LA-44 Kashmir Valley-V

LA-44 Kashmir Valley-V
Constituency for the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly
District	Attock District, Rawalpindi District (excluding Rawalpindi city), and Islamabad Capital Territory
Electorate	6,340
Current constituency
Party	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Member(s)	Muhammad Ahmad Raza Qadri
Created from	LA-40 Kashmir Valley-V

LA-44 Kashmir Valley-V is a constituency of the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly which is currently represented by Muhammad Ahmad Raza Qadri of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)). It covers the area of Attock District, Rawalpindi District (excluding Rawalpindi city), and the Islamabad Capital Territory. Only refugees from the Kashmir Valley settled in Pakistan are eligible to vote in this constituency.[1]

Election 2016

Further information: 2016 Azad Kashmiri general election

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

General election 2016: LA-40 Kashmir Valley-V[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Muhammad Ahmad Raza Qadri	2,085	46.86
	AJKMC	Mehar un Nisa	1,053	23.67
	PPP	Abdul Salam Butt	858	19.29
	Independent	Shabbir Ahmad Tantray	410	9.22
	Independent	Chaudhary Muhammad Nazir	39	0.88
	Independent	Zafar Iqbal Qureishi	2	0.04
	Independent	Nasir Islam Butt	2	0.04
	Independent	Abdul Aziz	0	0.00
Turnout			4,449

Election 2021

Further information: 2021 Azad Kashmiri general election

Muhammad Ahmad Raza Qadri of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)) won this seat by obtaining 2,027 votes.[4][5]

General election 2021: LA-44 Kashmir Valley-V

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PML(N)	Muhammad Ahmad Raza Qadri	2,027	44.72	2.14
	AJKMC	Mehr un Nisa	1,195	26.36	2.69
	PTI	Bashir Ahmed Khan	601	13.26	13.26
	PPP	Muhammad Rashid Islam	550	12.13	7.16
	TLP	Naseer Ullah Khan Durrani	101	2.23	2.23
	Others	Others (eight candidates)	59	1.30
Turnout			4,533	71.50
Majority			832	18.35
Registered electors			6,340
	PML(N) hold

References

1. "LA 40 Rawalpindi Kashmir Valley AJK Election Result 2016". www.electionpakistani.com. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
2. "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 2018-08-08. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
3. "National Assembly - Google Drive". drive.google.com. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
4. Raza, Ghalib. "General Elections, 2021-Election Commission Of AJ&K". ec.ajk.gov.pk. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
5. MASK. "LA 44 Rawalpindi Kashmir Valley AJK Election Result 2021 Candidate Votes". www.electionpakistani.com. Retrieved 2021-07-28.