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GEON OBSERVERD ORDERLY AND PEACEFUL POLLING ON 15 NOV 2020. COMPLAINTS ON RESULTS WERE ADRESSED BY ECGB.

300 NOTICES SERVED ON VIOLATION BY ECGB. ECGB HELD PRESS CONFERENCES AND RE- POLLING IN DIFFERENT CONSTITUENCIES ON CONCERNS OF POLITICAL CANDIDATES. WEATHER FACTOR AFFECTED THE POLL AT FEW POLLING STATIONS. RE ELECTION WILL BE HELD IN CONSTITUENCIES WITH COMPLAINTS ALONG WITH GBLA 3 ON 22 NOV 2020.

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Gilgit Baltistan Election, 15 Nov 2020 Observed by Global Election Observers Network (GEON)

The third consecutive elections for the legislative assembly of Gilgit Baltistan ,after the status of province, were held on 15 Nov 2020 under the Presidential order to form a caretaker government and for extension of the Elections Act 2017 to Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) promulgated on 17 May 2020.The assembly is unicameral that consists of 33 members who are representatives of the people of GB. 24 members come through general elections while 6 seats are reserved for women and 3 seats for technocrats. The elections initially were held on 23 seats because one candidate, Syed Jaffar Shah of PTI went to his eternal abode. Election on this seat took place on held on 22 Nov where 23 candidates were in the run.

Number of total votes registered is 745,361 out of which, 339,998 are women, which constitutes 46% of the total electors. Total population of GB is 1.4 Million (14 hundred thousand) in 2017 census. Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) fielded 23 candidates and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and GILGIT-BALTISTAN ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS, 2020

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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) 21 candidates each. 14 political parties took part in the election with 127 candidates including 3 women. Out of 200 independent candidates, only one female contested the election on independent seat.

Since Aug 2009, Gilgit Baltistan has seen 3 general elections and the latest are third consecutive pole in which Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf emerged as the largest party and formed government by collaborating with independent candidates. It is now a tradition here and people say that the regional government is formed by the party that is already in power in the centre.PTI won 10 seats while 5 Independent winners have also joined PTI.

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Gilgit-Baltistan(GB);

It was Federally Administered Northern Areas (FANA) in the early years of Pakistan but now it is autonomous region with its own government and electoral systems. In 1970, it became asingle administrative unit called Northern Areas under administrative control of the Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas, formed from the amalgamation of the Gilgit Agency, the Baltistan District of the Ladakh Wazarat, and the states of Hunza and Nagar.The region is divided into two administrative divisions: Gilgit and Baltistan/Skardu, and covers 72,971km² with an estimated population of1.4 million.

Election Commission of GB;

Elections are conducted by the ECGB, which has its own financial and administrative infrastructure. The ECGB is headed by a Chief Election Commissioner(CEC). Unlike the Election Commission of Pakistan(ECP), in the ECGB, the CEC is the only Member of the Commission. The Chairman of the Council (the Prime Minister of Pakistan) appoints the CEC on the advice of the Governor of GB (Vice Chairman).The CEC of ECGB is selected from a panel of retired judges and bureaucrats. The current CEC of ECGB, Mr Tahir Ali Shah, is a retired judge of Supreme Appellate Court of GB.The eligibility criterion for the CEC in GB is distinct from that of Members of the ECP, who may only be retired judges. Most of the ECGB administrative officials have been seconded from the District Management Services of GB.While it is a separate organization, the ECGB is in contact with the ECP and seeks technical assistance and support from time to time.

Raja Shahbaz Khan is the present CEC under whose administration and arrangement the Elections of 15 Nov 2020 took place. He is former Judge and enjoy a good repute among all circles and tribes of GB.

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Observations of the Representatives of "Global election Observers Network”

Here is a detailed report prepared by “Global Election Observers Network” on the election. It covers the background and latest state of affairs pre- elections, elections and post -elections. It also sheds light on the measures taken by the election commission of GB to make the elections free, fair and transparent as much as they can be. GOEN has a network of more than 150 observers including women throughout GB in every constituency who noted how the process was going on and they reported from their respective areas and constituencies. The network remained connected with its regional control in Gilgit and central monitoring in Rawalpindi/Islamabad. The observers of this network were registered with their proper IDs and were issued special cards for entry into the premises of elections. They developed close contacts with the general public, political workers, candidates and the Election Commission Officials to fetch maximum information and that the closest to the ground realities. The Observers/representatives had access to the polling stations and they face no obstacle in this regard.

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Geon Observers noted the procedures and implementation of rules and regulations in pre-election phase as well as on the polling days in their respective areas. They found a smooth and orderly election in most of the polling stations. There were some complaints of slow polling and other problems but the staff were seen willing to address them accordingly. As long as slow polling is concerned, there were some unavoidable situations where the weather was not fine or where the long distances were problem, Geon observers noted that as the day begun turn out was low but during the day more people tend to vote and thus process of polling seen slight delay.

According to GEON observation Election Commission succeeded in holding all the procedures in accordance with law and the major achievement of GBEC was to stop political parties from campaigning and conversing for the votes on the election day. There were some allegations of irregularities but most of them could not be proved and the remaining were legally addressed by the Election commission. Forms 45 that are preliminary results of the polling were available to the polling agents of all parties. Voting and Counting were noted as per prescribed rules and regulations.

GEON observers did not find any breach of the secrecy of the vote nor any stamping of ballots by others on behalf of voters. The observers have not reported turning away of voters registered at the polling stations.

GB Elections 2020 held on the voter list that was prepared by NADRA in Sep 2014 and verified by the staff going door to door. This list was shared preliminarily with all candidates and for the voters as well to receive the complaints if any, for 21 days. It was purely for objections, corrections, inclusion or whatever was required with the passage of time. And all necessary changes were made as per the desire of the candidates and the voters. Moreover NADRA was asked to allot SMS service 8300 for the voters to check their status.

Provincial Status Back Ground: GILGIT-BALTISTAN ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS, 2020

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On 29 August 2009, the Gilgit-Baltistan Empowerment and Self-Governance Order 2009, was passed by the Pakistan’s cabinet and later signed by the then . Gilgit-Baltistan thus gained a de facto province-like status without constitutionally becoming part of Pakistan. Prime Minister on 01 Nov 2020 officially announced his government’s decision to convert the territory of Gilgit Baltistan (GB) into a full-fledged province. The decision will grant the region Pakistan’s constitutional rights, comprising representation in the upper and lower houses of the (Pakistan) parliament but a notification in this regard and details of the announcement are still awaited. Therefore, the locals took this fresh announcement just as an election slogan.

First Assembly Election;

First election was held on 12 Nov 2009 in which 264 candidates participated, out of which 99 from 10 different political parties and 165 independent candidates contested for 24 seats. Voting took place from Morning 9 AM to 4 PM. 1022 polling stations were set up out of which 200 polling stations were considered sensitive. 5000 law enforcement personnel were hired for security. Pakistan People’s Party emerged as the largest party with 11 general seats in the assembly by winning 20 seats out of 33 including special and reserved seats of women and others. The assembly members took oath on 10 December 2009 and Syed Mehdi Shah became the 1st Chief Minister of Gilgit Baltistan unopposed. The assembly completed its full 5 years term.

Result;

PPP secured 20 seats. Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl) 4, PML-N and PML-Q 3 each, and Islami Tehreek Pakistan, MuttahidaQoumi Movement and Balawaristan National Front 1 each. Wazir Baig of the PPP was chosen as Assembly Speaker and Jamil Ahmed, also from PPP, was appointed Deputy Speaker. Bashir Ahmed, of the PML-Q, was appointed as the first opposition leader nine months after the election. The members took oath on 10 Dec 2009 and Syed Mehdi Shah was elected First CM of GB. PPP secured 72,851 votes collectively GILGIT-BALTISTAN ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS, 2020

Global Election Observers Network’s Preliminary Observation Report that is 33.08 % of total votes. PMLN got 33,612 votes votes collectively that is 15.26 % of total votes.

Second Assembly Elections;

Elections for the 2nd Assembly of Gilgit Baltistan were held on 8 June 2015. 495 candidates from different political parties and Independents submitted their nomination papers out of which 50 nominations were rejected. 445 candidates took part in elections. Polling took place from morning 8 am to evening 4 pm. Total 1143 polling stations were set up across the region. Out of 1143 polling stations, 282 were declared highly sensitive, while 269 polling stations were declared sensitive. About 5500 Military Soldiers along with 4356 policemen were deployed to perform security duties. Pakistan Muslim League (N) emerged as the majority party by winning 15 out of 24 general seats. Taking into account the 4 out of 6 women seats and 2 out of 3 technocrat seats that they successfully gained, their seats increased to 22. They won a lopsided majority in the assembly.

Result;

Pakistan Muslim League N was the winner with 16 general seats, Islami Tehreek Pakistan and Majlis e Wahdat ul Muslimeen 2 each, PPP, PTI, JUI F and Balawarstan National Front 1 each. New members took oath on 24 June 2015. Hafiz Hafeez ur Rehman was elected CM on 26 June 2015. PMLN secured 125,532votes collectively that is 34.17 % of total votes. PPP got 69,744 votes collectively that is 18.40 % of total votes. MWM got 39800 votes and the percentage was 10.50%.

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Third Assembly Elections- 15 Nov 2020

Elections were held on 15 November 2020 in 23 constituencies. Total constituencies are 24 but election in one postponed to 22 Nov because of the death of one candidate Jaffar Shah of PTI, the president of regional party wing. 357 candidates contested these elections, representing 14 officially registered and recognized political parties of Gilgit-Baltistan (at the time of the 2020 elections) or being an independent candidate. Only 4 were women among them that is very low representation but still it is legal as political parties are bound to fix only 5% of tickets to women and in 24 this ratio is fulfilled with only one ticket to a woman. (Details Ahead) Opposition parties like PPP and PMLN leveled allegations of rigging and mal practices by the PTI candidates, their leaders who came from Islamabad and against the Election Commission as well. But it is a matter of great satisfaction that no untoward incident occurred in any region till the elections were held. It is worth noting here that GB is highly sensitive region with respect to sectarian clashes and terror attacks in the past.

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GB Election Commission denied the allegations of rigging and claimed that the elections are the most transparent, free and fair in the history of GB. EC of GB brings arguments and references in the support of their claim that can be seen in this report ahead.

Result; As was noted that the party in the center wins elections in the region as a tradition, PTI secured 10 seats becoming the largest party but at the same time with no simple majority. PPP got 3 -PMLN 2 -Majlis e Wahdat ul Muslimeen 1, and 7 independent candidates emerged as the main group that is the king maker in these elections. PTI as the largest party attracted the independents and 5 of these joined PTI on 19 Nov 2020. Now PTI is all set to from the government with 15 presently and more possible members as MWM is also ally and more independent candidates can join.

Postponement of Election;

The elections were originally scheduled to be held on 18 August 2020 as the assembly completed 5 years term on 24 June 2020, but were postponed in July due to the Corona Pandemic, which severely affected Gilgit-Baltistan and secondly, legally it was not possible because there was no election and care taker government rules were existing. That was noted by Chief Election Commissioner Raja Shahbaz Khan. The center admitted the fault and later the President Dr promulgated a presidential order to form a caretaker government and for extension of the Elections Act 2017 to Gilgit-Baltistan (GB).

CEC of GB called APC in which regional leaders of all parties including Hafiz Hafeez ur Rehamn, Malik Amjad Advocate and others participated. All leaders unanimously agreed to the postponement of elections to a next suitable date to find enough time for preparation of elections. Later in the public these leaders expressed difference to the postponement that was not realistic point of view according to the developments noted by the GOEN observers.

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GB Election & Caretaker Gov Amendment Order 2020;

The presidential order said it was necessary to provide for adaption of laws to install a caretaker government in GB for conducting a fair and transparent election. It is expedient to amend the Government of Gilgit-Baltistan Order 2018 SRO number 704 (1), 2018.

The order will be called the “Gilgit-Baltistan (Elections and Caretaker Government) Amendment Order, 2020”. The presidential order inserted a new Article, “48-A”. Federal Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and GB notified on 17 May 2020 that the president promulgated the “Gilgit-Baltistan Election and Caretaker Amendment Order, 2020” to conduct transparent elections in GB. Assembly completed tenure on June 24. Therefore it was not possible to conduct the elections smoothly within the given time.

The Gilgit-Baltistan Order of 2018 provided for administrative changes, including authorizing the Prime Minister of Pakistan to legislate on an array of subjects. The presidential order said it was necessary to provide for the adoption of laws to install a caretaker government in GB for conducting a fair and transparent election.

The presidential order said after Article 48 of the government of GB the new article would be inserted. Under Article 48-A of the Elections Act 2017, all rules and regulations as are enforced in Pakistan would be adopted in the territory of GB.

It directed that under Article 56(5) of the proposed GB Reforms, 2019, the GB chief minister, opposition leader in the GB Assembly and the federal minister for Kashmir affairs and GB should agree on one name for the caretaker GB chief minister. GILGIT-BALTISTAN ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS, 2020

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Gender Gap;

Geon observers team noted that Total number of women candidates in these elections was only 4. This number is quite alarming out of total number of candidates that is 357 in 24 constituencies. Interestingly the Party that is in the center and was supposed to win the GB election, PTI, that even allotted only one ticket to a woman. Here it is worth mentioning that election act says that the election can be declared null and void if number of women votes cast in one constituency is less than 10 %.

Out of a total of 745,361 registered voters in the region, 339,998 are a woman, which constitutes 46% of the total electors. For 2020 elections, 65,365 more male voters have registered themselves, resulting 9% increase in the gender gap that was 07 % in previous elections. 547 candidates submitted their nomination papers including 8 women candidates. After scrutiny, 357 candidates appeared in the final list which included 4 female candidates. This is the same number as of 2015 elections but the number of male candidates increased from 263 (in 2015) to 323 (in 2020).

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Section 206 of the Elections Act, 2017, obligates political parties to give 5% of their tickets on general seats to women, which means at least one out of 20 tickets should be given to female candidate. The PPP and PTI in compliance with Elections Act 2017 issued ticket to one female candidate each meeting the minimum criteria while the PML-N whose election campaign is being run by party’s vice-president Maryam Nawaz, herself a woman, issued no ticket to any woman. Geon observers mentioned that PPP issued their ticket to Sadia Danish to contest from Derail, Taangir a area very well-known for less or null turn out of women to cast their vote due to various reasons including their traditional restrictions.Though Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan (JUI-P), which has fielded only 12 candidates and was not obligated by the law, had given ticket one women candidate.

Mehnaz Wali

JUI-P candidate Mehnaz Wali is contesting from GBA-6 Hunza. She served G-B Legislative Assembly from 2009-2014 on reserved seats for women and also worked as education minister. Mehnaz, a resident of the constituency GBA-1 in GILGIT-BALTISTAN ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS, 2020

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Gilgit, contested the election on a general seat for the first time. She did not get a ticket from her hometown as her party nominated Abdul Hameed Gujjar from that constituency. Instead, she has been given the ticket from GBA-6 in Hunza.

Sadia Danish

PPP’s Sadia Danish contested the election on general seat for the first time. She was issued ticket from GBA-18 Diamer-IV. Sadia served the GB Legislative Assembly from 2009-2014 on reserved seat for women and worked as GB information minister. She was also the adviser to GB chief minister.

Shehnaz Bhutto

Another female candidate Shehnaz Bhutto contested the election as independent candidate from GBA-20 Ghizer-II. She is a social activist and has worked with different NGOs.

Amina Bibi Ansari

PTI issued ticket to Amina Bibi Ansari from GBA-23 Ghanche-II. Her political career spans over a decade.She served the GB Legislative Assembly from 2009- 2014 on reserved seats for women.Out of these four women candidates, only Amina contested election on general seat for the second time.

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Transparency & Free/Fair Election;

A-Opposition Allegations;

Minister for Kashmir/GB affairs was addressing the election rallies of PTI. Prime Minister was not in election campaign but he visited two times in between the election season. First to inaugurate Dia Mir Bhasha Dam and then to participate in Azadi Ceremony of 01 Nov in Gilgit.

1. Federal ministers’ visits and addressing the rallies to announce developmental projects 2. Postal ballots were more than the number of voters in one constituency 3. Polling slowed down in constituencies where opposition party’s candidate was strong 4. Double stamping by polling staff to cancel the majority vote 5. Polling staff stamping the ballots of women voters who could not reach to polling stations

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B- Response from Election Commission

Chief Election Commissioner Raja Shahbaz Khan welcomed all complaints and stated that the apprehensions of rigging would be proved baseless and these elections will prove to be the maximum transparent elections in the history of GB.There is no justification for the hue and cry being raised by the leaders of some political parties about rigging.

CEC promised before the election that “If the opposition leaders can identify any flaws in the electoral process, CEC will definitely fix it.CECGB says that local leaders of political parties are satisfied with arrangements for GB elections which would be conducted in a free, fair and transparent way on Nov 15.

CEC made it clear that GB elections will be conducted without interference of the federal government. One thing in this regard was noted in the case of Governor of GB who was not active in the election campaign.

GB Election Commission has adopted the Election Commission of Pakistan’s code of conduct of 2018 with the addition of standard operating procedures regarding Covid-19 with the consultations of all political parties in GB.

CEC of GB had issued a notification on May 18 banning executive authority from postings and announcement of fresh development schemes. Two all- party conferences were held on July 7 and August 26 for reaching consensus among political parties on the conduct and schedule of elections.

Under section 238 of the Elections Act, 2017, extended to Gilgit-Baltistan on May 15, the CEC had invited observers including GEON to monitor elections. Code of conduct for contesting candidates and political parties had already been issued and electoral rolls had also been updated on the demand of political parties. New voter lists were scrutinized from NADRA. The officials of NADRA visited all divisions of GB in this regard where the reservations of the candidates and voters were noted and cleared.

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In Regards of other complaint GEON observers stated that , CEC took a simple decision of opening every constituency where any complaint was raised. Recounting, examining of votes polled and other measures were taken to satisfy the complainants.

Form 45 & 46;

GEON observers were directed to keep special focus on availability of Form 45 (result of the count) and Form 46 (the ballot paper account) to polling agents inside polling stations during the vote counting process. The observers noted there were no hinderance for the agents to receive these forms. Availability of these forms increases the integrity of the election results management.

Reasons of Slow Polling;

PPP and PMLN alleged slow polling in some polling stations where they claimed they had majority vote. GEON observers checked these areas. Most of them were in the districts that recieved snowfall on the polling day. These stations were in the districts of Astor, Hunzah, Ghizer (Phander) Ganchey and Sakardu. It was already forseen that the weather can become severe in some districts of GB that is a routine matter. Met Department's forcast was also there. Voters come out reluctantly in such areas.

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Another reason for taking the polling as slow is in some areas women are not active participants of election. That is because of the traditions and customs of the local communities. They do not allow their women to go out of home.

Above all, everyone knows that the elections held during second wave of corona pandemic that is considered more sever than the first wave. Therefore many voters avoided rush hours or they did not come out for casting their vote.

Transparent Voter List;

GB Elections 2020 held on the voter list that was prepared by NADRA in Sep 2014 and verified by the staff going door to door. This list was shared preliminarily with all candidates and for the voters as well to receive the complaints for 21 days. It was purely for objections, corrections, inclusion or whatever was required with the passage of time. And all necessary changes were made as per the desire of the candidates and the voters. Moreover NADRA was asked to allot SMS service 8300 for the voters to check their status.

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Status of Polling Agents;

They were facilitated by the election staff to watch the process from maximum close positions and they were able to observe the polling. Agents as well as the candidates had access when the ROs were preparing the results. Provisional results on Form-47 (Provisional Consolidated Statement of Results of the Count) were available in time in most of the areas. Only a few complaints were launched and there were unavoidable reasons that were later addressed accordingly.

Sensitive Polling Stations;

According to GB chief secretary out of the total 1,141 polling stations, 577 had been identified as sensitive, with 297 of them highly sensitive. The data shared GOEN revealed that;

Gilgit 125 out of the 208 polling stations had been declared as sensitive, including 48 highly sensitive.

Ghizer The situation appeared to be comparatively better in this district where 62 out of a total of 143 polling stations had been declared sensitive, with 31 of them as highly sensitive.

Hunza 20 out of the total 64 polling stations categorised as sensitive, of which 11 were highly sensitive.

Nigar District, number of polling stations was 61 out of which 22 were sensitive including 9 highly sensitive.

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Skardu 103 out of the total 181 polling stations declared sensitive, of which 57 highly sensitive.

Ghanche Number of polling stations was 49 out of which as many as 30 declared sensitive, including 16 highly sensitive.

Shigar 24 out of the total 61 polling stations declared sensitive, of which 12 were highly sensitive.

Kharmang 27 out of total 39 polling stations categorised as sensitive, 16 of them as highly sensitive.

Diamer Appeared to be a major trouble spot where only 4 out of the total 141 polling stations categorised as normal.

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Security;

Pakistan Army or Rangers were not called in to preside over the polls at the Election. Caretaker Chief Minister made it clear in an interview with the representative of “Global Election Observers Network” that the caretaker government had the capacity to hold free, fair, and transparent elections with its own security apparatus including Police and other forces. But GB Gov had requested Punjab Gov to send 2,353 Punjab Constabulary personnel — 23 inspectors, 78 sub-inspectors, 168 assistant sub-inspectors, 250 head constables and 1,834 constables. Election process remained peaceful.

Important to Note;

1-A unique phenomenon was observed in this election in a way that every constituency from where a complaint of rigging or other was raised was opened for recounting and the results were reorganized to the satisfaction of the complainants. One interesting constituency was GBA 16 where PMLN candidate won the seat and PTI candidate lost it standing on the third place. The second number candidate asked for recount in which PMLN candidate remained a winner again.

2-It was worth noting that in previous elections of 2009 and 2015, federal governments sent the Governors from the center prior to the elections that played their full role in preparing for the elections. Qamar Zaman Kaira was from PPP and Birjees Tahir was from PMLN. This time the center did not send Governor from Islamabad and a local Mr Jalal was the Governor who did not took part in any political activity or election process.

3-Opposition parties PPP and PMLN lost popularity and number of their seats decreased that they are taking as rigging but matter of fact to note is also that in this election vote was divided into 3 major parties. PTI actively and with full strength took part in this election as compared to previous elections in which only two parties were in the run. And last but not the least, PPP and PMLN GILGIT-BALTISTAN ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS, 2020

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