http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2016(I-I).06
10.31703/gpr.2016(I-I).06
Published : Dec 2016
Partisanship and Voting Behavior: A Case Study of General Election 2008 in District Charsadda
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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Voting Behaviour, Political Party, District Charsadda
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(1) Hassan Shah
PhD Political Science,Department of Political Science,University of Buner, KP, Pakistan.
(2) Jan Alam
Research Scholar, Department of Political Science,Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
(3) Sumbal Jameel
Research Scholar,Department of Political Science,Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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APA : Shah, H., Alam, J., & Jameel, S. (2016). Partisanship and Voting Behavior: A Case Study of General Election 2008 in District Charsadda. Global Political Review, I(I), 53-64. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2016(I-I).06
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CHICAGO : Shah, Hassan, Jan Alam, and Sumbal Jameel. 2016. "Partisanship and Voting Behavior: A Case Study of General Election 2008 in District Charsadda." Global Political Review, I (I): 53-64 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2016(I-I).06
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HARVARD : SHAH, H., ALAM, J. & JAMEEL, S. 2016. Partisanship and Voting Behavior: A Case Study of General Election 2008 in District Charsadda. Global Political Review, I, 53-64.
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MHRA : Shah, Hassan, Jan Alam, and Sumbal Jameel. 2016. "Partisanship and Voting Behavior: A Case Study of General Election 2008 in District Charsadda." Global Political Review, I: 53-64
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MLA : Shah, Hassan, Jan Alam, and Sumbal Jameel. "Partisanship and Voting Behavior: A Case Study of General Election 2008 in District Charsadda." Global Political Review, I.I (2016): 53-64 Print.
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OXFORD : Shah, Hassan, Alam, Jan, and Jameel, Sumbal (2016), "Partisanship and Voting Behavior: A Case Study of General Election 2008 in District Charsadda", Global Political Review, I (I), 53-64
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TURABIAN : Shah, Hassan, Jan Alam, and Sumbal Jameel. "Partisanship and Voting Behavior: A Case Study of General Election 2008 in District Charsadda." Global Political Review I, no. I (2016): 53-64. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2016(I-I).06