Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Azad Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly in Pakistan
The Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir, also known as AJK Legislative Assembly, is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the autonomous state of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, which is located in Muzaffarabad. It was established under the Interim Constitution of AJK having a total of 53 seats, with 45 general seats (of which 33 are elected from constituencies within the Azad Kashmir territory and 12 from seats reserved for refugees from Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir who live across Pakistan), while 8 are reserved of which 5 are for women, 1 for ulama, 1 for a technocrat and 1 for J&K nationals residing abroad.
Members of Legislative Assembly
The members of legislative Assembly are elected for a five-year term on the basis of adult franchise and one person, one vote.
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