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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... province . Of the 20 million Pakistanis who voted in the national elections that year , 14 million cast their ballots in the Punjab . In Pakistan's National Assembly , 115 of the 207 Muslim seats 39 belong to the Punjab , which shows ...
... province . Of the 20 million Pakistanis who voted in the national elections that year , 14 million cast their ballots in the Punjab . In Pakistan's National Assembly , 115 of the 207 Muslim seats 39 belong to the Punjab , which shows ...
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... province of Sindh . The Ravi and Sutlej roughly serve as the boundary bet- ween central and southern Punjab , along with the Sahiwal district border . To the east lies the border with India , and in the south the border with Sindh Province ...
... province of Sindh . The Ravi and Sutlej roughly serve as the boundary bet- ween central and southern Punjab , along with the Sahiwal district border . To the east lies the border with India , and in the south the border with Sindh Province ...
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... Province , except for the Mianwali Tehsil of Isakhel which is on the west bank of the Indus . Further south , when the Indus cuts into the Derajat , the Sulaiman Range of mountains serves as the border separating western Punjab from ...
... Province , except for the Mianwali Tehsil of Isakhel which is on the west bank of the Indus . Further south , when the Indus cuts into the Derajat , the Sulaiman Range of mountains serves as the border separating western Punjab from ...
Contents
Pakistans Electoral History | 15 |
Punjabs Electoral Geography | 34 |
The UrbanRural Divide | 68 |
Copyright | |
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