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Elections to appoint the 24 members of the 4th Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly, the highest body of the Government of Gilgit-Baltistan, were held on 7 June 2026.[1][2][3]
According to preliminary results, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) led the race with eleven seats while Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)) emerged to be the second largest party with six seats. Independent candidates supported by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) won two seats and Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) won one seat. Other independent candidates garnered four seats.[4]
Background
2020 elections
Following the elections in 2020, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) emerged as the largest party after winning 16 of the 24 general seats in the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly, and securing a two-thirds supermajority in the assembly after six women representatives (four who went to the PTI) and the three technocrats (two who went to the PTI) were added with a final total of 22 out of 33 seats. Khalid Khurshid was elected as the Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan. The PTI became the first party in the history of Gilgit-Baltistan to secure a two-thirds majority.[5]
Election of Gulbar Khan
On 4 July 2023, a three-member bench of the Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Court disqualified Khurshid following a court case that revealed his law degree from London to be fake. The case against Khursheed was filed by Ghulam Shahzad Agha, a member of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) who argued that his degree was fraudulent. As a result of his disqualification, he was de-seated and the PTI government in Gilgit-Baltistan was dissolved.[6]
On 13 July 2023, Gulbar Khan, another PTI member of the Assembly, was elected as Chief Minister after securing 19 votes, including three each from the Pakistan Muslim League (N) PML(N) and Pakistan People's Party (PPP), and one from the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (JUI(F)). The remaining twelve votes were from PTI members, who subsequently formed a forward bloc in the assembly. Khan's cabinet included two members each from the PML(N) and PPP, one from the JUI(F), and nine from the PTI forward bloc.[7][8]
Timeline
- 24 November 2025: The Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly completed its 5-year tenure at midnight. Elections must be held no more than 60 days after this date.[9] Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari appoints Yar Muhammad, a retired Justice of the Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Court, as the region's caretaker Chief Minister.[10]
- 26 November 2025: Governor Syed Mehdi Shah administers the oath of office to Yar Muhammad.[11]
- 2 December 2025: The Election Commission of Gilgit-Baltistan (ECGB) announces the schedule of the 2026 elections, setting 24 January 2026 as the date when polling will be held.[1]
- 18 December 2025: After consultation with 20 political parties at a multi-party conference, the ECGB announced that the elections would be delayed due to harsh weather conditions in the region.[2]
- 6 January 2026: The caretaker cabinet of Chief Minister Yar Muhammad is sworn in, consisting of twelve ministers and two advisors.[12]
- 11 February 2026: Former Gilgit-Baltistan governor Raja Jalal Hussain Maqpoon joins IPP.[13]
- 11 April 2026: The ECGB announces the new election schedule, setting 7 June 2026 as the date when polling will be held.[3]
- 7 June 2026: Polls opened
- 15 June 2026: Re-polling in five constituencies
Parties
The table below lists the ten political parties that fielded at least three candidates (out of a possible 24 constituencies) or held seats at the end of the term of the 3rd Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly.[14]
| Name | National Leader | Claimed Ideology(ies) | Total seats at start of the 3rd Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly | Total seats at the end of the 3rd Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly[c] | Symbol | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PML(N) | Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) پاکستان مسلم لیگ (نواز) |
Nawaz Sharif | Conservatism Economic liberalism Federalism |
3 / 33
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3 / 33
|
Tiger | |
| PPP | Pakistan Peoples Party پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی |
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari | Social Democracy Secularism Social liberalism |
5 / 33
|
5 / 33
|
Arrow | |
| PTI | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf[b] پاکستان تحريکِ انصاف |
Gohar Ali Khan | Populism Islamic Democracy Welfarism |
22 / 33
|
20 / 33
|
Bat
(Miscellaneous[b]) |
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| MWM | Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen مجلس وحدتِ مسلمین |
Raja Nasir Abbas Jafri | Pan-Islamism Welfarism Populism |
1 / 33
|
1 / 33
|
Tent | |
| ITP | Islami Tehreek Pakistan اسلامی تحریک پاکستان |
Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi | Shia Islamism |
0 / 33
|
1 / 33
|
Two swords | |
| JUI(F) | Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl) جمیعت علمائے اسلام (فضل) |
Fazl-ur-Rahman | Islamism Clericalism Conservatism |
1 / 33
|
1 / 33
|
Book | |
| BNF(N)[d] | Balawaristan National Front (Naji) بلاورستان نيشنل فرنٹ (ناجی) |
Nawaz Khan Naji | Gilgit-Baltistan Autonomy |
1 / 33
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1 / 33
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Revolver | |
| IPP | Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party استحکام پاکستان پارٹی |
Aleem Khan | Populism Islamic Democracy |
0 / 33
|
0 / 33
|
Eagle | |
| MQM(P) | Muttahida Qaumi Movement (Pakistan) متحدہ قومی موومنٹ (پاکستان) |
Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui | Liberalism Muhajir Nationalism Secularism |
0 / 24
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0 / 24
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Kite | |
| PML(Q) | Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam) پاکستان مسلم لیگ (قائد اعظم) |
Shujaat Hussain | Conservatism Pakistani Nationalism |
0 / 24
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0 / 24
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Tractor | |
| AWP | Awami Workers Party عوامی ورکرز پارٹی |
Akhtar Hussain | Democratic socialism Progressivism |
0 / 24
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0 / 24
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Light bulb | |
| JIP | Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan جماعت اسلامی پاکستان |
Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman | Pan-Islamism Islamic democracy Social conservatism |
0 / 24
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0 / 24
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Scales | |
Results
The two tables below show the results of the elections. The first table shows the results for the elections across all 24 constituencies, and shows each political party's standing. The second table shows more detailed results for each of the 24 constituencies.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General | Women | Technocrats | Total | |||||
| PPP | 11 | 3 | 2 | 16 | ||||
| PML(N) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| PTI[b] | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| MWM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| ITP | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | ||||
| JUI(F) | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | ||||
| BNF(N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | ||||
| IPP | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | ||||
| MQM(P) | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | ||||
| PML(Q) | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | ||||
| AWP | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | ||||
| IND | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 24 | 6 | 3 | 33 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | – | |||||||
By constituency
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Registered
Voters |
Votes
Cast |
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| District | Name | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||||
| Gilgit | GBA-1 | Amjad Hussain[15] | PPP | PML-N | |||||||||
| GBA-2 | Hafeezur Rehman[15] | PML-N | Jamil Ahmed | PPP | |||||||||
| GBA-3 | Syed Sohail Abbas Shah[15] | PTI-backed | |||||||||||
| Nagar | GBA-4 | Muhammad Ali Akhter[15] | PPP | ||||||||||
| GBA-5 | Zulfiqar Ali Murad[15] | PPP | |||||||||||
| Hunza | GBA-6 | Naik Nam Karim[15] | PTI-backed | ||||||||||
| Skardu | GBA-7 | Syed Touqeer Mehdi[15] | PPP | Raja Jalal | IPP | ||||||||
| GBA-8 | Muhammad Kazim Maisam[15] | MWM | |||||||||||
| GBA-9 | Fida Muhammad Nashad[15] | PPP | |||||||||||
| GBA-10 | Raja Nasir Ali Khan[15] | PPP | Muhammad Khan Wazir | IPP | |||||||||
| Kharmang | GBA-11 | Iqbal Hassan[15] | PPP | ||||||||||
| Shigar | GBA-12 | Imran Nadeem[15] | PPP | ||||||||||
| Astore | GBA-13 | Rana Farman Ali[15] | PML-N | ||||||||||
| GBA-14 | Rana Muhammad Farooq[15] | PML-N | |||||||||||
| Diamer | GBA-15 | Dilpazir Khan[15] | Independent | ||||||||||
| GBA-16 | Ataullah[15] | PPP | |||||||||||
| GBA-17 | Mohammad Naseem[15] | PPP | |||||||||||
| GBA-18 | Kifayatur Rehman[15] | PML-N | |||||||||||
| Ghizer | GBA-19 | Syed Jalal[15] | PPP | ||||||||||
| GBA-20 | Abdul Jahan[15] | PML-N | |||||||||||
| GBA-21 | Aman Ali[15] | Independent | |||||||||||
| Ghanche | GBA-22 | Muhammad Ibrahim Sanai[16] | PML-N | ||||||||||
| GBA-23 | Anwar Ali[16] | Independent | |||||||||||
| GBA-24 | Asad Shafeeq[16] | Independent | |||||||||||
See also
- 2026 Azad Kashmiri general election
Notes
- ^ Six seats are reserved for women, three seats are reserved for technocrats.
- ^ a b c d PTI members who contested in the general election ran as independent candidates aligned with the party because the Election Commission Gilgit-Baltistan prohibited the PTI election symbol, which the Supreme Court of Pakistan affirmed.
- ^ One seat was vacant at the end of the assembly's term.
- ^ Represented by Nawaz Khan Naji. Although Naji is the leader of Balawaristan National Front (Naji), he ran as an independent in the elections and served as an independent member in the assembly.
References
- ^ a b "GB Assembly election schedule announced, polling set for January 24, 2026". dunyanews.tv. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
- ^ a b Nagri, Jamil (18 December 2025). "GB general elections, local body polls delayed due to harsh weather conditions: CEC Khan". Dawn. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ^ a b Nagri, Jamil (11 April 2026). "General elections in Gilgit-Baltistan to be held on June 7". DAWN News. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
- ^ Nagri, Jamil (9 June 2026). "PPP poised to form govt in GB". Dawn. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
- ^ "PTI gains two-thirds majority in G-B Assembly". The Express Tribune. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ Web Desk (4 July 2023). "Gilgit-Baltistan CM Khalid Khursheed disqualified by court". Aaj English TV. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ Taj, Imtiaz Ali (13 July 2023). "Haji Gulbar Khan elected GB chief minister". Dawn. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
- ^ Nagri, Jamil (19 July 2023). "14-member Gilgit-Baltistan cabinet sworn in". Dawn. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
- ^ Nagri, Jamil (25 November 2025). "Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly completes five-year tenure". Dawn. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ Mir, Shabbir (25 November 2025). "Justice Yar Muhammad named caretaker CM as GB Assembly completes five-year term". GEO TV. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ Taj, Imtiaz Ali (26 November 2025). "Retired judge Yar Muhammad takes oath as GB caretaker chief minister". Dawn. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
- ^ "12-member Gilgit-Baltistan caretaker cabinet sworn in". SAMAA TV. 6 January 2026. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
- ^ "14 PTI figures defect to IPP". The Express Tribune. 12 February 2026. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
- ^ "Members - Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly". Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly. Archived from the original on 25 November 2025. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Nagri, Jamil. "PPP poised to form govt in GB". Dawn. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
- ^ a b c "Gilgit-Baltistan elections: Live map shows preliminary results". Geo News. 7 June 2026. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
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