Pakistan’s governing PTI poised to form gov’t in Gilgit-Baltistan
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s governing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party is poised to form a government in the semi-autonomous state of Gilgit-Baltistan, a part of the disputed region of Kashmir, unofficial results show.
Khan’s PTI won 10 seats of the 23 on which elections were contested, unofficial results from the state’s election commission showed on Tuesday.
The country’s two largest opposition parties, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) won three seats and two seats respectively in the election, which was held on Sunday.
Seven seats were won by independent candidates, who are expected to have a key role in the formation of the government. The Majlis Wahdatul Muslimeen, a religious party alliance, won one seat.
The Gilgit-Baltistan legislative assembly consists of 24 directly elected seats, in addition to nine reserved seats for women and political appointees that are allocated based on a proportional representation basis. The house has 33 seats in total.
A by-election will be held on the one remaining directly-elected seat after one of the candidates in that race died due to COVID-19 in the run-up to the polls.
The country’s two largest opposition parties, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) won three seats and two seats respectively in the election, which was held on Sunday.
Seven seats were won by independent candidates, who are expected to have a key role in the formation of the government. The Majlis Wahdatul Muslimeen, a religious party alliance, won one seat.
The Gilgit-Baltistan legislative assembly consists of 24 directly elected seats, in addition to nine reserved seats for women and political appointees that are allocated based on a proportional representation basis. The house has 33 seats in total.
A by-election will be held on the one remaining directly-elected seat after one of the candidates in that race died due to COVID-19 in the run-up to the polls.
