Gilgit Baltistan Election 2020: PTI leads with 10 seats; independents get 7

Gilgit Baltistan Election 2020: PTI leads with 10 seats; independents get 7

Gilgit (Staff Report/Agencies): The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was leading Gilgit Baltistan Election 2020 after having bagged ten seats.

According to unofficial and unconfirmed results, the PTI bagged 10 seats, independent candidates grabbed seven seats and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) managed to clinch only three seats.

Majlis Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM), an ally of PTI, has emerged victorious in one seat while Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) only managed to get two seats.

According to G-B Election Commission’s data, a total of 745,361 people have registered to vote Sunday (today), about 339,992 of whom were women.

More than 15,000 security personnel from GB, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and Balochistan were deployed at polling stations.

Over half of the polling stations were categorised sensitive. Out of 1,141 polling stations, 577 were declared sensitive and 297 highly sensitive.