GBA-6 (Hunza-I)

GBA-6 (Hunza-I) is a constituency in Hunza District for Gilgit Baltistan Assembly which is represented by Obaidullah Baig.

GBA-6 (Hunza-I)
Constituency for the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly
Region	Hunza District
Current constituency
Created	2009
Replaced by	GBA-6 (Hunza-Nagar III)

History

Constituency

Before 2015, the constituency was in the Hunza-Nagar District. In 2015, when Hunza was made a separate district, GBA-6 was made its constituency.

Candidates

Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan of Pakistan Muslim League N for the session 2015-20. After appointment of Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan as Governor, the political seat of the constituency became empty. His son Shah Salim Khan was elected in by elections of 2016. He was later disqualified by the honorable court being a bank defaulter in 2018. After disqualification of Shah Salim Khan the seat remained vacant till elections 2020.

Members

Election		Member	Party	Votes received
	2009	Wazir Baig	Pakistan Peoples Party	5,270 votes
	2015	Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan	Pakistan Muslim League (N)	8,245 votes
	2016	Shah Salim Khan	Pakistan Muslim League (N)	4,525 votes
	2020	Abaid Ullah Baig	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf	5,624 votes

Election results

2009

Wazir Baig of PPP became member of assembly by getting 5,270 votes.

2009: Hunza Nagar-III

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PPPP	Wazir Baig	5,270	28.79
	MQM	Kamil Jan	4,124	22.09
	Independent	Noor Muhammad	3,703	19.84
	PML-N	Prince Sher Yar Khan	1,360	7.86
	Independent	Arif Hussain	1,098	5.89
	PML (Q)	Rehmatullah Baig	734	3.93
	Independent	Raja Shahbaz Khan	539	2.89
	Others		746	3.99
Turnout			18,667	55.01
	PPP win (new seat)

2015

Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan of Pakistan Muslim League (N) won this seat by getting 8,245 votes.

2015: Hunza Nagar-III

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PML-N	Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan	8,245	40.01
	Awami Workers Party (AWP)	Baba Jan	4,641	22.55
	PPPP	Zafar Iqbal	3,501	17.49
	PTI	Izhar Hunzai	2,291	11.13
	MWM	Sheikh Musa Karimi	1,041	5.06
	APML	Aman Ullah	254	1.23
	Others		40	0.19
Turnout			20,579	56.91
	PML(N) gain from [[PPP|PPP]]		Swing

2016

This constituency was vacated by Shah Salim Khan. As of 9 April 2018 he has been disqualified by the national bank for defaulting on loans.

Gilgit baltistan By-Election 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PML-N	Shah Salim Khan	4,525
	Independent	Abaid Ullah Baig	4,024
	Independent	Naiknaam	2,048
	PPPP	Wazir Baig	1,703
	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf	Aziz Ahmed	1,471
	Awami Workers Party	Akhon Bai	1,291
Turnout			14,246	43.00
	PML(N) hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}