GBA-18 (Darel-I)

GBLA-18 (Darel-I) is a constituency of Gilgit Baltistan Assembly of the Darel District which is currently represented by Gulbar Khan of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.

GBA-18 (Darel-I)
Constituency for the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly
District	Darel District
Electorate	25,622
Current constituency
Created	2009
Replaced by	GBA-18 (Diamer-IV)

History

Before 2019, the constituency was of Diamer District and was known as GBA-18 (Diamer-IV). In 2019, when Darel was made a district. The constituency is known as Darel-I.

Members

Election		Member	Party	Votes received
	2009	Gulbar Khan	Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)	2,741 votes
	2015	Muhammad Wakeel	Pakistan Muslim League (N)	3,527 votes
	2016	Imran Wakeel	Pakistan Muslim League (N)	3,914 votes
	2020	Gulbar Khan	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf	4,401 votes

Election results

2009

Gulbar Khan of JUI-F became member of assembly in 2009 elections.^[1]

2015

Muhammad Wakeel of Pakistan Muslim League (N) won this seat by getting 3,622 votes.^[2]

2015: Diamir-IV

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PML-N	Muhammad Wakeel	3,761	52.04
	JUI F	Gulbar Khan	2,438	33.74
	PPP	Shakrat Khan	828	11.46
	PTI	Dilbar Khan	88	1.22
	Independents & Others		112	1.55
Turnout			7,227	46.03
	PML(N) gain from [[JUI-F|JUI-F]]		Swing

2016

In May 2016 Muhammad Wakeel died of cardiac arrest.^[3] Imran Wakeel was elected on 12 July 2016 By-polls by securing 3917 votes.^[4]