GBLA-18 (Darel-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 ...

of the

Darel District The Darel District (Urdu: ) is a district in Gilgit-Baltistan territory of Pakistan. It is located towards south-west of Gilgit District. Its population lives mainly in the valley of the Darel River, a right tributary of the Indus River.< ...

which is currently represented by

Gulbar Khan Gulbar Khan () is a Pakistani politician who has been the Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan since July 2023. He is also a member of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly since November 2020. He used to be a member of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F), but late ...

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 ...

History

Before 2019, the constituency was of

Diamer District The Diamer District ( ur, ), also spelled Diamir District,) is a district in Gilgit-Baltistan territory of Pakistan. The headquarters of the district is the town of Chilas. The district is bounded by on the north by the Tangir and the Gilgit ...

and was known as GBA-18 (Diamer-IV). In 2019, when

Darel Darel is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Darel Carrier (born 1940), former professional basketball player *Darel Dieringer (1926–1989), former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup driver *Darel Hancock, better known as Bomani ...

was made a district. The constituency is known as Darel-I.

Members

Election results

2009

JUI-F Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan (Fazl) also Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) or simply as Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Urdu: ; ; JUI-F) is a Deobandi Sunni political party in Pakistan. Established as the ''Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam'' in 1945, it is the result o ...

became member of assembly in

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elections.

2015

Muhammad Wakeel of

Pakistan Muslim League (N) The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) ( ur, , translit=Pākistān Muslim Līg (Nūn) PML(N) or PML-N) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right and Liberal conservatism, liberal conservative political party in Pakistan. Alongside the Pakistan Teh ...

won this seat by getting 3,622 votes.

2016

In May 2016 Muhammad Wakeel died of cardiac arrest. Imran Wakeel was elected on 12 July 2016 By-polls by securing 3917 votes.

References

{{reflist Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly constituencies