BY: YASMIN ASAD :
MUZAFFARABAD — The Election Commission of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has officially notified the successful candidates elected to the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly following the elections held on 2 August and 4 August 2026 in nine constituencies of the Muzaffarabad Division and 12 constituencies reserved for refugees residing in Pakistan.
According to a press release issued by the Election Commission spokesperson, the notifications were issued on the basis of the official results submitted by the Returning Officers.
The notified returned candidates are: Shah Ghulam Qadir (LA-25 Neelum Valley-I), Mian Abdul Waheed (LA-26 Neelum Valley-II), Noreen Arif (LA-27 Muzaffarabad-I), Syed Bazil Ali Naqvi (LA-28 Muzaffarabad-II), Sardar Mukhtar Ahmed Khan (LA-29 Muzaffarabad-III), Dr. Mustafa Bashir Abbasi (LA-30 Muzaffarabad-IV), Saqib Majeed Raja (LA-31 Muzaffarabad-V), Raja Muhammad Farooq Haider Khan (LA-32 Muzaffarabad-VI), and Dewan Ali Khan Qamar Chughtai (LA-33 Muzaffarabad-VII).
For the refugee constituencies, the notified successful candidates are: Nasir Hussain Dar (LA-34 Jammu-I), Chaudhry Muhammad Ismail (LA-35 Jammu-II), Muhammad Ahsan Raza (LA-36 Jammu-III), Maryam Javed (LA-37 Jammu-IV), Zeeshan Ali (LA-38 Jammu-V), Raja Muhammad Siddique (LA-39 Jammu-VI), Aamir Abdul Ghaffar Lone (LA-40 Kashmir Valley-I), Muhammad Aamir Shah (LA-41 Kashmir Valley-II), Syed Shaukat Ali Shah (LA-42 Kashmir Valley-III), Muhammad Yaseen Lone (LA-43 Kashmir Valley-IV), Muhammad Ahmed Raza Qadri (LA-44 Kashmir Valley-V), and Abdul Majid Khan (LA-45 Kashmir Valley-VI).
The Election Commission said that formal notifications declaring all 21 candidates as returned members of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly have been issued.
