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Partisanship and Voting Behavior: A Case Study of General Election 2008 in District Charsadda

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  • Hassan Shah

    (PhD Political Science,Department of Political Science,University of Buner, KP, Pakistan.)

  • Jan Alam

    (Research Scholar, Department of Political Science,Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.)

  • Sumbal Jameel

    (Research Scholar,Department of Political Science,Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.)

Abstract

The role of Political parties and politicians are indispensable for making democracy. The finding the paper is the role of political parties and the personality of the contesting candidate in shaping voting behavior in District Charsadda in the 2008 election. The focused area of the study is district Charsadda of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The data collected through a multistage sampling method in which ten union councils out of 49 were selected which 20% of the total union councils.

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  • Hassan Shah & Jan Alam & Sumbal Jameel, 2016. "Partisanship and Voting Behavior: A Case Study of General Election 2008 in District Charsadda," Global Political Review, Humanity Only, vol. 1(1), pages 53-64, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:aaw:gprjrn:v:1:y:2016:i:1:p:53-64
    DOI: 10.31703/gpr.2016(I-I).06
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    Keywords

    Voting Behaviour; Political Party; District Charsadda;
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    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
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