LA-19 Poonch & Sudhnoti-II

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LA-19 Poonch & Sudhnoti-II
Constituency
for the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly
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District Poonch District
Electorate85,778
Current constituency
Party Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Member(s)Sardar Aamir Altaf Khan
Created fromLA-18 Poonch & Sudhnoti-II

LA-19 Poonch & Sudhnoti-II is a constituency of the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly which is currently represented by Sardar Aamir Altaf Khan of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)). It covers the area of Hajira Tehsil in Poonch District. [1]

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Election 2016

General elections were held on 21 July 2016. [2]

General election 2016: LA-18 Poonch & Sudhnoti-II [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PML(N) Sardar Khan Bahadur Khan 23,668
PPP Sardar Ghulam Sadiq Khan16,102
AJKMC Sardar Kashan Masood Khan4,965
PTI Sardar Abdul Hameed Khan718
JUI (F) Muhammad Zahid Khan650
JI Muhammad Haleem Khan621
Independent Afraiz Ahmad Shaheen338
Sunni Ittehad CouncilMuhammad Umar Khan307
National Democratic AllianceAzhar Ahmad Khan273
Muttahida Kashmir Peoples National PartyMuhammad Rizwan Khan Kashmiri21
Turnout 47,663

By-election 2018

A by-election was held on 21 October 2018 due to the death of Sardar Khan Bahadur Khan, the previous MLA from this seat. [4]

By-election 2018: LA-19 Poonch & Sudhnoti-II
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PML(N) Sardar Aamir Altaf Khan 20,688 47.03
PPP Sardar Ghulam Sadiq Khan14,61333.22
AJKMC Sardar Kashan Masood3,1887.25
PTI Sardar Muhammad Sawar Khan3,1197.09
JKPP Sardar Nizam Khan1,3313.03
OthersOthers (four candidates)1,0532.39
Turnout 43,992
Majority6,07513.81
PML(N) hold

Election 2021

General elections were held on 25 July 2021.

General election 2021: LA-19 Poonch & Sudhnoti-II
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PML(N) Sardar Aamir Altaf Khan 13,413 25.69 Decrease2.svg21.34
PPP Saood bin Sadiq12,51723.97Decrease2.svg9.25
PTI Sardar Arzash Sadozai9,12617.48Increase2.svg10.39
Independent Kamran Bashir8,83916.93
OthersOthers (twelve candidates)8,32615.94
Turnout 52,22160.88
Majority8961.72Decrease2.svg12.09
Registered electors 85,778
PML(N) hold

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References

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