Overview
- The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Election Commission announced the presidential election schedule at a Muzaffarabad press conference led by Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Ghulam Mustafa Mughal.
- Candidates must file nomination papers with the chief election commissioner between 10:00am and noon on September 19, with scrutiny to follow the same day at the returning officer's office.
- Nomination withdrawals are allowed until 11:30am on September 23, creating a final list of contenders before the assembly vote.
- Polling will take place in the AJK Legislative Assembly hall from 10:00am to 1:00pm on September 24, with counting to begin immediately and the result announced the same day.
- The president will be chosen by a majority of the 53-member assembly and serve a five-year term, and the schedule follows the formation of the new assembly in August in which PML-N emerged as the largest party.