2026 Gilgit Baltistan Assembly election

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2026 Gilgit Baltistan Assembly election
Template:Country data Gilgit-Baltistan
←  2020 24 January 2026
24 of the 33 seats in the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly [a]
17 seats needed for a majority
  Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf flag (25-32 ratio).svg Flag of Pakistan People's Party.svg PMLN 2021 Flag.png
Leader Khalid Khurshid Amjad Hussain Azar Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman
Party PTI PPP PML(N)
Leader since30 May 20229 December 20156 February 2015
Leader's seat Astore-I Gilgit-I Gilgit-II
Last election22 seats5 seats3 seats
Current seats2053
Seats neededSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 12Increase2.svg 14
2026 Gilgit Baltistan Election Results Map.svg
Map of Gilgit Baltistan showing the constituencies of the Legislative Assembly.
Incumbent Chief Minister

Gulbar Khan
PTI



Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan, on 24 January 2026. [1]

Contents

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. [2]

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. [3]

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. [4] [5]

Timeline

Parties

The table below lists the political parties that held seats at the end of the term of the 3rd Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly. [9]

NameNational LeaderClaimed Ideology(ies)Total seats at start of the 3rd Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly Total seats at the end of the 3rd Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly [b] Symbol
PTI Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
پاکستان تحريکِ انصاف		 Gohar Ali Khan Populism
Islamic Democracy
Welfarism
22 / 33
20 / 33
Bat
PPP Pakistan Peoples Party
پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی		 Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Social Democracy
Secularism
Social liberalism
5 / 33
5 / 33
Arrow
PML(N) Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)
پاکستان مسلم لیگ (نواز)		 Nawaz Sharif Conservatism
Economic liberalism
Federalism
3 / 33
3 / 33
Tiger
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 Pan-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) [c] Balawaristan National Front (Naji)
بلاورستان نيشنل فرنٹ (ناجی)		 Nawaz Khan Naji Gilgit-Baltistan Autonomy
1 / 33
1 / 33
Revolver

Notes

  1. ↑ Six seats are reserved for women, three seats are reserved for technocrats.
  2. ↑ One seat was vacant at the end of the assembly's term.
  3. ↑ 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

  1. 1 2 "GB Assembly election schedule announced, polling set for January 24, 2026". dunyanews.tv. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
  2. ↑ "PTI gains two-thirds majority in G-B Assembly". The Express Tribune. 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  3. ↑ Web Desk (2023-07-04). "Gilgit-Baltistan CM Khalid Khursheed disqualified by court". Aaj English TV. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
  4. ↑ Taj, Imtiaz Ali (2023-07-13). "Haji Gulbar Khan elected GB chief minister". Dawn. Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  5. ↑ Nagri, Jamil (2023-07-19). "14-member Gilgit-Baltistan cabinet sworn in". Dawn. Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  6. ↑ Nagri, Jamil (2025-11-25). "Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly completes five-year tenure". Dawn. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
  7. ↑ Mir, Shabbir (2025-11-25). "Justice Yar Muhammad named caretaker CM as GB Assembly completes five-year term". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
  8. ↑ Taj, Imtiaz Ali (2025-11-26). "Retired judge Yar Muhammad takes oath as GB caretaker chief minister". Dawn. Retrieved 2025-11-26.
  9. ↑ "Members - Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly". Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly. Archived from the original on 2025-11-25. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
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