Overview
- Voting is underway on Sunday, June 7, 2026, with polling open from 08:00 to 17:00 across Gilgit‑Baltistan.
- Election authorities say logistics are complete, reporting roughly 1,368–1,391 polling stations and 2,447 polling booths set up for the 24 seats.
- Officials classified hundreds of stations as sensitive or highly sensitive and deployed large security forces, with one official count citing about 17,500 police and army and paramilitary units placed on alert.
- A crowded field of candidates will contest the vote, with election returns showing hundreds of entrants including many independents and party slates from PPP, PML‑N, Istehkam Pakistan and religious and regional parties.
- About 958,480 registered voters (approximately 503,772 men and 454,708 women) provide the turnout baseline and will determine local representation and the balance of power in the region.