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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... Punjab . The sixty - one National Assembly seats of central Punjab comprise more than half of the total seats of the Punjab and more than a quarter of the entire country's seats . The key to success in Punjab politics , and to a ...
... Punjab . The sixty - one National Assembly seats of central Punjab comprise more than half of the total seats of the Punjab and more than a quarter of the entire country's seats . The key to success in Punjab politics , and to a ...
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... central Punjab's population density of 460 per square kilometre in 1981 ( and an estimated 637 by 1993 ) is more than double of northern Punjab , triple of southern Punjab , and quadruple of western Punjab . Central Punjab's literacy ...
... central Punjab's population density of 460 per square kilometre in 1981 ( and an estimated 637 by 1993 ) is more than double of northern Punjab , triple of southern Punjab , and quadruple of western Punjab . Central Punjab's literacy ...
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... Punjab Assemb- ly's 240 non - reserved seats . Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's victory in the 1970 elections was won in central Punjab , where his Pakistan People's ... Central Punjab Election Results by District 1970 PUNJAB'S ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY 45.
... Punjab Assemb- ly's 240 non - reserved seats . Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's victory in the 1970 elections was won in central Punjab , where his Pakistan People's ... Central Punjab Election Results by District 1970 PUNJAB'S ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY 45.
Contents
Pakistans Electoral History | 15 |
Punjabs Electoral Geography | 34 |
The UrbanRural Divide | 68 |
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1970 elections 1993 elections analysis Asian Bhutto biradari campaign canal candidates cast Census cent central Punjab Chapter cities colony constituency contested Democracy detailed determinants differences District East economic electoral elite explain faction factors Faisalabad female former groups held important included increase independent India indicates industrial influence Institute interview by author Islamabad Islamic issues Jones Karachi Khan labour Lahore land leaders lost lower major male middle classes military Minister National Assembly Nawaz Sharif northern organization Pakistan party patronage percentage PML(N policies political politicians polling station population PPP's President Provincial Punjab received region Report role rural seats September social South southern Punjab Statistics strong Survey Table Tape recording ticket Town traditional University Press upper urban villages voters voting behaviour wards West western Punjab women Zulfikar Ali Bhutto