{"id":129259,"date":"2026-07-13T10:08:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T05:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=129259"},"modified":"2026-07-13T10:08:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T05:08:42","slug":"ppp-ipp-men-retain-seats-in-gb-re-polling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/129259\/","title":{"rendered":"PPP, IPP men retain seats in GB re-polling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GILGIT(National Times)-  PPP candidate Mohammad Naseem and Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party (IPP) candidate Moha\u00admmad Dilpazeer, from the GBA-17 Diamer-III and GBA-15 Diamer-I constituencies, respectively, retained their seats after re-polling was held at nine polling stations on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to unofficial results, after re-polling at eight stations in GBA-17 Diamer-III, PPP candidate Mohammad Naseem won the seat by securing 10,714 votes, while his opponent, JUI-F candidate Rehmat Khaliq, bagged 6,990 votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, after re-pol\u00adling at one female polling station in GBA-15 Dia\u00admer-I, according to the Forms 47 and 48 issued by the Election Commission, IPP candidate Mohammad Dil\u00adpa\u00adzeer secured 6,033 votes, while his opponent, JUI-F candidate Waliur Rehman, received 4,639 votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier, in the GB Assembly elections<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2005790\">&nbsp;held<\/a>&nbsp;on June 7, PPP\u2019s Mohammad Naseem from GBA-17 Diamer-III was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2009387\">declared<\/a>&nbsp;the returned candidate, while independent candidate Mohammad Dilpazeer from GBA-15 Diamer-I was also declared successful. Dilpazeer later joined the IPP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On June 19, the chief justice of the Gilgit-Balti\u00adstan Supreme Appellate Court, Sardar Muhammad Shamim Khan,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2009242\">suspended<\/a>&nbsp;the election results in both constituencies after acce\u00adpting election petitions filed by JUI-F candidates alleging rigging at the polling stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The court also directed the relevant authorities to keep the results suspended until further proceedings and final decisions in the cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On July 6, Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Shamim Khan, after hearing detailed arguments from both sides and representatives of the GB Election Commission, ordered re-polling at one polling station in GBA-15 Diamer-I and eight polling stations in GBA-17 Diamer-III.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The GB Election Commission fixed Sunday, July 12, as the polling day for re-polling at the nine stations in the two constituencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The re-polling process at the nine stations started at 8am and continued until 5pm without any break. The polling remained peaceful, with police and law enforcement personnel deployed for security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The winning candidates celebrated their victories, with party workers dancing to music and chanting slogans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A large number of PPP workers gathered in Darel and celebrated the victory of candidate Mohammad Naseem. Party workers chanted slogans and speakers at the gathering said the victory was a success for the PPP in Darel, adding that Mr Naseem had won the seat for the second time with a large margin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Similarly, supporters of IPP candidate Mohammad Dilpazeer also gathered to celebrate his victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By-election<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, on Friday, the Gilgit-Baltistan Election Commission&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2014531\/gb-election-commission-announces-by-election-on-skardu-seat\">announced&nbsp;<\/a>that it would hold a by-election in the GBA-09 Skardu-III constituency and issue the election schedule on Monday (today).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The GB Election Commission made the ann\u00adouncement after the GB Supreme Appellate Court disqualified PPP candidate Fida Muhammad Nashad from the constituency for concealing his assets in his nom\u00adination papers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GILGIT(National Times)- PPP candidate Mohammad Naseem and Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party (IPP) candidate Moha\u00admmad Dilpazeer, from the GBA-17 Diamer-III and GBA-15 Diamer-I constituencies, respectively, retained their seats after re-polling was held at nine polling stations on Sunday. According to unofficial results, after re-polling at eight stations in GBA-17 Diamer-III, PPP candidate Mohammad Naseem won the seat by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest_news","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PPP, IPP men retain seats in GB re-polling - Nation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/129259\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PPP, IPP men retain seats in GB re-polling - Nation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"GILGIT(National Times)- PPP candidate Mohammad Naseem and Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party (IPP) candidate Moha\u00admmad Dilpazeer, from the GBA-17 Diamer-III and GBA-15 Diamer-I constituencies, respectively, retained their seats after re-polling was held at nine polling stations on Sunday. 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