ELECTORAL POLITICS: A HISTORICAL (1947-1997) REVIEW OF MIANWALI, PAKISTAN

Abstract

This study elaborates the electoral politics of district Mianwaliwith historical background starting from the colonial era. The study finds out main political forces of the area which determined the course of electoral successes during different situations. The factors like Biradari politics, local grouping, and affiliations with political parties in the electoral scenario of the district were also examined in this study. The outcome of the study is that in one part of the area the Rokhari family kept the control of electoral politics despite the presence of strong attachment with religious leader AbdusSattarNiazi and in the other part the religious factor remained influential.