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Re‑polls Ordered After Disputed Third Phase of AJK Elections

The Election Commission's re‑poll order keeps key seat outcomes unresolved and delays formation of the next Azad Jammu and Kashmir government.

A woman votes during the second phase of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly elections at a polling station in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, August 2, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
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Promising dialogue, the Prime Minister Sharif's adviser said the political party's representatives would meet members of the banned JAAC soon.

Overview

  • Polling was held in four Bagh and Haveli constituencies on Monday, Aug. 10, with about 460,000 registered voters while voting in seven Poonch and Sudhnoti seats was postponed for security reasons.
  • Unofficial counts from the third phase produced an upset in LA‑14 where independent Awami Dast‑o‑Bazu candidate Sajid Iqbal defeated former AJK premier Sardar Attique by a wide margin.
  • The AJK Election Commission on Aug. 11 ordered re‑polling at 23 polling stations in LA‑15 and LA‑16 to be held on Aug. 15 after returning officers reported irregularities, leaving final results in those constituencies pending.
  • The PPP has accused large‑scale rigging and demanded investigations while PML‑N’s improved tallies from the three phases leave it poised to form the next government if disputed and postponed seats do not change the balance.
  • Months of JAAC-led protests over 12 refugee/reserved seats, heavy security deployments, bans and contested casualty figures have shaped the vote and kept voter access and the polls’ credibility under intense scrutiny.