The initial unofficial results of the elections for the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly in Pakistan indicate that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party is ahead of other parties.
According to the Dawn, the initial unofficial results show the PML-N winning seven of the 24 GBLA seats.
Former GB chief minister Syed Mehdi Shah of the PPP lost the GBLA-7 (Skardu-1) seat where PTI's Raja Jalal Hussain Maqpoon was leading with 3,219 votes with PML-N's Haji Akber Taban having secured 3,166 till midnight.
In Gilgit, Advocate Iqbal of the PML-N won the GBLA-3 seat and Mohammad Ali and Rizwan Ali of MWM GBLA-4 and GBLA-5, respectively.
PML-N candidate Muhammad Wakeel won the GBLA-18 (Diamir) seat. Amjad Hussain of the PPP was leading in GBLA-1 and PML-N candidates Hafeezur Rehman and Mir Ghazanfar were ahead in GBLA-2 and GBLA-6.
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