Abbottabad: All arrangements have been finalized for polling in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Constituency LA-XLV (Kashmir Valley-VI) in the General Elections to the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly 2026.
Polling will be held on Sunday, August 2, with 7, 655 registered voters set to elect their representative.
According to the Election Commission, the constituency has 4, 121 male and 3, 534 female voters. A total of 41 polling stations have been established across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including five male, 10 female and 26 combined polling stations. Seventy polling booths have been set up, comprising 33 male and 37 female booths.
Seven candidates are contesting the seat. They include Bashir Ahmad Khan (Independent), Khawaja Muhammad Dilawar (All Jammu wa Kashmir Muslim Conference), Abdul Hamid Butt (Jamaat-e-Islami), Abdul Majid Khan (Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians), Muhammad Zariab (Independent), Muhammad Fayyaz (Independent) and Mirza Khalil ur Rehman Baig (Jammu wa Kashmir United Movement).
The polling stations have been established across 21 districts of the province to facilitate Kashmiri voters. Two polling stations have been set up each in Peshawar, Dera Ismail Khan, Lower and Upper Chitral, Abbottabad, Haripur and Kolai Pallas, while one polling station each has been established in Charsadda, Nowshera, Mardan, Swabi, Kohat, Lakki Marwat, South Waziristan Lower, Tank, Upper Dir, Lower Dir, Shangla, Buner, Battagram and Upper Kohistan. Swat has six polling stations, while Mansehra has the highest number with nine.
Polling in Peshawar will be held at Government Shaheed Osama Zafar Centennial Model High School No. 2 for male voters and Government Shaheed Hasnain Sharif Higher Secondary School No. 1 for female voters. Combined polling stations have also been established at District Election Commissioner offices and government educational institutions in the remaining districts.
In Mansehra, nine polling stations have been established at Government Higher Secondary School No. 1, Government Girls High School No. 1, Divisional Forest Office Siran Division, Government Post Graduate College, Government High School Bherkund, Government Primary School Inayat Abad, Government High School Shinkiari, Government Girls Higher Secondary School Shinkiari and Government Higher Secondary School Garhi Habibullah. Swat has six combined polling stations located in Mingora, Matta, Bahrain, Madyan, Kalam and Khwazakhela.
The Election Commission has advised all registered voters to reach their designated polling stations with their original Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs) and cooperate with polling staff to ensure peaceful, orderly and transparent elections.