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GBA-6 (Hunza-I)

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GBA-6 (Hunza-I)
Constituency
for the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly
RegionHunza District
Current constituency
Created2009
Replaced byGBA-6 (Hunza-Nagar III)

GBA-6 (Hunza-I) is a constituency in Hunza District for Gilgit Baltistan Assembly which is represented by Obaidullah Baig.

History

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Constituency

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Before 2015, the constituency was in the Hunza-Nagar District. In 2015, when Hunza was made a separate district, GBA-6 was made its constituency.

Candidates

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Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan of Pakistan Muslim League N for the session 2015-20. After appointment of Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan as Governor, the political seat of the constituency became empty.[1] His son Shah Salim Khan was elected in by elections of 2016. He was later disqualified by the honorable court being a bank defaulter in 2018. After disqualification of Shah Salim Khan the seat remained vacant till elections 2020.

Members

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Election Member Party Votes received
2009 Wazir Baig Pakistan Peoples Party 5,270 votes
2015 Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan Pakistan Muslim League (N) 8,245 votes
2016 Shah Salim Khan Pakistan Muslim League (N) 4,525 votes
2020 Abaid Ullah Baig Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 5,624 votes

Election results

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2009

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Wazir Baig of PPP became member of assembly by getting 5,270 votes.

2009: Hunza Nagar-III
Party Candidate Votes %
PPPP Wazir Baig 5,270 28.79
MQM Kamil Jan 4,124 22.09
Independent Noor Muhammad 3,703 19.84
PML-N Prince Sher Yar Khan 1,360 7.86
Independent Arif Hussain 1,098 5.89
PML (Q) Rehmatullah Baig 734 3.93
Independent Raja Shahbaz Khan 539 2.89
Others 746 3.99
Turnout 18,667 55.01
PPP win (new seat)

2015

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Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan of Pakistan Muslim League (N) won this seat by getting 8,245 votes.

2015: Hunza Nagar-III
Party Candidate Votes %
PML-N Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan 8,245 40.01
Awami Workers Party (AWP) Baba Jan 4,641 22.55
PPPP Zafar Iqbal 3,501 17.49
PTI Izhar Hunzai 2,291 11.13
MWM Sheikh Musa Karimi 1,041 5.06
APML Aman Ullah 254 1.23
Others 40 0.19
Turnout 20,579 56.91
PML(N) gain from [[PPP|PPP]] Swing

2016

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This constituency was vacated by Shah Salim Khan. As of 9 April 2018 he has been disqualified by the national bank for defaulting on loans.

Gilgit baltistan By-Election 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
PML-N Shah Salim Khan 4,525
Independent Abaid Ullah Baig 4,024
Independent Naiknaam 2,048
PPPP Wazir Baig 1,703
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Aziz Ahmed 1,471
Awami Workers Party Akhon Bai 1,291
Turnout 14,246 43.00
PML(N) hold Swing {{{swing}}}

References

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  1. ^ "PM decides to appoint Mir Ghazanfar as governor of Gilgit-Baltistan: PML-N". ARY NEWS. Retrieved 27 May 2016.