General elections were held in

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on 26 June 2011 to elect the members of ninth assembly of Azad Kashmir.

Results

The

Pakistan People's Party The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is a political party in Pakistan and one of the three major Pakistani political parties alongside the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. With a centre-left political position, it is cu ...

(PPP) won 21 seats,

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(PML(N)) 10, the

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(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

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, 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.

References

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