GBA-7 (Skardu-I)

GBA-7 (Skardu-I) is a constituency of Gilgit Baltistan Assembly which is currently being held by Raja Zakarya Maqoon of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.

GBA-7 (Skardu-I)
Constituency for the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly
District	Skardu District
Electorate	16,484
Current constituency
Created	2009

History

In 2009, Syed Mehdi Shah won the constituency and became the first Gilgit Baltistan Chief Minister.

Members

Election		Member	Party	Votes received
	2009	Syed Mehdi Shah	Pakistan Peoples Party	6,997 votes
	2015	Akbar Khan Taban	Pakistan Muslim League (N)	3,311 votes
	2020	Raja Zakarya Maqoon	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf	5,290 votes

Election results

2009

Syed Mehdi Shah of PPP became member of assembly by getting 6,997 votes.^[1]

2009: Skardu-I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PPPP	Syed Mehdi Shah	6,997	62.98
	PML-Q	Prince Sher Yar Khan	1,360	12.24
	MQM	Raja Zikria Maqpoon	1,276	11.49
	Independent	Fida Muhammad Nishad	307	2.76
	Others		1,476	13.29
Turnout			11,108	39.90
	PPP win (new seat)

2015

Akbar Khan Taban of Pakistan Muslim League (N) won this seat by getting 3,331 votes.^[2]

2015: Skardu-I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PML-N	M. Akbar Khan	3,331	28.48
	PTI	Raja Jalal Hussain Maqpoon	3,330	28.47
	PPPP	Syed Mehdi Shah	2,693	23.02
	ITP	Gh, Shehzad Agha	925	7.91
	MWM	Zahid Hussain	713	6.09
	Independent	Muzzafar Hussain	265	2.27
	APML	Kamal Hussain	179	1.53
Turnout			11,696	70.95
	PML(N) gain from [[PPP|PPP]]		Swing