BAGH (Kashmir English): The vote counting is underway in constituencies LA-15 Bagh II and LA-16 Bagh III of Bagh district.
In these constituencies, polling was either cancelled or did not take place during the August 10 polls. The balloting started at 8 am and continued till 5 pm under tight security.
Under the third phase of polls in the region, the elections were held in four constituencies of Bagh and Haveli district, LA-14, LA-15, LA-16, and LA-17, on August 10.
Following the polling, the Election Commission announced the complete results of LA-14 and LA-17 and withheld the results of LA-15 and LA-16, saying that polling could not be held at 23 stations in both constituencies due to various reasons.
In the third phase, PPP’s Sardar Ziaul Qamar is leading with 16,637 votes in LA-15, followed by PML-N’s Mushtaq Ahmed Minhas with 15,015 and Jamaat-e-Islami’s retired Brig Dr Muhammad Khan with 12,259.
Similarly, the balloting is underway at 14 polling stations in LA-16 Bagh-III with 7,238 registered voters.
Here, PML-N candidate Sardar Mir Akbar has secured 19,515 votes, while his closest rival, PPP’s Sardar Qamaruz Zaman, has got 16,290 votes.
The polling stations where re-polling is being conducted are 28, 29, 40, 49, 50, 51, 77, 91, 109, 110, 111, 112, 143, and 149.
