PTI wins in GBLA-13 by-election

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate Khurshid Khan clinched victory in Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly GBLA-13- Astore-1 by-election.

As per details, PTI candidate Khurshid Khan secured 6219 votes while PML-N’s Rana Farman Ali took 5225 votes in the GBLA-13 by-election.

There were at least 14 candidates, including nine independent candidates in the run for the GBLA-13 by-election.

The seat fell vacant after Gilgit-Baltistan’s former chief minister Khalid Khurshid was disqualified in a fake degree case.