GBLA-18 (Darel-I) is a constituency of Gilgit Baltistan Assembly of the Darel District which is currently represented by Gulbar Khan of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.

GBA-18 (Darel-I)
Constituency
for the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly
DistrictDarel District
Electorate25,622
Current constituency
Created2009
Replaced byGBA-18 (Diamer-IV)

History edit

Before 2019, the constituency was of Diamer District and was known as GBA-18 (Diamer-IV). In 2019, when Darel was made a district. The constituency is known as Darel-I.

Members edit

Election Member Party Votes received
2009 Gulbar Khan Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) 2,741 votes
2015 Muhammad Wakeel Pakistan Muslim League (N) 3,527 votes
2016 Imran Wakeel Pakistan Muslim League (N) 3,914 votes
2020 Gulbar Khan Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 4,401 votes

Election results edit

2009 edit

Gulbar Khan of JUI-F became member of assembly in 2009 elections.[1]

2015 edit

Muhammad Wakeel of Pakistan Muslim League (N) won this seat by getting 3,622 votes.[2]

2015: Diamir-IV
Party Candidate Votes %
PML-N Muhammad Wakeel 3,761 52.04
JUI F Gulbar Khan 2,438 33.74
PPP Shakrat Khan 828 11.46
PTI Dilbar Khan 88 1.22
Independents & Others 112 1.55
Turnout 7,227 46.03
PML(N) gain from [[JUI-F|JUI-F]] Swing

2016 edit

In May 2016 Muhammad Wakeel died of cardiac arrest.[3] Imran Wakeel was elected on 12 July 2016 By-polls by securing 3917 votes.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "Former Members of Gilgit Baltistan Ex Assembly". pakinformation.com. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
  2. ^ "ELECTION COMMISSION GB". ecgb.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 2016-03-02. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
  3. ^ Correspondent, The Newspaper's (2016-05-03). "Gilgit-Baltistan minister dies of cardiac arrest". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
  4. ^ "Gilgit-Baltistan: PML-N wins GBLA-18 by-election - Pakistan - Dunya News". dunyanews.tv. Retrieved 2019-07-21.