-35 Jammu-II, PML-N candidate Chaudhry Muhammad Ismail won with 23,893 votes, while independent candidate Sardar Muhammad Ghiyas finished second with 5,868 votes, according to unofficial, provisional results from all 142 polling stations.
At LA-36 Jammu-III, PML-N’s Muhammad Ahsan Raza emerged victorious with 27,218 votes from all 140 polling stations. PPP candidate Ahsan Ismail finished second with 12,980 votes.
At LA-37 Jammu-IV, PML-N candidate Maryam Javed won the seat with 28,664 votes, while Jammu Kashmir United Movement candidate Usman Aleem finished second with 22,827 votes, according to unofficial, provisional results from all 185 polling stations.
At LA-38 Jammu-V, unofficial, provisional results from 48 out of 115 polling stations showed PML-N candidate Zeeshan Ali leading with 5,483 votes, followed by PML-Q candidate Muhammad Akbar Chaudhry with 4,935 votes.
At LA-39 Jammu-VI, PML-N’s Raja Muhammad Siddique was ahead with 10,981 votes, while PPP candidate Chaudhry Fakhar Zaman finished second with 5,081 votes, according to unofficial, provisional results from all 157 polling stations.
At LA-40 Kashmir Valley-I, PPP candidate Aamir Abdul Ghaffar was ahead with 2,914 votes, according to unofficial, provisional results from all 47 polling stations. IPP candidate Saleem Butt finished second with 136 votes.
At LA-41 Kashmir Valley-II, PML-N candidate Aamir Shah secured 1,804 votes, while independent candidate Saba Dewan finished second with 588 votes, according to unofficial, provisional results from all 19 polling stations.
At LA-42 Kashmir Valley-III, PML-N candidate Shaukat Ali Shah secured 1,524 votes, while PPP candidate Asim Sharif received 477 votes, according to unofficial, provisional results from all 43 polling stations.
At LA-43 Kashmir Valley-IV, PML-N candidate Yasin Lone secured 1,276 votes, followed by PPP candidate Javed Butt with 563 votes, according to unofficial, provisional results from all 10 polling stations.
At LA-44 Kashmir Valley-V, PML-N candidate Ahmad Raza Qadri was leading with 1,700 votes, while All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference candidate Mehr-un-Nisa was in second place with 650 votes, according to unofficial, provisional results from all 27 polling stations.
At LA-45 Kashmir Valley-VI, PPP candidate Abdul Majid Khan secured 3,448 votes, while All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference candidate Khawaja Muhammad Dilawar finished second with 823 votes, according to unofficial, provisional results from all 41 polling stations.
