http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-I).35
10.31703/grr.2020(V-I).35
Published : Mar 2020
Modern Trends and Voting Behaviours in Politics of District Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
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.
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South Punjab Politics, Voting Behavior, General Election Comparison, Modern Trends in Politics
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(1) Muhammad Farooq Akbar Leghari
PhD Scholar, Department of Pakistan Studies, Islamia University Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Aftab Hussain Gillani
Associate Professor/ Chairman, Department of Pakistan Studies, Islamia University Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Muhammad Wasim Abbas
PhD Scholar, Department of Pakistan Studies, Islamia University Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Leghari, M. F. A., Gillani, A. H., & Abbas, M. W. (2020). Modern Trends and Voting Behaviours in Politics of District Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan. Global Regional Review, V(I), 323-331. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-I).35
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CHICAGO : Leghari, Muhammad Farooq Akbar, Aftab Hussain Gillani, and Muhammad Wasim Abbas. 2020. "Modern Trends and Voting Behaviours in Politics of District Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan." Global Regional Review, V (I): 323-331 doi: 10.31703/grr.2020(V-I).35
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HARVARD : LEGHARI, M. F. A., GILLANI, A. H. & ABBAS, M. W. 2020. Modern Trends and Voting Behaviours in Politics of District Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan. Global Regional Review, V, 323-331.
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MHRA : Leghari, Muhammad Farooq Akbar, Aftab Hussain Gillani, and Muhammad Wasim Abbas. 2020. "Modern Trends and Voting Behaviours in Politics of District Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan." Global Regional Review, V: 323-331
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MLA : Leghari, Muhammad Farooq Akbar, Aftab Hussain Gillani, and Muhammad Wasim Abbas. "Modern Trends and Voting Behaviours in Politics of District Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan." Global Regional Review, V.I (2020): 323-331 Print.
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OXFORD : Leghari, Muhammad Farooq Akbar, Gillani, Aftab Hussain, and Abbas, Muhammad Wasim (2020), "Modern Trends and Voting Behaviours in Politics of District Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan", Global Regional Review, V (I), 323-331
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TURABIAN : Leghari, Muhammad Farooq Akbar, Aftab Hussain Gillani, and Muhammad Wasim Abbas. "Modern Trends and Voting Behaviours in Politics of District Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan." Global Regional Review V, no. I (2020): 323-331. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-I).35