GILGIT: The ruling PML-N candidate Mohammad Imran Wakeel won the by-election held in the Tangir valley constituency on Tuesday. Only two candidates contested the by-poll, and the second contestant was from JUI-F.

The seat had fallen vacant after the death of then Forest Minister Haji Mohammad Wakeel in May. Twenty-six polling stations had been set up across the constituency, and police and other law-enforcement agencies personnel had been deployed to keep calm during the polls.

According to unofficial results, Mohammad Wakeel, who is brother of the deceased, secured 3,633 votes while JUI-F’s Haji Gulbar Khan got 2,553 votes.

Meanwhile, the Gilgit-Baltistan Election Commission on Wednesday announced the schedule for by-elections on GBLA’s Hunza constituency. According to a press release, the by-election will be held on August 29.

The returning officers will collect the papers from candidates on July 17 and 18; scrutiny of papers will be completed by July 24 and the candidates could lodge appeals against rejection of papers by July 28.

The seat had fallen vacant after appointment of Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan as Gilgit-Baltistan Governor, last year.—Correspondent