The Pakistani Voter, Electoral Politics and Voting Behaviour in the PunjabOxford University Press, 1999 - 341 pages A study of voting behaviour in Pakistan. Beginning by outlining Pakistan's electoral history, it then proceeds to analyze voting behaviour in Pakistan's most populous and politicaly powerful province: the Punjab. The book argues that the main underlying determinant of voting behaviour in the Punjab is voter perception of which candidate and party will be the most effective at delivering patronage. |
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... Siraiki linguistic and cultural traditions.35 In 1981 , the mother tongue of 95 per cent of the population of central Punjab was Punjabi while in southern Punjab , Punjabi was the mother tongue of 57 per cent and Siraiki of 41 per cent ...
... Siraiki linguistic and cultural traditions.35 In 1981 , the mother tongue of 95 per cent of the population of central Punjab was Punjabi while in southern Punjab , Punjabi was the mother tongue of 57 per cent and Siraiki of 41 per cent ...
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... Siraiki and Shujabad Tehsil's 89.6 per cent Siraiki ) , Lodhran ( 71.2 per cent Siraiki ) , Bahawalpur ( 66.7 per cent Siraiki ) , and Rahim Yar Khan ( 65 per cent Siraiki ) in the south and west . ( See Appendix A for a breakdown of ...
... Siraiki and Shujabad Tehsil's 89.6 per cent Siraiki ) , Lodhran ( 71.2 per cent Siraiki ) , Bahawalpur ( 66.7 per cent Siraiki ) , and Rahim Yar Khan ( 65 per cent Siraiki ) in the south and west . ( See Appendix A for a breakdown of ...
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... Siraiki interests than the PML ( N ) , led by a Punjabi . In the constituencies of the Siraiki - majority districts of Rahim Yar Khan , Bahawalpur , and Multan , a comparison of polling station results from canal colony villages ...
... Siraiki interests than the PML ( N ) , led by a Punjabi . In the constituencies of the Siraiki - majority districts of Rahim Yar Khan , Bahawalpur , and Multan , a comparison of polling station results from canal colony villages ...
Contents
Pakistans Electoral History | 15 |
Punjabs Electoral Geography | 34 |
The UrbanRural Divide | 68 |
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