1996 Azad Kashmiri general election

1996 Azad Kashmir general election

30 June 1996

All 48 seats in the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly
  First party Second party
 
Leader Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Khan
Party PPP AJKMC
Leader's seat Mirpur-III Bagh-I
Seats won 37 9

Prime Minister before election

Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Khan
AJKMC

Elected Prime Minister

Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry
PPP

General elections were held in Azad Kashmir on 30 June 1996 to elect the members of sixth assembly of Azad Kashmir. The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) won the election, defeating the incumbent All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference (AJKMC) government of Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Khan, who was succeeded as Prime Minister by Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry.