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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... sources , as well as on information collected in numerous interviews with Pakistani politicians and political observers . Perhaps the most origi- nal contribution of this work is its extensive quantitative analysis of electoral data ...
... sources , as well as on information collected in numerous interviews with Pakistani politicians and political observers . Perhaps the most origi- nal contribution of this work is its extensive quantitative analysis of electoral data ...
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... sources , and on extensive quantitative data collected from primary sources . During the course of the field research eighty formal interviews were conducted . One - third of these were with Senators and current or former candidates and ...
... sources , and on extensive quantitative data collected from primary sources . During the course of the field research eighty formal interviews were conducted . One - third of these were with Senators and current or former candidates and ...
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... Sources : Regional figures calculated from the following sources : * Government of Pakistan ( GOP ) , ' Handbook of Population Census Data , Punjab ' , Statistics Division , ( Population Census Organization Press , Islamabad , 1987 ) ...
... Sources : Regional figures calculated from the following sources : * Government of Pakistan ( GOP ) , ' Handbook of Population Census Data , Punjab ' , Statistics Division , ( Population Census Organization Press , Islamabad , 1987 ) ...
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