Abstract
The democratic political system depends on electoral politics to a certain extent. The General elections prove to be
a classic example of fathoming out the dynamics, tactics and complexities of electoral politics. In Electoral politics,
voting is a yardstick to measure the popularity graph and the public's sentiment toward a candidate and political
party. The practice of casting a vote is a method to elect a candidate or a political party. Voting is an initial step
towards democracy, but democracy is something that is achieved gradually through a political process. The
elections are the integral means to achieve ends. Electoral politics is the brick stone of general elections, and its
output has an impact of enormous magnitude. In the modern-day arena of politics, voting and elections emerged as
a tool to form a pool of public representation. However, the quality of democracy may vary because it is in
transition phase. Basically, the present paper is a descriptive and analytics study of the electoral politics of the
National Assembly in Lahore. It seeks to understand and examines the origin and development of electoral politics
of the National Assembly in Lahore from 1970. The empirical and statistical data dealing with general elections
from 1970-2013 is being utilized to explain the prevailing trends and dynamics in the electoral politics of Lahore.
The rationale for choosing the timeline 1970- 2013 is that before 1970 there was no adult franchise based direct
elections of the national assembly. Furthermore, it seeks to explore some prevailing trends in the city's electoral
journey: party-based vote bank, no split mandate, and an independent candidate cannot win the election.
Gohar Ali Iftikhar. (2022) A Historical Study of Electoral Politics of National Assembly in Lahore: 1970-2013, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, volume 59, issue 2.
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