GBLA-18 (Darel-I) is a constituency of

Gilgit Baltistan Assembly The Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly (GBA), formerly known as Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly (GBLA), is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani territory (''de facto'' Pakistani province, province) of Gilgit-Baltista ...

of the

Darel District Darel District (Urdu: ) is a district of Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan area in the disputed Kashmir region. The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the tert ...

which is currently represented by

Gulbar Khan Gulbar Khan () is a Pakistani politician who has been the Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan since July 2023. He is also a member of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly since November 2020. He used to be a member of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F), but la ...

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is a political party in Pakistan established in 1996 by cricketer and politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The party is led by Gohar Ali Khan since late 2023. ...

History

Before 2019, the constituency was of

Diamer District Diamer District (), also spelled Diamir District, is a district of Pakistan-administered territory of Gilgit–Baltistan in the disputed Kashmir region. The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of ...

and was known as GBA-18 (Diamer-IV). In 2019, when

Darel Darel is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Darel Carrier (born 1940), former professional basketball player * Darel Dieringer (1926–1989), former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup driver * Darel Hancock, better known as Bom ...

was made a district. The constituency is known as Darel-I.

Members

Election results

2009

JUI-F Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan also known the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam or simply as Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (; ; JUI (F)) is an Islamic fundamentalist political party in Pakistan. Established as the ''Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam'' in 1945, it is the ...

became member of assembly in

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

elections.

2015

Muhammad Wakeel of

Pakistan Muslim League (N) The Pakistan Muslim League (N) or (PML(N)) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right, Conservatism in Pakistan, conservative political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third-largest party in the Senate of Pakistan, Senate and the larges ...

won this seat by getting 3,622 votes.

2016

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

References

{{reflist Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly constituencies