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PPP’s Ataullah declared winner in GB-16 after postal ballot recount

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  • PPP's Ataullah declared winner in GB-16 Diamer-II after recount.
  • Ataullah won by 13 votes, securing 6,618 votes to Imam Malik's 6,605.
  • The recount was ordered by the Gilgit-Baltistan Election Tribunal after the initial result excluded postal ballots.

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Following the June 7 elections in Gilgit-Baltistan, independent candidate Imam Malik was declared the winner for the GB-16 Diamer-II seat and later joined the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP). However, the result was declared without counting postal ballots. PPP candidate Ataullah challenged the outcome in the Election Tribunal, which ordered a recount. The recount has now concluded, overturning the initial result.

Latest development

PPP candidate Ataullah has been declared the winner in Gilgit-Baltistan's GB-16 constituency after a recount of postal ballots. He won by a margin of 13 votes, securing 6,618 votes against IPP's Imam Malik, who received 6,605. The result was previously awarded to Malik without counting the postal ballots.

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