2001 Azad Kashmiri general election

2001 Azad Kashmir general election
5 July 2001
All 48 seats in the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Sikandar Hayat Khan Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry
Party AJKMC PPP
Leader's seat Kotli-II Mirpur-III
Seats won 27 17
Prime Minister before election

Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry
PPP

Elected Prime Minister

Sikandar Hayat Khan
AJKMC

General elections were held in Azad Kashmir on 5 July 2001 to elect the members of seventh assembly of Azad Kashmir.[1] The All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference (AJKMC) won the election, defeating the incumbent Pakistan People's Party (PPP) government of Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry, who was succeeded by Sikandar Hayat Khan as Prime Minister.[2][3][4]

Independent candidates won three seats and the Pakistan Muslim League Azad Kashmir, led by Muhammad Hayat Khan, won one seat.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Azad Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly". Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. ^ Hashmi, Anees Ur Rashid; Gul, Shabnum; Khawaja, Anbrin (10 July 2024). "Significant Contribution of the 7th Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (2001-2006)". Annals of Human and Social Sciences. 5 (2): 592–603. doi:10.35484/ahss.2024(5-II-S)56. ISSN 2790-6809.
  3. ^ Sharma, Surinder Kumar; Hassan, Yaqoob ul; Behuria, Ashok K. (2019). Pakistan occupied Kashmir: politics, parties and personalities. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. New Delhi: Pentagon Press LLP. ISBN 978-93-86618-67-2.
  4. ^ "AJK cabinet may induct woman minister". DAWN.COM. 21 July 2002. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  5. ^ "MC poised to form AJK govt". DAWN WIRE SERVICE. Retrieved 22 August 2025.


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