2011 Azad Kashmiri general election

General elections were held in Azad Kashmir on 26 June 2011 to elect the members of ninth assembly of Azad Kashmir.

2011 Azad Kashmir general election

26 June 2011
41 of the 49 seats in the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly 25 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Chaudhry Abdul Majid Farooq Haider Khan Attique Ahmed Khan Party PPP PML(N) AJKMC Leader's seat Mirpur-II Muzaffarabad-V Bagh-I Last election 8 seats Did not contest 27 seats Seats won 27 11 5 Seat change 19 11 22   Fourth party   Leader Tahir Khokhar Party MQM Leader's seat Jammu and Others-I Last election 2 seats Seats won 2 Seat change
Map of Azad Kashmir showing Assembly Constituencies and winning parties
Prime Minister before election Attique Ahmed Khan AJKMC Elected Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majid PPP

Results

The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) won 21 seats, Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)) 10, the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference (AJKMC) 4, and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) 2. Independent candidates won three seats. All of the three independents later joined the PPP. Elections were postponed in LA-37 Kashmir Valley-II.

After the election, the PPP won three reserved seats for women and one reserved seat each for ulema, technocrats, and overseas. On the other hand, the PML(N) and AJKMC each won a reserved seat for women.

Aftermath

The PPP was able to comfortably elect Chaudhry Abdul Majid as the next Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir. He received 35 votes in the prime ministerial election while his opponent, the PML(N)'s Farooq Haider Khan, received only 11 votes. The new government consisted of the PPP, the AJKMC, and the MQM.