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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... urban middle classes a national leader - Mian Nawaz Sharif . The Urban - Rural Divide in Electoral Politics As the discussion above has shown , the urban - rural political divide is not a recent phenomenon in the Punjab . What gives ...
... urban middle classes a national leader - Mian Nawaz Sharif . The Urban - Rural Divide in Electoral Politics As the discussion above has shown , the urban - rural political divide is not a recent phenomenon in the Punjab . What gives ...
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... urban polling station results are separated from the rural results , it becomes clear that the PML ( N ) generally won in the urban areas of these constituencies and the PPP - PML ( J ) in the surrounding rural areas . Rural ...
... urban polling station results are separated from the rural results , it becomes clear that the PML ( N ) generally won in the urban areas of these constituencies and the PPP - PML ( J ) in the surrounding rural areas . Rural ...
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... Urban - Rural Results As in 1993 , the PML ( N ) continued to receive its strongest support from urban Punjab in the 1997 elections . " Table 10.2 shows that in the urban constituencies , the PML ( N ) won nearly 70 per cent of the vote ...
... Urban - Rural Results As in 1993 , the PML ( N ) continued to receive its strongest support from urban Punjab in the 1997 elections . " Table 10.2 shows that in the urban constituencies , the PML ( N ) won nearly 70 per cent of the vote ...
Contents
Pakistans Electoral History | 15 |
Punjabs Electoral Geography | 34 |
The UrbanRural Divide | 68 |
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