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GB Elections 2020: Update

The people of Gilgit-Baltistan cast votes on Sunday to elect Gilgit Baltistan Legislative Assembly. The polls closed at 5 pm on Sunday, soon after which the count of votes began across the region’s polling stations.

As of 9:00 am Monday, PTI was in the lead in eight of 24 constituencies, according to unofficial results. This included a win by PTI candidates in seven constituencies.

Party nameLead in no. of constituenciesUnofficial victory in no. of constituenciesTotal
PTI178
PPP055
PML-N22
JUI-F11
Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen11
Islami Tehreek Pakistan
Independents066
Credits: Geo News

Nazir Ahmed won GBA-20, Ghizer-2 constituency with 5430 votes, Abaidullah Baig won in the GBA-6, Hunza constituency with 5624 votes, Raja Muhammad Zakeria Khan won in the GBA-7, Skardu-I constituency with 5,288 votes, Syed Amjad Ali won in the GBA-11, Kharmang constituency with 6,612 votes, Shamsul Haq Lone won in the GBA-14, Astore-II constituency with 5,418 votes and Raja Azam Khan won in the GBA-12, Shigar constituency with 10,349 votes, unofficial results showed.

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