PM Imran Khan’s birthday party wins Pakistan-administered Kashmir polls

© supplied by means of Al Jazeera a lady casts her pollthroughout elections in Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir [Amiruddin Mughal/EPA]

Pakistani leading Minister Imran Khan's ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) birthday celebration has won a majority of seats in elections for the legislative meeting of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, preliminary outcomes say.

in response to unofficial outcomes released via the election fee, Khan's PTI won 25 out of forty five seats within the polls held on Sunday.

The opposition Pakistan individuals's celebration (PPP) gained 10 seats, while the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) won six.

© offered through Al Jazeera Kashmiri women living in Karachi line as much as solid their votes within the legislative meeting polls [Shahzaib Akber/EPA]

Polling was held across the Himalayan territory, home to 4.04 million americans, and in definite districts in Pakistan the place large populations of Kashmiri migrants are living.

Pakistan and India each declare the total territory of Kashmir but administer separate parts of it, divided by using a Line of control (LoC).

balloting on Sunday adopted a hotly contested crusade between Pakistan's leading political parties, with violence erupting in as a minimum one constituency on Sunday.

© offered by means of Al Jazeera Polling officers count ballots at a polling station in Peshawar, Pakistan [Arshad Arbab/EPA]

as a minimum two americans have been killed and a few others wounded when a conflict came about between supporters of the PTI and the PPP within the town of Kotli, about 100km (62 miles) south of Muzaffarabad, the territory's capital.

Polling changed into quickly interrupted in that and a few different constituencies because of violence.

also on Sunday, 4 Pakistani soldiers died and 4 other personnel had been injured when their car met with an accident within the Pakistan-administered Kashmir area of Laswa, Pakistan's militia pointed out in a press release.

The soldiers were deployed to provide security throughout the polls.