GBA-13 (Astore-I)

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GBA-13 (Astore-I)
Constituency
for the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly
District Astore District
Electorate33,378
Current constituency
Created2009
Member(s)Vacant

GBA-13 (Astore-I) is a constituency of Gilgit Baltistan Assembly which is currently vacant.

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Members

ElectionMemberPartyVotes received
2009 Abdul Hameed Khan Pakistan People's Party 3,771 votes
2015 Farman Ali Pakistan Muslim League (N) 5,942 votes
2020 Khalid Khurshid Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 6,089 votes

Election results

Election 2009

Abdul Hameed Khan, an independent politician, became a member of the assembly by getting 3,771 votes. [1] Khan later joined the Pakistan People's Party (PPP).

General election 2009: Astore-I
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Abdul Hameed Khan 3,771 37.77
PML(N) Rana Farman Ali3,54635.52
Independent Khalid Khurshid 2,66726.71
Turnout 9,984
Independent win (new seat)

Election 2015

Rana Farman Ali of Pakistan Muslim League (N) won this seat by getting 5,942 votes. [2]

General election 2015: Astore-I
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PML(N) Rana Farman Ali 5,942 36.95 Increase2.svg1.43
Independent Khalid Khurshid 4,01924.99Decrease2.svg1.72
PPP Abdul Hameed Khan3,80823.68Increase2.svg23.68
Independent Ghulam Abbas1,75010.88
MWM Ghulam Akbar4532.82Increase2.svg2.82
PTI Sanaullah490.31Increase2.svg0.31
JUI (F) Inayatullah Mir40.03Increase2.svg0.03
OthersOthers (four candidates)560.35
Turnout 16,08158.06
Registered electors 27,699
PML(N) gain from Independent Swing

Election 2020

Khalid Khurshid of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) won this seat by receiving 6,089 votes. [3]

General election 2020: Astore-I
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PTI Khalid Khurshid 5,297 32.50 Increase2.svg32.19
PML(N) Rana Farman Ali4,03324.75Decrease2.svg12.20
PPP Abdul Hameed Khan3,54621.75Decrease2.svg1.93
Independent Ghulam Abbas2,25113.81Increase2.svg2.93
OthersOthers (eight candidates)1,1727.19
Turnout 16,29848.83Decrease2.svg9.23
Majority1,2647.76
Registered electors 33,378
PTI gain from PML(N)

By-election 2023

A by-election was held on 9 September 2023 due to the disqualification of Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid, the previously elected member from this constituency. [4] [5] Results had shown Khalid Khurshid's father, Muhammad Khursheed Khan of the PTI had won, receiving 6,664 votes. [6]

By-election 2023: Astore-I
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PTI Muhammad Khursheed Khan 6,664 37.66 Increase2.svg5.16
PML(N) Rana Farman Ali5,41430.60Increase2.svg5.85
PPP Abdul Hameed Khan4,45825.20Increase2.svg3.45
OthersOthers (eleven candidates)1,1776.65
Turnout 17,97653.86Increase2.svg5.03
Total valid votes17,69398.43
Rejected ballots2831.57
Majority1,2507.06Decrease2.svg0.70
Registered electors 33,378
PTI hold

On 4 January 2024, the Election Commission of Gilgit-Baltistan declared the by-election null and void. The Chief Election Commissioner had remarked in his decision that the PTI and PML(N) candidates had violated the Election Act. [7]

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