title: LA-18 Poonch & Sudhnoti-I
text: # LA-18 Poonch & Sudhnoti-I
  
  LA-18 Poonch & Sudhnoti-I is a constituency of the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly which is currently represented by the Abdul Qayyum Khan Niazi of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). It covers the area of Abbaspur Tehsil in Poonch District.
  
  ## Election 2016
  
  General elections were held on 21 July 2016.
  
  General election 2016: LA-17 Poonch & Sudhnoti-I :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | PML(N) | Chaudhary Muhammad Yasin Gulshan | 19,413 |
  | | AJKMC | Abdul Qayyum Khan Niazi | 18,735 |
  | | PPP | Sardar Amjad Yousif Khan | 6,812 |
  | | Independent | Sardar Safeer Alam Khan | 1,623 |
  | | PTI | Sardar Muhammad Asghar Afandi | 765 |
  | | Independent | Ahmad Rasheed Sagar | 236 |
  | | Muttahida Kashmir Peoples National Party | Asad Nawaz | 169 |
  | | Independent | Sardar Saleem Chugtai | 167 |
  | | Independent | Altaf Maqbool Chaudhary | 71 |
  | | Independent | Sardar Ikhlaq Ayub | 54 |
  | | Independent | Sehrab Akbar | 35 |
  | | Independent | Malik Abdul Hafeef | 28 |
  | | Independent | Muhammad Ajmal Khan | 20 |
  | | Independent | Sardar Abdur Raheem Khan | 10 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,038 |
  
  ## Election 2021
  
  General elections were held on 25 July 2021.
  
  General election 2021: LA-18 Poonch & Sudhnoti-I :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | PTI | Abdul Qayyum Khan Niazi | 24,232 | 40.44 | |
  | | PML(N) | Chaudhry Muhammad Yasin Gulshan | 15,769 | 26.32 | |
  | | PPP | Sardar Amjad Yousif Khan | 11,635 | 19.42 | |
  | | Independent | Muhammad Naseer Khan | 2,336 | 3.90 | |
  | | TLP | Tariq Aziz | 2,210 | 3.69 | |
  | | Others | Others (seventeen candidates) | 3,739 | 6.24 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 59,921 | 63.40 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,463 | 14.12 | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 94,508 | | |
  | | PTI gain from PML(N) | PTI gain from PML(N) | PTI gain from PML(N) | PTI gain from PML(N) | PTI gain from PML(N) |
  