巴基斯坦执政党穆斯林联盟-谢里夫党在克什米尔立法会议选举前两阶段中获得压倒性领先，已赢得34个已决定席位中的24个。[1]尽管遭到禁止组织JAAC数周的抵制呼吁和暴力抗议，地区首府的投票率仍超过56%。[1]这次选举对该党具有重要意义，标志其在巴基斯坦控制的克什米尔十年后重返政权的机会。[1]
剩余11个席位的投票定于8月10日进行，该党已有望在第三阶段投票后组建下一届地区政府。[1]本次选举的争议焦点为12个预留给印度控制克什米尔流离失所人士的席位。[1]今年6月，地区最高法院裁定这些席位受宪法保护，不可不经宪法修正案而废除。[1]JAAC成立于2023年，因安全和公共秩序问题被地区政府最近禁止，不过政府声称已接受该组织38项要求中的36项。[1]
Pakistan's Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has secured a commanding position in the first two phases of Kashmir's legislative assembly elections, winning 24 of the 34 decided seats [1]. The party is now positioned to form the next regional government following the third phase of voting scheduled for August 10 [1]. This electoral performance marks the party's return to power in Pakistani-administered Kashmir after a decade [1].
The voting proceeded despite weeks of boycott calls and violent protests from the Jamaat-e-Ahlul-Hadith (JAAC), a banned organization [1]. The electoral process achieved a turnout exceeding 56 percent despite the disruption campaign [1]. JAAC was recently banned by the regional government, which attributed the prohibition to security and public order concerns [1]. According to government claims, authorities have accepted 36 of the 38 demands raised by the group, which was formed in 2023 [1].
A central point of contention in the elections involves 12 reserved seats designated for internally displaced persons from Indian-administered Kashmir [1]. In June, the regional high court ruled these seats are constitutionally protected and cannot be abolished without a constitutional amendment [1].