MUZAFFARABAD: Polling for the 10th general elections went underway early on Thursday for the 49 seats of the Legislative Assembly in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
Voting started at 8 AM today and will continue without any break till 5 PM.
After a vigorous election campaign by the political parties that ended on Tuesday,  tough competition is expected in the elections, especially from the mainstream political parties such as Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz ( PML-N), Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).
People will directly elect representatives on 41 general seats, for which 423 candidates are currently contesting.
People of AJK will directly elect 29 candidates, whereas, 12 representatives will be chosen by Kashmiris living in Pakistan.
In the polls, 26 political parties and Independent candidates are participating.
There are also eight Special Seats for the AJK Assembly, having five seats reserved for women, one for technocrat, one for Ulema-e-Mushaikh (religious scholar), and one for overseas Pakistanis.
A total of 274,586 people will use their right to vote in the AJK general elections.
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