People of GB to vote for Legislative Assembly on Thursday
GILGIT, Nov 11 (APP) : The Election Commission of Gilgit Baltistan (GB) Wednesday issued a constituency wise list of voters, candidates and party’s backed candidates as well as independent candidates who would contest for elections of GB Legislative Assembly on Thursday.
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has
emerged as the major party that has 22 candidates followed by Mutahida
Qaumi Movement which has 20 candidates while the other Political
Parties including Pakistan Muslim League N has 15, PML Q 14, GBDA 4,
Awami National Party 3, Jamat Islami 2 and Pakistan Tehrik e Insaf 2.
According to the Commission, Population of Gilgit is 319262 and registered voters out of this population is 218541.
The number of female voters is 96352 and male voters are 122189.
The election commission has set up 272 polling station across the
Gilgit District out of them 11 stations are very sensitive, 70 are
sensitive so total 81 stations are declared sensitive.
The Chief Election Commissioner, Rahim Nawaz Durrani while giving a
break up said, there are 22 candidates and out of them are 7 party
candidates in LA 1 Gilgit and estimated population is 56641, out of
them there are 48574 voters are registered.
The number of male voters is 28322 and female voters are registered
20252 and there are 56 polling stations in this constituency.
The Chief Election Commissioner said 18 candidates are in run, out of
them seven are party candidates in LA 2 where estimated population is
64573 out of which total registered voters are 61753.
The number of male voters is 37628 while female voters are 24125 and polling stations are 82.
The election Commission said in LA 3 the number of candidates is 13 out
of them five party ticket holders and eight independent who are taking
part in the run in LA 3 Gilgit where estimated population is 69395 and
out this 39410 are registered voters.
The number of male voters is registered 20679 while female voters are
registered 18731 with 66 polling stations in the constituency. The
Election Commission said that in LA 4 total candidates are 15 and out
of them four are party candidates and 11 are independent and estimated
population is 29603 and out of this registered voters are 21204.
The male voters are 10945 and female are 10259 with 30 polling stations.
In LA 5 Gilgit, 19 candidates are in run and 16 are independent while
three are party ticket holders and in this constituency estimated
population is 37821 and out of this registered voters are 13664.
The male voters are 7198 and females are 6466 with 20 polling stations in the constituency.
Some 16 candidates are in run for poll in LA 6 constituency and out of
them 11 are independent and five are party ticket holders and
estimated population is 61229 and out of this number registered voters
are 33936. The registered male votes are 17417 and females are 16519
with 47 polling stations.
In six constituencies of Skardu, 32 candidates are taking part in polls
and out of them are 18 party candidates and 14 independent candidates
are in field.
The estimated population is 281899 and out of this total number of
registered voters 169861 with 275 polling stations as 40 stations are
declared very sensitive and 37 are sensitive.
Total female voters are registered 79453 while male voters are 90412.
In LA 7 Skardu, the estimated population is 35310 and out of this male
voters are 16029 and female 11804 with 28 polling stations in the
constituency.
In LA 8 Skardu estimated population is 54021 out of population the
registered voters are 38557. The number of female voters is 17639 and
male voters are 20918 with 47 polling stations.
The LA 9 details disclosed that total estimated population is 46859 and
number of registered voters are 24088. The number of male voters 12578
and females are 11510 with 54 polling stations.
In LA 10 Skardu the estimated population is 46054 and registered votes are 23594.
Male voters are 11719 and females are 11875 with 43 polling stations in the constituency.
The election commission of Gilgit Baltistan said the estimated
population in LA 11 Skardu 43229 while registered voters are 23237 with
43 polling stations.
The male voters are 12310 and female voters are 10927 in the constituency.
Similarly, in LA 12 Skardu the estimated population is 56426 and
registered voters are 32552 with 60 polling stations in the
constituency.
The male voters are 16858 and female voters are 15694.
In Astor district total population is 94032 and total registered
voters are 54590 and male voters are 27748 and female voters 26842 with
81 polling stations as five stations are declared very sensitive and
seven sensitive.
There are total of 37 candidates for two seats and out of them are 13
party candidates and 24 independent candidates were in run.
It said that in LA 13 Astore the estimated population is 45674 with
27620 registered voters and 45 polling stations. The male voters in
this constituency are 13902 and female voters are 13718.
Similarly in LA 14 Astore the estimated population is 48358 and
registered voters are 26970 with 36 polling stations in the
constituency. The male voters are 13846 while females are 13124.
The estimated population is 173,097 while number for total registered
voters are 119419 with 93 polling stations as 45 stations are declared
very sensitive and 18 are sensitive in Dimer.
The total number of female voters are 54649 and male voters are 65070.
The election commission said that 37 candidates are taking part in
elections and out of them are 14 party candidates and 23 independent
candidates in the district.
The election commission gave further details and said in LA 15 Diamer
the estimated population is 39249 with 39 polling stations. The male
voters are 16728 and females are 22521.
In LA 16 the estimated population is 54751 and registered voters are
36518 with 26 polling stations. The male voters are 23848 and females,
12670.
Likewise, in LA 17 estimated population is 46125 and registered voters
are 26364 with 17 polling stations in the constituency.The male voters
are 14578 and females are 11786.
In LA 18 Diamer the estimated population is 31541 and registered voters
are 17588 with 11 polling stations and male voters are 9916 and female
voters are 7672.
The election commissions said 43 candidates were in run for polls and
out of them are 13 party candidates and independent candidates, 30.
The Election Commission of Gilgit Baltistan said in Ghizer district the
total population is 157736 and registered voters are 85190 with 128
polling stations and 09 are very sensitive and 09 are sensitive.
The total female voters in Ghizer district are 40659 and male voters are 44531.
In LA 19 Ghizer the estimated population is 47760 and voters are 27662
with 40 polling stations. The male are 14313 and female 13349.
However, the polling in this constituency is postponed due to demise of MQM backed candidate, Sher Bhadur.
In LA 20 Ghizer the estimated population is 60332 while registered
voters are 32591 with 43 poling stations. The male voters are 17236
and female voters, 15355.
In LA 21 Ghizer the estimated population is 49644 and total voters are
24937 with 45 polling stations. The male voters are 12982 and female
voters 11955 females.
The Election Commission of Gilgit Baltistan said in Ghanche district 12
candidates would compete and 10 are party candidates and 2 are
independent.
Estimated population is 115944 and total registered voters are 69388
with 144 polling stations out of which are 09 highly sensitive and 12
are sensitive.
The number of female voters in this district is 34426 and male voters are 34959.
However, the election commission give further details of constituency
wise and said in LA 22 Ghanche the total estimated population is 42295
and total registered voters are 26283 with 53 polling stations. Male
voters are 13272 and female 13011. In LA 23 Ghanche the estimated
population is 42134 and total voters 25218 with 48 polling stations.
The male voters are 12798 and females are 12420.
The election commission said the estimated population is 31515 and
registered voters are 17884 with 43 polling stations while male voters
are 8889 and females are 8995.
