{
  "id": 560465,
  "title": "AJK election outcome remains uncertain as re-polling ordered at 23 stations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/ajk-election-outcome-remains-uncertain-as-re-polling-ordered-at-23",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T04:06:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Express Tribune - Pakistan",
    "slug": "the-express-tribune-pakistan",
    "url": "https://tribune.com.pk/story/2623287/ajk-election-outcome-remains-uncertain-as-re-polling-ordered-at-23-stations"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The outcome of two constituencies in the third phase of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) general elections remained uncertain on Tuesday as the Election Commission ordered re-polling at 23 polling stations in Bagh. Re-polling is scheduled for August 15 from 8am to 5pm, with 14 stations in LA-16 Bagh-III and nine in LA-15 Bagh-II, as confirmed by an Election Commission spokesperson. The decision to re-poll was based on reports submitted by returning officers. In LA-15, results from 204 of the 213 polling stations had been received, with PPP candidate Ziaul Qamar leading with 18,825 votes and PML-N candidate Mushtaq Minhas with over 15,000 votes. In LA-16, PML-N candidate Sardar Mir Akbar Khan led PPP s Sardar Qamar-uz-Zaman by 3,225 votes in the latest unofficial results. The final result in LA-16 will be pending until re-polling takes place at 11 polling stations. The third phase also saw a disputed result in LA-17 Bagh-IV, where PPP candidate Faisal Mumtaz Rathore was declared the winner over PML-N candidate Chaudhry Mohsin Aziz. Aziz rejected the result and staged a sit-in after his request for a recount was rejected, alleging tampering and claiming he had won by 8,600 votes. In LA-14 Bagh-I, Awami Dast-o-Baazo candidate Sajid Iqbal Abbasi won over former AJK prime minister Sardar Atiq Ahmed Khan with over 21,000 votes. The PML-N has secured 24 seats, the PPP 12, and Awami Dast-o-Baazo one as of the latest tally, while the result of LA-16 remains pending.",
  "summary": "Re-polling could reshape the race as PML-N and PPP remain locked in close contests across key Bagh constituencies",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}