GBA-1 (Gilgit-I)

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GBA-1 (Gilgit-I)
Constituency
for the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly
District Gilgit District
Electorate30,556
Current constituency
Created2009

GBA-1 (Gilgit-I) is a constituency of Gilgit Baltistan Assembly which is currently represented by the Amjad Hussain Azar of Pakistan Peoples Party who is the current opposition leader of the 3rd Gilgit Baltistan Assembly. [1]

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Members of Assembly

ElectionMemberPartyVotes received
2009 Syed Raziuddin Rizvi Independent 10,012 votes
2015 Jafarullah Khan Pakistan Muslim League (N) 7,171 votes
2020 Amjad Hussain Azar Pakistan Peoples Party 11,178 votes

Election 2009

Syed Raziuddin Rizvi an independent politician became member of assembly by getting 10012 votes. [2]

Election 2015

Jafarullah Khan of Pakistan Muslim League (N) won by getting 7171 votes and became Deputy Speaker of the Assembly. [3]

2015 election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Pakistan Muslim League (N) Jafarullah Khan 7,17136.39
Pakistan Peoples Party Amjad Hussain Azar 6,29731.96
Independent Syed Nizam Ud Din Shah2,28511.59
Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen Muhammad Ilyas Siddiqui2,10910.70
Majority8744.43
Turnout 19,70364.48
PML(N) gain from PPP Swing

Election 2020

Amjad Hussain Azar won by 11178 votes and became the opposition leader. [4]

PartyCandidateVotes
Pakistan Peoples

Party

Amjad Hussain Azar 11178
Independent Maulana Sultan Rais8356
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Johar Ali2000
Pakistan Muslim League

(N)

Jafarullah Khan 85

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References

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