Voting for the fourth general elections of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly ended at 5 pm on Sunday, with unofficial and unconfirmed results beginning to emerge from across the region.

According to unofficial and unconfirmed results so far, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has won four seats, while an independent candidate has secured one.

A total of 396 candidates contested elections in 24 constituencies of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly.

Complete results have been received from five constituencies.

In GBA-4 Nagar-1, PPP candidate Muhammad Ali Akhtar won with 7,670 votes, defeating Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Muhammad Ayub, who secured 6,566 votes, according to unofficial results from all 53 polling stations.

In GBA-7 Skardu-1, PPP’s Syed Tauqeer Mehdi was declared successful with 4,337 votes, ahead of Utsharq Pakistan Party’s Raja Jalal Hussain Khan, who received 3,891 votes, according to unofficial results from all 31 polling stations.

In GBA-9 Skardu-3, PPP candidate Fida Muhammad Nashad won with 6,270 votes, narrowly defeating independent candidate Wazir Muhammad Saleem, who secured 6,240 votes, according to unofficial results from all 54 polling stations.

In GBA-10 Skardu-4, PPP’s Raja Nasir Abdullah won with 5,680 votes, while Pakistan Stability Party candidate Khan Wazir finished second with 3,409 votes, according to unofficial results from all 51 polling stations.

In GBA-24 Ghanche-3, independent candidate Dr. Asad Shafiq won with 7,175 votes, ahead of PPP’s Muhammad Ismail, who secured 5,195 votes, according to unofficial results from all 46 polling stations.

Partial results from other constituencies showed PPP’s Amjad Hussain leading in GBA-1 Gilgit-1 with 3,600 votes after results from 28 of 80 polling stations, while Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Muhammad Shafiquddin had 2,300 votes.

In GBA-2 Gilgit-2, PML-N’s Hafeez-ur-Rehman was leading with 4,129 votes after results from 27 of 91 polling stations, followed by PPP’s Jamil Ahmed with 2,695 votes.

In GBA-3 Gilgit-3, PML-N’s Muhammad Iqbal led with 5,000 votes after results from 42 of 82 polling stations, while independent candidate Syed Sohail Abbas had 3,867 votes.

In GBA-5 Nagar-2, independent candidate Jahangir Shah was leading with 814 votes after results from 11 of 32 polling stations, ahead of PML-N’s Javed Ali Manwa with 629 votes.

In GBA-6 Hunza, independent candidate Neknam Karim led with 5,612 votes after results from 77 of 88 polling stations, while PPP’s Imtiaz-ul-Haq had 4,540 votes.

In GBA-8 Skardu-2, PPP’s Syed Muhammad Ali Shah was leading with 6,190 votes after results from 37 of 70 polling stations, followed by Majlis-e-Wahdat Muslimeen Pakistan’s Muhammad Kazim with 5,978 votes.

In GBA-11 Kharmang, PPP candidate Iqbal Hassan led with 5,315 votes after results from 40 of 51 polling stations, while PML-N candidate Mohsin Rizvi had 4,220 votes.

In GBA-12 Shigar, PPP’s Imran Nadeem was leading with 6,367 votes after results from 35 of 71 polling stations, ahead of Islami Tehreek’s Raja Azam Khan with 3,679 votes.

In GBA-13 Astore-1, PML-N’s Rana Farman Ali was leading with 4,368 votes after results from 36 of 57 polling stations, while independent candidate Shahida had 4,312 votes.

In GBA-14 Astore-2, PML-N candidate Rana Muhammad Farooq was leading with 3,390 votes after results from 24 of 51 polling stations, narrowly ahead of PPP’s Shamsul-ul-Haq Lone with 3,383 votes.

In GBA-15 Diamer-1, independent candidate Muhammad Dilpazir was leading with 1,274 votes after results from eight of 51 polling stations, while Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) candidate Wali-ur-Rehman had 805 votes.

In GBA-16 Diamer-2, independent candidate Imam Malik was leading with 2,790 votes after results from 16 of 42 polling stations, followed by PPP candidate Attaullah with 2,474 votes.