GBA-13 (Astore-I) is a constituency of

Gilgit Baltistan Assembly The Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly (GBA), formerly known as Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly (GBLA), is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of Autonomous territory (de-facto Pakistani province) of Gilgit-Baltistan, which is locat ...

which is currently vacant.

Members

Election results

Election 2009

Abdul Hameed Khan, an

independent politician An independent or non-partisan politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views th ...

, became a member of the assembly by getting 3,771 votes. Khan later joined the

Pakistan People's Party The Pakistan People's Party ( ur, , ; PPP) is a centre-left, social-democratic political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third largest party in the National Assembly and second largest in the Senate of Pakistan. The party was founded i ...

(PPP).

Election 2015

Rana Farman Ali of

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won this seat by getting 5,942 votes.

Election 2020

Khalid Khurshid Muhammad Khalid Khurshid Khan (Urdu: محمد خالد خورشید خان ; born 17 November 1980) is a Pakistani lawyer and politician who is the current Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan ''de-facto'' province of Pakistan, from the Pakistan ...

of the

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI; ur, , ) is a political party in Pakistan. It was founded in 1996 by Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The PTI is one of the thre ...

(PTI) won this seat by receiving 6,089 votes.

By-election 2023

A by-election was held on 9 September 2023 due to the disqualification of

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, the previously elected member from this constituency. Khalid Khurshid's father, Muhammad Khursheed Khan of the PTI, was elected.

References

{{reflist Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly constituencies