LA-18 Poonch & Sudhnoti-I

LA-18 Poonch & Sudhnoti-I
Constituency for the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly
District	Poonch District
Electorate	94,508
Current constituency
Party	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Member(s)	Abdul Qayyum Khan Niazi
Created from	LA-17 Poonch & Sudhnoti-I

LA-18 Poonch & Sudhnoti-I is a constituency of the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly which is currently represented by the Abdul Qayyum Khan Niazi of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). It covers the area of Abbaspur Tehsil in Poonch District.[1]

Election 2016

Further information: 2016 Azad Kashmiri general election

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

General election 2016: LA-17 Poonch & Sudhnoti-I[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Chaudhary Muhammad Yasin Gulshan	19,413
	AJKMC	Abdul Qayyum Khan Niazi	18,735
	PPP	Sardar Amjad Yousif Khan	6,812
	Independent	Sardar Safeer Alam Khan	1,623
	PTI	Sardar Muhammad Asghar Afandi	765
	Independent	Ahmad Rasheed Sagar	236
	Muttahida Kashmir Peoples National Party	Asad Nawaz	169
	Independent	Sardar Saleem Chugtai	167
	Independent	Altaf Maqbool Chaudhary	71
	Independent	Sardar Ikhlaq Ayub	54
	Independent	Sehrab Akbar	35
	Independent	Malik Abdul Hafeef	28
	Independent	Muhammad Ajmal Khan	20
	Independent	Sardar Abdur Raheem Khan	10
Turnout			48,038

Election 2021

Further information: 2021 Azad Kashmiri general election

General elections were held on 25 July 2021.

General election 2021: LA-18 Poonch & Sudhnoti-I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PTI	Abdul Qayyum Khan Niazi	24,232	40.44
	PML(N)	Chaudhry Muhammad Yasin Gulshan	15,769	26.32
	PPP	Sardar Amjad Yousif Khan	11,635	19.42
	Independent	Muhammad Naseer Khan	2,336	3.90
	TLP	Tariq Aziz	2,210	3.69
	Others	Others (seventeen candidates)	3,739	6.24
Turnout			59,921	63.40
Majority			8,463	14.12
Registered electors			94,508
	PTI gain from PML(N)

References

1. "LA 17 Abbaspur Poonch AJK Election Result 2016". electionpakistani.com. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
2. "ECP – Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
3. "National Assembly – Google Drive". drive.google.com. Retrieved 23 October 2018.