Modern Trends and Voting Behaviours in Politics of District Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan

Muhammad Farooq Akbar Leghari, Aftab Hussain Gillani and Muhammad Wasim Abbas
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Muhammad Farooq Akbar Leghari: PhD Scholar, Department of Pakistan Studies, Islamia University Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
Aftab Hussain Gillani: Associate Professor/ Chairman, Department of Pakistan Studies, Islamia University Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
Muhammad Wasim Abbas: PhD Scholar, Department of Pakistan Studies, Islamia University Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.

Global Regional Review, 2020, vol. 5, issue 1, 323-331

Abstract: Elections play a significant role in democratic governance. The present investigation exhibited changing scenario as the importance of numerous factors is replaced by others which affects the magnitude of voting behavior of common peoples participating in electoral politics. It elucidates the causes that constitute political affiliation in District Dera Ghazi Khan. During our field surveys most of the respondents pleaded that Biradari and caste system encounter political leadership at local and country levels. The results reflect that people of District Dera Ghazi Khan (tribal and rural area) were mostly in favor of caste based preferences of political leader in electoral system. Peoples had their own preferences and vision across the literate or illiterate voter. The voter decides independently which person would be suitable political leader in his constituency.

Keywords: South Punjab Politics; Voting Behavior; General Election Comparison; Modern Trends in Politics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.31703/grr.2020(V-I).35

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