Electoral manipulation or astute electoral strategy? Explaining the results of Pakistan’s 2018 Election
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11068403 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hassan Javid (Lahore University of Management Sciences), Mariam Mufti (University of Waterloo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 65-87 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Affairs An American Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0092-7678 • E-ISSN: 1940-1590 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00927678.2020.1855033 |
| OpenAlex | W3112140359 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
The focus of this article is to explain the outcome of Pakistan’s 2018 Election, which is only the second successful transfer of power from one civilian government to another after completing a full five-year term. The PTI (Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf) emerged victorious with a greater majority than was predicted, soundly defeating the incumbent ruling party PML-N (Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz). We question why an incumbent governing party that had been delivering on its campaign promises and was generally perceived to be performing well lost the election to PTI, a newer and more inexperienced party. We make a nested argument in this paper: had an uneven playing field not been created in the pre-poll phase due to reported interference by the military and the media in the formation of public opinion, so-called electables would not have defected to the PTI in large numbers. It is in the context of this broader political environment that PTI’s electoral strategy to accept these defecting politicians and select them as candidates paid-off, earning the party an electoral majority
Argument (complex analysis · Context (archaeology · Democracy · Electoral college · General election · Geography · Government (linguistics · League · Multi-party system · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Voting · Belt and Road Initiative · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Public Administration · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
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| Citations per year | 1.8 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |