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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Page 97
... industries . Consequently , industrial labour comprises a much higher percentage of Lahore's work force than in most other cities of the Punjab . Lahore's ' industrial ' wards are those in which high concen- trations of organized industrial ...
... industries . Consequently , industrial labour comprises a much higher percentage of Lahore's work force than in most other cities of the Punjab . Lahore's ' industrial ' wards are those in which high concen- trations of organized industrial ...
Page 98
... industrial wards represented a serious decline over its 1988 per- formance . Its 20.7 per cent lead over the IJI in ... industrial and commercial sector . A large number of workers in northern Lahore are employed in the scrap iron ...
... industrial wards represented a serious decline over its 1988 per- formance . Its 20.7 per cent lead over the IJI in ... industrial and commercial sector . A large number of workers in northern Lahore are employed in the scrap iron ...
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... industrial labour - are in political decline . The labour movement in Pakistan has never been particularly strong ... industrial labour . Its 1993 results in industrial wards , however , were not only lower than in 1970 , but ...
... industrial labour - are in political decline . The labour movement in Pakistan has never been particularly strong ... industrial labour . Its 1993 results in industrial wards , however , were not only lower than in 1970 , but ...
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