GBA-3 Gilgit-III
| GBA-3 Gilgit-III | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly | |
| District | Gilgit District |
| Electorate | 34,103 |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2009 |
GBA-3 Gilgit-III is a constituency of Gilgit Baltistan Assembly currently represented by the Syed Sohail Abbas Shah of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
Members
| Election | Member | Party | Votes received | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Aftab Haider | Pakistan Peoples Party | 6,214 | |
| 2015 | Doctor Muhammad Iqbal | Pakistan Muslim League (N) | 7,852 | |
| 2020 | Syed Sohail Abbas Shah | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | 6,807 | |
Election results
Aftab Haider of Pakistan Peoples Party won by 6,214 votes.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PPPP | Aftab Haider | 6,214 | 30.05 | ||
| MQM | Capt(Rtd.) Hadi Hussain | 4,064 | 19.65 | ||
| Independent | Capt(Rtd.) Muhammad Shafi | 3,826 | 18.51 | ||
| Others | 7,112 | 34.39 | |||
| Turnout | 20,676 | 60.68 | |||
| PPP win (new seat) | |||||
2015
Doctor Muhammad Iqbal of Pakistan Muslim League (N) won by getting 7,852 votes.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PML (N) | Doctor Muhammad Iqbal | 7,852 | 36.14 | ||
| ITP | Muhammad Shafi Khan | 4,555 | 20.96 | ||
| PPP | Aftab Haider | 4,207 | 19.36 | ||
| MWM | Allama Nayyar Abbas Mustfavi | 3,612 | 16.62 | ||
| JUI-F | Saeed Ur Rehman | 839 | 3.86 | ||
| PTI | Sher Ghazi | 619 | 2.85 | ||
| MQM | Capt(Rtd.) Hadi Hussain | 44 | 0.2 | ||
| Majority | 3297 | ||||
| Turnout | 21,728 | 63.71 | |||
| PML(N) gain from PPP | Swing | ||||
2020
Syed Sohail Abbas Shah, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), received 6807 votes and won his seat in the 3rd Gilgit Baltistan Assembly.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | Syed Sohail Abbas Shah | 6807 | |
| Independent | Muhammad Iqbal | 4855 | |
| Pakistan Muslim League (Q) | Muhammad Shafi | 4754 | |
| Pakistan Peoples Party | Aftab Haider | 3799 | |
| Pakistan Muslim League (N) | Zulfiqar Ali Tatu | 2726 | |
| Independent | Sanan Ahmad | 1821 | |
| Independent | Sher Ghazi | 1136 | |
| Independent | Muhammad Nafees | 256 | |
| Pak Sarzameen Party | Maulana Akbar Hussain | 180 |
2026
General elections were held on 7 June 2026. Syed Sohail Abbas Shah, an independent candidate supported by PTI, won the election with 8,060 votes.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTI | Syed Sohail Abbas Shah[a] | 8,060 | 26.97 | ||
| PPP | Aftab Haider | 7,665 | 25.65 | ||
| PML(N) | Muhammad Iqbal | 7,356 | 24.62 | ||
| IPP | Muhammad Shafi | 6,007 | 20.10 | ||
| Others | Others (eighteen candidates) | 783 | 2.62 | ||
| Valid ballots | 29,881 | 97.88 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 648 | 2.12 | |||
| Turnout | 30,529 | 58.13 | |||
| Majority | 395 | 1.32 | |||
| Registered electors | 52,522 | ||||
| PTI hold | |||||
Notes
- ^ 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.[4]
References
- ^ "GBLA-3 Gilgit Election 2009 Full Result Vote Candidate". electionpakistani.com. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
- ^ "GBLA-3 Gilgit III Detail Election Result 2015". electionpakistani.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- ^ GBA 3 Form 49 ( 2026), 2026-06-09, retrieved 2026-06-16
- ^ Latif, Aamir (2026-06-06). "Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan region set for Sunday's polls". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 2026-06-15.