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 115
... reported to me that women came to the polling stations and said that we are PPP but we want to vote for Banday . PPP - Jehangir Badr vs. Khwaja Ahmad Tariq Rahim : In contrast to Tariq Banday , Jehangir Badr , the PPP's candidate in NA ...
... reported to me that women came to the polling stations and said that we are PPP but we want to vote for Banday . PPP - Jehangir Badr vs. Khwaja Ahmad Tariq Rahim : In contrast to Tariq Banday , Jehangir Badr , the PPP's candidate in NA ...
Page 161
... reported that government employees accounted for the vast majority of those who voted by post . The postal ballot results summarized in Table 7-5 indicate that those voting by postal ballots preferred the PML ( N ) over the PPP- PML ( J ) ...
... reported that government employees accounted for the vast majority of those who voted by post . The postal ballot results summarized in Table 7-5 indicate that those voting by postal ballots preferred the PML ( N ) over the PPP- PML ( J ) ...
Page 294
... reported to the author that the Gujranwala city constituency of NA - 76 ( described above in the press account ) , was gerrymandered to exclude poorer neighbourhoods and neighbourhoods dominated by the Arain biradari in order to create ...
... reported to the author that the Gujranwala city constituency of NA - 76 ( described above in the press account ) , was gerrymandered to exclude poorer neighbourhoods and neighbourhoods dominated by the Arain biradari in order to create ...
Contents
Pakistans Electoral History | 15 |
Punjabs Electoral Geography | 34 |
The UrbanRural Divide | 68 |
Copyright | |
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