Elections 2024: Interpreting The Vote

The Friday Times

February 15 2024

General elections were held on February 8, 2024. Instead of resolving existing ones, they have created even more controversies, to put it mildly. The general perception of the expected results has been proven wrong by the announced results.

There are many interpretations and explanations for this outcome, the most popular of which seems to be: 'the people have voted against the establishment', and people have rejected traditional politics. Some do so without giving credit to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), while the PTI claims credit for standing up to the establishment. Is that so? Has the establishment really lost? Will it result in more democracy? At the same time, there are widespread complaints of rigging from almost all sides, including the PTI. The most vocal dissent is seen on the streets of Balochistan. A very important but less discussed side of these results is the total failure of the Baloch and Pashtun nationalist parties.

Interpreting elections 2024 in Pakistan

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