KARACHI: Unofficial and unconfirmed election results from Gilgit-Baltistan continued to show Pakistan Peoples Party candidates leading in multiple constituencies as vote counting progressed.
In GBA-11 Kharmang, after results from 34 of 50 polling stations, Iqbal Hassan was leading with 4,915 votes. Sayed Mohsin Rizvi was in second place with 3,000 votes, according to unofficial results.
In GBA-12 Shigar, after counting from all 50 polling stations, Imran Nadeem secured an early lead with 8,893 votes, based on non-final and unofficial results. Election authorities have yet to announce the official outcomes.
Meanwhile, Polling for 24 seats of the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly concluded peacefully on Sunday amid tight security arrangements.
The general elections for GB took place after a four-month delay, which was attributed to harsh winter weather. The voting process in the region began at 8am on Sunday and concluded at 5pm.
The Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly has a total of 33 seats — 24 of which are contested through direct elections, six are reserved for women, and three are reserved for technocrats and professionals. Political parties can nominate candidates for the reserved seats through proportional representation.
A total of 396 candidates contested the elections, with 266 running as independents. Only eight women contested the elections, five of them as independent candidates.
The total number of registered voters in the region’s 10 districts was 963,034, including 566,097 male and 396,937 female voters.
The voting process remained largely peaceful throughout the region, with no violence being reported.
However, as the voting closed, PPP Secretary General Nayyar Hussain Bukhari alleged that the party was not being provided with Form-45.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
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