According to the results of 33 out of 34 polling stations in GBA-18 Diamer-4, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s Kifayat-ur-Rehman is in first place with 5527 votes, while Utsharq-e-Pakistan Party’s Gulbar Khan is in second place with 5059 votes.
GILGIT BALTISTAN: Ballot counting concluded across Gilgit-Baltistan after polling for all 24 seats of the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly concluded at 5 pm on Sunday.
According to the unconfirmed unofficial results from all 80 polling stations in GBA 1 Gilgit-1, Amjad Hussain of the Pakistan Peoples Party won by securing 10,594 votes, while Muhammad Shafiquddin of the Pakistan Muslim League-N was in second place by securing 6,312 votes.
According to the unofficial results of 27 out of 91 polling stations in GBA 2 Gilgit 2, Pakistan Muslim League (N)’s Hafeez-ur-Rehman is in first place with 4129 votes, while Pakistan Peoples Party’s Jamil Ahmed is in second place with 2695 votes.
According to the unofficial results of all 82 polling stations in GBA 3 Gilgit 3, independent candidate Syed Sohail Abbas was declared successful with 7877 votes, while Pakistan Peoples Party’s Aftab Haider Advocate was in second place with 7361 votes.
According to the unofficial results of all 53 polling stations in GBA 4 Nagar 1, Pakistan Peoples Party’s Muhammad Ali Akhtar was successful with 7654 votes, while Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Muhammad Ayub Waziri was in second place with 6597 votes.
According to the unofficial results of all 32 polling stations in GBA 5 Nagar 2, Zulfiqar Ali Murad of the PPP won with 2,705 votes, while Riaz Akbar of Majlis-e-Wahdat Muslimeen came in second with 2,584 votes.
According to the unofficial results of all 88 polling stations in GBA 6 Hunza, independent candidate Neknam Karim won with 6,360 votes, while Imtiaz-ul-Haq of the Pakistan Peoples Party came in second with 5,381 votes.
According to the unofficial results of all 31 polling stations in GBA 7 Skardu 1, Syed Tauqir Mehdi of the Pakistan Peoples Party won with 4,337 votes, while Raja Jalal Hussain Khan of the Iqbal Pakistan Party came in second with 3,891 votes.
According to the unofficial results of all 70 polling stations in GBA 8 Skardu 2, Majlis-e-Wahdat Muslimeen’s Muhammad Kazim won with 10,474 votes, while PPP’s Syed Muhammad Ali Shah came in second with 10,118 votes.
According to the unofficial results of all 54 polling stations in GBA 9 Skardu 3, Pakistan People’s Party’s Fida Muhammad Nashad won with 6,314 votes, while independent candidate Wazir Muhammad Saleem came in second with 6,106 votes.
According to the unofficial results of all 51 polling stations in GBA 10 Skardu 4, PPP’s Nasir Ali Khan won with 6,582 votes, while Utsharq Pakistan Party’s Wazir Muhammad Khan came in second with 4,667 votes.
According to the unofficial results of all 51 polling stations in GBA-11 Kharmang, Iqbal Hassan of Pakistan Peoples Party won with 5944 votes, while Syed Mohsin Rizvi of Pakistan Muslim League came in second with 4589 votes.
According to the unofficial results of all 71 polling stations in GBA-12 Shigar, Imran Nadeem of PPP won with 12944 votes, while Raja Muhammad Azam Khan of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) came in second with 8682 votes.
According to the unofficial results of 36 out of 57 polling stations in GBA-13 Astore-1, Rana Farman Ali of Pakistan Muslim League (N) came in first with 4368 votes, while independent candidate Shahida came in second with 4312 votes.
According to the unofficial results of 35 out of 51 polling stations in GBA-14 Astore-2, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Rana Muhammad Farooq is in first place with 4300 votes, while Shamsul-ul-Haq Lone of the Iqbal-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) is in second place with 3865 votes.
According to the unofficial results of 11 out of 51 polling stations in GBA-15 Diamer-1, independent candidate Muhammad Dilpazir is in first place with 1426 votes, while Wali-ur-Rehman of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) is in second place with 996 votes.
According to the unofficial results of 8 out of 42 polling stations in GBA-16 Diamer-2, Atiqullah of the Stability Pakistan Party is in first place with 1,302 votes, while Muhammad Anwar of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) is in second place with 1,069 votes.
According to the unofficial results of 11 out of 46 polling stations in GBA 17 Diamer 3 constituency, Pakistan Peoples Party’s Muhammad Naseem is in first place with 2244 votes, while JUI-F’s Rehmat Khaliq is in second place with 1128 votes.
According to the results of 33 out of 34 polling stations in GBA-18 Diamer-4, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s Kifayat-ur-Rehman is in first place with 5527 votes, while Utsharq-e-Pakistan Party’s Gulbar Khan is in second place with 5059 votes.
According to the unofficial results of 30 out of 78 polling stations in GBA 19 Ghizer 1, Pakistan Muslim League (N)’s Zafar Muhammad is in first place with 3,320 votes, while independent candidate Nawaz Khan Naji is in second place with 3,017 votes.
According to the unofficial results of 25 out of 69 polling stations in GBA 20 Ghizer 2, independent candidate Safdar Ali Shirazi is in first place with 2,827 votes, while Nazir Ahmed of the Pakistan Peoples Party is in second place with 2,713 votes.
According to the unofficial results of 30 out of 60 polling stations in GBA 21 Ghizer 3 constituency, independent candidate Aman Ali is in first place with 5169 votes, while Pakistan Muslim League (N)’s Ghulam Muhammad is in second place with 3195 votes.
According to the unofficial results of all 58 polling stations in GBA 22 Ghanche 1 constituency, Muhammad Ibrahim Sanai of Pakistan Muslim League (N) won by securing 9,308 votes, while Ashiq Hussain of Pakistan Peoples Party came in second with 8,052 votes.
According to the unofficial results of 42 out of 50 polling stations in GBA 23 Ghanche 2 constituency, independent candidate Anwar Ali is in first place with 10,829 votes, while independent candidate Abdul Hameed is in second place with 2,992 votes.
According to the unofficial results of all 46 polling stations in GBA 24 Ghanche 3 constituency, independent candidate Asad Shafiq won by securing 8,092 votes, while Pakistan Peoples Party’s Muhammad Ismail came in second with 5,072 votes.
According to election officials, the polling process remained largely peaceful throughout the day, with no major law and order incidents reported.
However, isolated reports of heated exchanges between supporters of rival political parties near some polling stations were received.
More than 950,000 registered voters were eligible to cast their votes across the region’s 10 districts. Nearly 400 candidates contested the elections, making it one of the most competitive electoral contests in the region.
The elections were originally scheduled for January 2026, but were postponed due to severe winter weather conditions.
The Election Commission of Gilgit-Baltistan established 1,391 polling stations across the territory to facilitate voters. Of these, 551 were declared highly sensitive and 349 sensitive from a security perspective.
To ensure a peaceful electoral process, more than 5,000 security personnel were deployed, including over 3,000 officers and personnel from the Punjab Constabulary, alongside local police and law enforcement agencies.
The Election Commission also granted first-class magistrate powers to District Returning Officers to help maintain order and ensure transparency during polling and vote counting.
Unofficial results are expected to start emerging later in the evening as the counting process progresses across the region.
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