1996 Azad Kashmiri general election

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1996 Azad Kashmir general election
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All 48 seats in the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly
 First partySecond party
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Leader Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Khan
Party PPP AJKMC
Leader's seat Mirpur-III Bagh-I
Seats won379
Prime Minister before election

Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Khan
AJKMC

Elected Prime Minister

Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry
PPP

General elections were held in Azad Kashmir on 30 June 1996 to elect the members of sixth assembly of Azad Kashmir. [1] The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) won the election, defeating the incumbent All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference (AJKMC) government of Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Khan, who was succeeded as Prime Minister by Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry. [2] [3]

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Results

After the election to reserved seats, the PPP had won 37 of the 48 available seats, while the AJKMC won only nine. The Pakistan Muslim League (J) (PML-J), a PPP ally, and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) both also won a seat each. [2] [3]

Aftermath

The PPP easily formed government, electing Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry as the Prime Minister, and Muhammad Ibrahim Khan as the President. On 30 July, the PPP also elected Raja Mumtaz Hussain Rathore and Raja Israr Ahmed Abbasi as the Speaker and Deputy Speaker, respectively. On 5 November 1996, Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Khan was appointed as the Leader of the Opposition. [4] [5] [6] [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Azad Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly". Archived from the original on 2017-12-30. Retrieved 2017-12-23.
  2. 1 2 Sharma, Surinder Kumar; Hassan, Yaqoob ul; Behuria, Ashok K. (2019). Pakistan occupied Kashmir: politics, parties and personalities. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. New Delhi: Pentagon Press LLP. ISBN   978-93-86618-67-2.
  3. 1 2 3 Sulehria, Farooq (2016-09-07). "Provincialising AJK". The News International . Retrieved 2025-08-31.
  4. ↑ "Former Speakers Legislative Assembly of Azad Jammu and Kashmir" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine . Legislative Assembly of Azad Jammu & Kashmir website. Retrieved 21 July 2018
  5. ↑ "Former Deputy Speakers Legislative Assembly of Azad Jammu and Kashmir". AJK Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
  6. ↑ "Former Leaders of Opposition Legislative Assembly ofAzad Jammu and Kashmir". AJK Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 2025-08-31.


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