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MUZAFFARABAD: The PML-N and PPP have secured one seat each in the two constituencies of Muzaffarabad division where polling was held on Tuesday after being fully or partially deferred due to landslides and adverse weather that blocked roads and prevented the timely dispatch of polling staff and election material.
The contest was part of the second phase of elections in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), during which candidates vied for seats in Muzaffarabad division and 12 seats reserved for refugees from India-occupied Kashmir.
According to official results released by the AJK Election Commission, PML-N’s Noreen Arif bagged the LA-27 (Kutla) seat with 18,919 votes, beating first runner-up, Sardar Tabarak Ali of the Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party (IPP) by 298 votes. PPP’s Sardar Javed Ayoub was the second runner-up, with 18,037 votes.
Meanwhile, PPP’s Syed Bazil Ali Naqvi bagged 28,214 votes to win the LA-28 (Lachhrat) seat, where PML-N’s Chaudhry Shahzad Mahmood secured 26,866 votes to emerge as the first runner-up. The third runner-up, Syed Yasir Hussain Naqvi of All Jammu and Kashmir Conference, managed to get just 873 votes.
