LA-12 Kotli-V
Electoral district in Azad Jammu and Kashmir
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LA-12 Kotli-V is a constituency of the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly which is currently represented by Amir Yasin Chaudhry of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP). It covers the area of Charhoi Tehsil in Kotli District.[1]
| LA-12 Kotli-V | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly | |
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| District | Kotli District |
| Electorate | 106,428 |
| Current constituency | |
| Party | Pakistan People's Party |
| Member | Amir Yasin Chaudhry |
Election 2016
General elections were held on 21 July 2016.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PPP | Chaudhry Muhammad Yasin | 27,566 | |||
| PML(N) | Raja Muhammad Iqbal Khan | 25,739 | |||
| PTI | Shaukat Farid | 6,459 | |||
| Public Rights Party | Haider Ali Tipu | 417 | |||
| Independent | Shahnawaz Yassen | 114 | |||
| Independent | Muhammad Shafiq | 81 | |||
| Independent | Saeed Hussain | 70 | |||
| Independent | Muhammad Ashraf Khokhar | 34 | |||
| Independent | Nazim Hussain | 29 | |||
| Independent | Raja Asif Mehmmod | 22 | |||
| Independent | Naeem Munsif Khan | 17 | |||
| Independent | Chaudry Liaqat Ali Azhar | 11 | |||
| Qaumi Ittehad Party | Sajid Mehmmod Chaudry | 10 | |||
| Independent | Raja Aftab Ahmed Khan | 8 | |||
| Turnout | 60,577 | ||||
Election 2021
General elections were held on 25 July 2021.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PPP | Chaudhry Muhammad Yasin | 21,527 | 31.71 | ||
| PML(N) | Raja Muhammad Riasat Khan | 20,081 | 29.58 | ||
| PTI | Shaukat Farid | 17,525 | 25.82 | ||
| TLP | Arshad Mehmood | 4,365 | 6.43 | ||
| AJKMC | Naeem Mansab Dad Khan | 3,153 | 4.64 | ||
| Others | Others (thirteen candidates) | 1,229 | 1.81 | ||
| Turnout | 67,880 | 63.78 | |||
| Majority | 1,446 | 2.13 | |||
| Registered electors | 106,428 | ||||
| PPP hold | |||||
By-election 2021
A by-election was held on 10 October 2021 due to the vacation of this seat by Chaudhry Muhammad Yasin, who had chosen to take oath as MLA from LA-10 Kotli-III, another seat he had won in the 2021 elections.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PPP | Amir Yaseen Chaudhry | 23,980 | 37.39 |  5.68 | |
| PTI | Shaukat Farid | 19,101 | 29.78 | 3.96 | |
| PML(N) | Raja Muhammad Riasat Khan | 17,944 | 27.98 |  1.60 | |
| TLP | Arshad Mehmood | 2,527 | 3.94 | 2.49 | |
| Others | Others (ten candidates) | 87 | 0.14 | ||
| Total valid votes | 64,133 | 99.24 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 494 | 0.76 | |||
| Turnout | 64,627 | 60.72 | 3.06 | ||
| Majority | 4,879 | 7.61 | 5.48 | ||
| Registered electors | 106,428 | ||||
| PPP hold | |||||
Election 2026
General elections were held on 27 July 2026. Raja Muhammad Riasat Khan of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)) won the election with 35,168 votes.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PML(N) | Raja Muhammad Riasat Khan | 35,168 | 51.84 | 23.86 | |
| PPP | Chaudhry Muhammad Yasin | 30,320 | 44.69 | 7.30 | |
| Independent | Ghafarat Shahid | 1,014 | 1.49 | ||
| Others | Others (twelve candidates) | 1,336 | 1.97 | ||
| Turnout | 67,838 | 53.70 | 7.02 | ||
| Total valid votes | 67,838 | 100.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Majority | 4,848 | 7.15 | |||
| Registered electors | 126,332 | ||||
| PML(N) gain from PPP | |||||
