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General elections were held inAzad Kashmir on 5 July 2001 to elect themembers of seventh assembly of Azad Kashmir.[1] TheAll Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference (AJKMC) won the election, defeating the incumbentPakistan People's Party (PPP) government ofSultan Mehmood Chaudhry, who was succeeded bySikandar Hayat Khan asPrime Minister.[2][3][4]
On election day, the AJKMC won 21 general seats, the PPP won 15 seats, independent candidates won 3 seats, and the Pakistan Muslim League Azad Kashmir (PML-AK), led byMuhammad Hayat Khan, won one seat. The three independents later joined the AJKMC, raising their number of seats to 24. Elections to reserved seats saw the AJKMC winning three reserved seats for women, and one seat each reserved forulema,technocrats, andoverseas, while the PPP won the other two seats reserved for women. This left the final seat tally at: 30 seats for the AJKMC, 17 seats for the PPP, and one seat for the PML-AK.[5][6][4]
The AJKMC easily formed a government, electingSikandar Hayat Khan as thePrime Minister andMuhammad Anwar Khan as thePresident. On 24 July 2001,Muhammad Sayab Khalid Khan and Sanaullah Qadri were elected as Speaker and Deputy Speaker, respectively.[2][7][8][9]
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