LA-42 Kashmir Valley-III
# LA-42 Kashmir Valley-III

LA-42 Kashmir Valley-III is a constituency of the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly which is currently represented by Muhammad Asim Sharif of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). It covers the area of Punjab (excluding Lahore Division, Attock District, and Rawalpindi District). Only refugees from the Kashmir Valley settled in Pakistan are eligible to vote in this constituency.

## Election 2016

General elections were held in this constituency on 21 July 2016.

General election 2016: LA-38 Kashmir Valley-III :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | PML(N) | Syed Shaukat Ali Shah | 1,082 | 44.77 |
| | PTI | Muhammad Shah | 657 | 27.18 |
| | Independent | Muhammad Asim Shareef | 443 | 18.33 |
| | PPP | Hafeez Ahmad Butt | 235 | 9.72 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,417 | |

## Election 2021

Muhammad Asim Sharif of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) won this seat by getting 1,254 votes.

General election 2021: LA-42 Kashmir Valley-III :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | PTI | Muhammad Asim Sharif | 1,254 | 43.86 | 16.68 |
| | PML(N) | Syed Shoukat Ali Shah | 1,205 | 42.15 | 2.62 |
| | JI | Saeed Ahmed Khan | 159 | 5.56 | 5.56 |
| | PPP | Hafeez Ahmed Butt | 155 | 5.42 | 4.30 |
| | AJKMC | Rana Sarfraz Ahmed | 40 | 1.40 | 1.40 |
| | Others | Others (four candidates) | 46 | 1.61 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,859 | 64.09 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 49 | 1.71 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,461 | | |
| | 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) |
