In the Kashmir by-polls, both Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) retained their seats in Mirpur and Kotli.


Mirpur: In the Kashmir by-polls, both Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) retained their seats in Mirpur and Kotli.
The PTI won in Mirpur LA-3, Mirpur-III, while the PPP candidate won in LA-12 Kotli-V.
Stringent security measures were taken to ensure the polling process was not disturbed, with army troops deployed at polling stations. Voting commenced at 8:00am and continued till 5:00pm
Polling for the by-elections at Mirpur LA-3, and Charhoi LA-12 Kotli-V seats of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly were held in a free, fair and peaceful atmosphere on Sunday.
The seat of LA-3, Mirpur-III had fallen vacant due to Barrister Sultan Mahamood Choudhry's election as AJK President and LA-12 (Charhoi) Kotli-V had fallen vacant due to the resignation of Ch.Muhammad Yasin from one out of two seats.
AJK Chief Election Commissioner Abdul Rasheed Sulehriya and other officials closely monitored the election process throughout the day by visiting scores of the polling stations.
It is pertinent to note that in the last Azad Kashmir general elections, PTI’s Barrister Sultan Mahmood had won the LA-3 Mirpur-III.
PPP’s Azad Kashmir assembly opposition leader Chaudhry Muhammad Yasin won from the LA-10 Kotli-III and LA-12 Kotli-V constituencies in the general polls.
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