GBA-2 Gilgit-II

GBA-2 Gilgit-II
Constituency
for the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly
RegionGilgit District
Electorate33,733
Current constituency
Created2009
PartyPakistan Muslim League (N)
MemberHafiz Hafeezur Rehman

GBA-2 Gilgit-II is a constituency of Gilgit Baltistan Assembly which is currently represented by Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman of Pakistan Muslim League (N).

Members

Election Member Party Votes received
2009 Deedar Ali Independent then joined Islami Tehreek Pakistan 5,241 votes
2015 Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman Pakistan Muslim League (N) 10,739 votes
2020 Fatehullah Khan Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 6860 votes
2023 Jamil Ahmad Pakistan People's Party N/A
2026 Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman Pakistan Muslim League (N) 14,788 votes

2009 election

Deedar Ali an independent politician became member of assembly by getting 5241 votes. He later joined Islami Tehreek Pakistan (ITP).

2009: Gilgit-II
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Deedar Ali 5,486 25.34
PPPP Jamil Ahmad 4,782 22.09
PML-N Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman 4,563 21.08
MQM Altaf Hussain 281 1.27
PML (Q) Muhammad Aslam 2,180 10.07
Turnout 21,646 35.05
Independent gain from PPP Swing

2015 election

Hafiz Hafeez Ur Rehman of Pakistan Muslim League (N) won this seat by getting 10,739 votes and became Chief Minister of Gilgit Baltistan.

2015: Gilgit-II
Party Candidate Votes %
PML-N Hafiz Hafeez Ur Rehman 10,739 48.29
PPPP Jamil Ahmad 7,176 32.27
PTI Fatehullah Khan 2,561 11.51
JI Habib Ur Rehman 844 3.79
APML Karim Khan 583 2.62
Independent Faqeer Shah 683 3.62
MQM Tariq Hussain 278 1.25
Independent Parveen Ghazi 16 0.07
MWM Muhammad Mazhar Abbas 08 0.03
PAT Shukat Alam 03 0.01
JUI-F Moulana Mujahid 01 0.00
Turnout 22,237 65.92
PML(N) gain from [[Independent|Independent]] Swing

2020 election

General elections were held on 15 November 2020. Fatehullah Khan, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, won the election with 6,860 votes.

Party Candidate Votes
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Fatehullah Khan 6860
Pakistan Peoples Party Jamil Ahmad 6764
Pakistan Muslim League (N) Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman 5820
Pakistan Muslim League (Q) Nasir Mir 1540
Independent Ghulab Shah 1455
Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Habib ur Rehman 825
Independent Ashfaq Hussain 704
Islami Tehreek Pakistan Faqeer Shah 494

Ahmad challenged these results and on 18 August 2023, an election tribunal ruled in his favour. He was sworn in as a member of the Assembly on 21 August 2023. Khan challenged this decision in the Supreme Appellate Court Gilgit-Baltistan and on 28 October 2023, the court restored his membership and directed the election tribunal to make a fresh decision. On 23 October 2024, the tribunal once again declared Ahmad's victory over Khan, with National Database and Registration Authority declaring over 1,700 postal ballots in favour of Khan as "fake".

2026 election

General elections were held on 7 June 2026. Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N), was elected with 14,788 votes.

Election 2026: GBA-2 Giglit-II
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PML(N) Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman 14,788 44.31
PPP Jamil Ahmad 9,319 27.92
IPP Fatehullah Khan 4,061 12.17
PTI Ateeq Pirzada 2,020 6.05
Independent Mir Muhammad Jalal-ud-Din 776 2.33
Independent Jibran Rasheed Khan 653 1.96
Independent Ajmal Hussain 626 1.88
JUI (F) Asif Khan 536 1.61
Others Others (thirty-three candidates) 596 1.79
Valid ballots 33,375 100.00
Rejected ballots 0 0.00
Turnout 33,375 59.58
Majority 5,469 15.67
Registered electors 56,019
PML(N) gain from PTI

Notes

  1. ↑ Elected as an independent, but later joined ITP.
  2. ↑ 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.

References

  1. 1 2 "Gilgit-Baltistan in a constitutional quagmire". PAMIR TIMES. 2015-02-21. Retrieved 2026-06-19.
  2. ↑ "GBLA-2 Gilgit Election 2009 Full Result Vote Candidate". electionpakistani.com. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
  3. ↑ "GBLA-2 Gilgit II Detail Election Result 2015". electionpakistani.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  4. ↑ "Amid reports of rigging, Imran Khan's PTI emerges as single-largest party in Gilgit-Baltistan elections". DNA India. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Gilgit Baltistan Election 2020: PTI wins over PPP in recount". Geo News. 2020-11-20. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  6. ↑ Nagri, Jamil (2023-08-19). "PPP candidate declared winner from Gilgit". Dawn. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  7. ↑ Nagri, Jamil (2023-10-29). "Court restores GB Assembly membership of PTI leader". Dawn. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  8. ↑ Nagri, Jamil (2024-10-24). "GB election tribunal declares victory of PPP candidate on Gilgit seat". Dawn. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  9. ↑ GBA 2 Form 49 ( 2026), 2026-06-09, retrieved 2026-06-15
  10. ↑ Latif, Aamir (2026-06-06). "Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan region set for Sunday's polls". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 2026-06-15.