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Gilgit-Baltistan Elections 2026: PPP Secures 11 Seats

The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) emerged as the largest party in the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly elections after winning 11 seats. The party contested 24 seats in the election.

In a post on X, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari thanked the people of Gilgit for their trust and congratulated party workers on their victory. Bilawal captioned his post in beautiful way: "Arrows raining down in Gilgit."

Victory areas:

Gilgit-I:

PPP candidate Amjad Hussain won over MWM candidate Muhammad Ilyas Siddiqui.

Skardu-I:

Syed Tauqeer Mehdi won the seat۔

Shigar:

Imran Nadeem won the seat after securing 8,893 votes.

Kharmang:

Iqbal Hassan secured victory with 4,915 votes.

A total of 403 candidates, including 8 women, were in the fray in the election, while more than 963,000 registered voters cast their votes.

Previous Ruling Parties in Gilgit

2015–2020: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)

2020–2026: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)

The latest election could bring another change in the region's political leadership.

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