2015 Gilgit Baltistan Assembly election

Gilgit Baltistan Legislative Assembly Elections 2015 was an election held in the province of Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan, to elect the 2nd Assembly of Gilgit Baltistan after completion of full 5-year term of the first Legislative Assembly of Gilgit Baltistan. Polling took place on 8 June 2015.[1]

2015 Gilgit Baltistan Assembly election
8 June 2015
24 of the 33 seats in the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly
17 seats needed for a majority
Turnout60.04%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman Syed Mehdi Shah not declared
Party PML (N) PPP MWM
Leader's seat GBLA-2 GBLA-7 (lost) ---
Last election 3 seats, 15.26% 20 seats, 33.08%
Seats before 3 20
Seats won 22 1 2
Seat change 19 19
Popular vote 125199 70965 36510
Percentage 33.78% 19.15% 9.85%
Swing 18.52pp 13.93pp
Map of Gilgit Baltistan showing Assembly Constituencies and winning parties
Chief Minister before election

Syed Mehdi Shah
PPP

 Elected Chief Minister

Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman
PML (N)

Background

The region of Gilgit Baltistan was formerly known as Northern Areas. The Northern Areas were formed by joining Gilgit Agency and Baltistan regions in 1970 but the Northern Areas were ruled directly from Islamabad. In 2009 the Government of Pakistan passed an Autonomy Order known as Gilgit-Baltistan Empowerment and Self-governance Order, 2009 which was signed by the President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari on September 2009. After the completion of full five year term, the assembly tenure was ended on April 2015. It was second time after 2009 elections that new assembly elections held in across the province.

Campaign and Polling

495 candidates from different political parties and Independents submitted their nomination papers out of which 50 nominations were rejected. 445 candidates took part in elections. Parties like Pakistan Muslim League (N), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Pakistan Peoples Party stood candidates on all 24 assembly seats.[2]

Polling took place on June 8th, 2015 without any break from morning 8 am to evening 4 pm. Total number of 1143 polling stations were setup across the province. Out of 1143 polling stations, 282 were declared highly sensitive, while 269 polling stations were declared sensitive. About 5500 Military Soldiers along with 4356 policemen were deployed to perform security duties to make peaceful polling across the province.[3][4]

Result

Pakistan Muslim League (N) emerged as the majority party by winning 15 out of 24 general seats. Taking into account the 4 out of 6 women seats and 2 out of 3 technocrat seats that they successfully gained, their seats increased to 22. They won a lopsided majority in the assembly.

Party Votes % Seats
General Reserved Seats for Women Technocrat Seats Total +/–
Pakistan Muslim League (N) 125199 33.78% 16 4 2 22 +19
Tehreek-e-Jafaria 18491 4.99% 2 1 1 4 +4
Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen 36510 9.85% 2 1 0 3 +3
Pakistan Peoples Party 70965 19.15% 1 0 0 1 -19
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 40748 10.99% 1 0 0 1 +1
Balawaristan National Front 5259 1.41% 1 0 0 0 -
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) 5404 4.45% 1 0 0 0 -3
Muttahida Qaumi Movement 3382 0.91% 0 0 0 1 -1
Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan 3237 0.87% 0 0 0 0 -
Others 16060 4.33% 0 0 0 0 -4
Total votes polled 370552 100% 24 6 3 33
Total Voters 617305 100% Turnout:60.04%[5]

Aftermath

The newly elected assembly members took oath on 24 June 2015.[6] Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman was elected as 2nd Chief Minister of Gilgit Baltistan unopposed. He took oath on 26 June 2015.[7]

References
  1. "FAFEN Preliminary Observation Report on GBLA Elections 2015". Election Pakistan. 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2018-10-19.
  2. "Political parties announce candidates for GB elections | Pakistan Today". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  3. "GB Legislative Assembly elections today". www.thenews.com.pk. 2015-06-07. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  4. "Abbtakk.tv: Latest News Breaking Pakistan, World, Live Videos". Abb Takk News. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  5. "Gilgit Baltistan elections". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  6. Tribune.com.pk (2015-06-25). "Maiden session: 33 members of G-B Assembly take oath". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
  7. Correspondent, The Newspaper's (2015-06-27). "Hafeezur Rehman sworn in as new GB chief minister". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-07-21.


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