title: LA-12 Kotli-V
text: # LA-12 Kotli-V
  
  LA-12 Kotli-V is a constituency of the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly which is currently represented by Amir Yasin Chaudhry of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP). It covers the area of Charhoi Tehsil in Kotli District.
  
  ## Election 2016
  
  General elections were held on 21 July 2016.
  
  Azad Kashmir Election 2016: LA-11 (Kotli-IV) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | PPP | Chaudry Muhammad Yassen | 27,566 |
  | | PML(N) | Raja Muhammad Iqbal Khan | 25,739 |
  | | PTI | Shaukat Farid | 6,459 |
  | | Public Rights Party | Haider Ali Tipu | 417 |
  | | Independent | Shahnawaz Yassen | 114 |
  | | Independent | Muhammad Shafiq | 81 |
  | | Independent | Saeed Hussain | 70 |
  | | Independent | Muhammad Ashraf Khokhar | 34 |
  | | Independent | Nazim Hussain | 29 |
  | | Independent | Raja Asif Mehmmod | 22 |
  | | Independent | Naeem Munsif Khan | 17 |
  | | Independent | Chaudry Liaqat Ali Azhar | 11 |
  | | Qaumi Ittehad Party | Sajid Mehmmod Chaudry | 10 |
  | | Independent | Raja Aftab Ahmed Khan | 8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 60,577 |
  
  ## Election 2021
  
  General elections were held on 25 July 2021.
  
  General election 2021: LA-12 Kotli-V :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | PPP | Chaudhry Muhammad Yaseen | 21,527 | 31.71 | |
  | | PML(N) | Muhammad Riasat Khan | 20,081 | 29.58 | |
  | | PTI | Shaukat Farid | 17,525 | 25.82 | |
  | | TLP | Arshad Mehmood | 4,365 | 6.43 | |
  | | AJKMC | Naeem Mansab Dad Khan | 3,153 | 4.64 | |
  | | Others | Others (thirteen candidates) | 1,229 | 1.81 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 67,880 | 63.78 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,446 | 2.13 | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 106,428 | | |
  | | PPP hold | PPP hold | PPP hold | PPP hold | PPP hold |
  
  ## By-election 2021
  
  A by-election was held on 10 October 2021 due to the vacation of this seat by Chaudhry Muhammad Yaseen, who had chosen to take oath as MLA from LA-10 Kotli-III, another seat he had won in the 2021 elections.
  
  By-election 2021: LA-12 Kotli-V :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | PPP | Amir Yaseen Chaudhry | 23,980 | 37.39 | 5.68 |
  | | PTI | Shaukat Farid | 19,101 | 29.78 | 3.96 |
  | | PML(N) | Muhammad Riasat Khan | 17,944 | 27.98 | 1.60 |
  | | TLP | Arshad Mehmood | 2,527 | 3.94 | 2.49 |
  | | Others | Others (ten candidates) | 87 | 0.14 | |
  | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 64,133 | 99.24 | |
  | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 494 | 0.76 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 64,627 | 60.72 | 3.06 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,879 | 7.61 | 5.48 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 106,428 | | |
  | | PPP hold | PPP hold | PPP hold | PPP hold | PPP hold |
  