The 12th Legislative Assembly of Azad Kashmir was formed following the 2026 Azad Kashmiri general election, which was held in phases in July and August 2026. The Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly has a constitutional strength of 53 members, comprising 45 directly elected members and eight members elected to reserved seats.
Polling in seven constituencies was postponed, leaving the Assembly with 46 members at the time of its first sitting.
The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) (PML-N) formed the government after securing a majority in the Assembly, while the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) became the principal opposition party. At the time of the election of the prime minister, the Assembly's standing strength consisted of 32 members belonging to the PML-N and its ally and 14 members belonging to the PPP.
Barrister Syed Iftikhar Ali Gillani was elected Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir on 28 August 2026, receiving 30 votes against 14 votes received by PPP candidate Sardar Mukhtar Ahmed Abbasi.
Members ConstituencyMemberPartyNotesDistrictNameMirpurLA-1Chaudhry Azhar SadiqPML(N)LA-2Chaudhry Qasim MajeedPPPLA-3Chaudhry Yasir SultanPPPLA-4Chaudhry Rukhsar AhmedPML(N)BhimberLA-5Waqar Ahmed NoorPML(N)LA-6Chaudhry Muhammad RazzaqPML(N)LA-7Chaudhry Tariq FarooqPML(N)SpeakerKotliLA-8Zafar Iqbal MalikPPPLA-9Umair NaeemPML(N)LA-10Chaudhry Muhammad YasinPPPLeader of the OppositionLA-11Raja Muhammad Asif KhanPML(N)LA-12Raja Muhammad Riasat KhanPML(N)LA-13Raja Ayaz Ahmed KhanPML(N)BaghLA-14Sajid Iqbal AbbasiJKADBLA-15Ziaul QamarPPPLA-16Mir Akbar KhanPML(N)LA-17Faisal Mumtaz RathorePPPPoonchLA-18VacantLA-19LA-20LA-21LA-22SudhnotiLA-23LA-24NeelumLA-25Shah Ghulam QadirPML(N)LA-26Mian Abdul WaheedPPPMuzaffarabadLA-27Noreen ArifPML(N)LA-28Syed Bazil Ali NaqviPPPLA-29Mukhtar Ahmad Khan AbbasiPPPLA-30Mustafa Bashir AbbasiPML(N)LA-31Saqib Majeed RajaPML(N)LA-32Raja Farooq Haider KhanPML(N)LA-33Dewan Ali Khan ChughtaiPPPJammu & OthersLA-34Nasir Hussain DarPML(N)LA-35Chaudhry Muhammad Ismail GujjarPML(N)LA-36Muhammad Ahsan RazaPML(N)LA-37Maryam JavedPML(N)LA-38Choudhary Zeeshan Younas TandaPML(N)LA-39Raja Muhammad Siddique KhanPML(N)Kashmir ValleyLA-40Amir Abdul Ghaffar LonePPPLA-41Syed Muhammad Amir ShahPML(N)LA-42Syed Shaukat Ali ShahPML(N)LA-43Muhammad Yasin LonePML(N)LA-44Muhammad Ahmed Raza QadriPML(N)Deputy SpeakerLA-45Abdul Majid KhanPPPReserved seats for womenSehrish Qamar MalikPML(N)Maryam IdreesPML(N)Maryam ZamanPML(N)Farzana YaqoobPPPZobia Khurshid RajaPPPReserved seats for technocratsIftikhar GilaniPML(N)Prime MinisterReserved seats for UlemaMazhar Saeed ShahPML(N)Reserved seats for overseas KashmirisChaudhry Abdul Rehman ArainPML(N)
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