Constituency GBLA-7

Constituency GBLA-7 (Skardu-I)
Constituency for the Provincial Assembly of the Gilgit-Baltistan
Region	Skardu District
Electorate	16,484
Current constituency
Created	2009
Member(s)	M. Akbar Khan

GBLA-7 is a constituency of Gilgit Baltistan Legislative Assembly which is currently represented by M. Akbar Khan of Pakistan Muslim League N.It was represented Syed Mehdi Shah who was first chief minister of Gilgit Baltistan Province but he lost that seat in 2015 elections.

Members

Election		Member	Party
	2009	Syed Mehdi Shah	PPP
	2015	M. Akbar Khan	PML-N

Election results

2009

Syed Mehdi Shah of PPP became member of assembly by getting 5,374 votes.^[1]

2009: Skardu-I

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PPPP	Syed Mehdi Shah	6,996	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 gain from PML-Q		Swing

2015

M. Akbar Khan 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		Swing

References

1. "[Infograph] Gilgit-Baltistan Election 2009: Result GBLA 7, Skardu 1". GBVotes. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
2. "Result GBLA 7 – SKARDU 1". GBVotes. Retrieved 2016-02-16.