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GILGIT: PPP candidate Mohammad Naseem and Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party (IPP) candidate Mohammad 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 securing 10,714 votes, while his opponent, JUI-F candidate Rehmat Khaliq, bagged 6,990 votes.
Meanwhile, after re-polling at one female polling station in GBA-15 Diamer-I, according to the Forms 47 and 48 issued by the Election Commission, IPP candidate Mohammad Dilpazeer secured 6,033 votes, while his opponent, JUI-F candidate Waliur Rehman, received 4,639 votes.
Earlier, in the GB Assembly elections held on June 7, PPP’s Mohammad Naseem from GBA-17 Diamer-III was declared the returned candidate, while independent candidate Mohammad Dilpazeer from GBA-15 Diamer-I was also declared successful. Dilpazeer later joined the IPP.
