iftikharalam
Minister (2k+ posts)

In 2002, this seat of urban Peshawar was won by MMA but in 2008, in absence of PTI and JI, ANP’s Haji Ghulam Blour grabbed this seat. According to the recent surveys, PTI is most popular in KPK right now and the seat is also urban, the chances of PTI are very bright for this constituency and this seat is often counted as one of the confirm seat for PTI. People of KPK shows a trend of selecting a new party after every election and they are famous to go for change quickly and do not hesitate to vote for new options unlike other provinces and regions in Pakistan.
Competition: The real competition in this constituency will be between the three parties, ANP, JI and PTI. In case of seat adjustment between JI and PTI, there will be no chance left for ANP. PPP may have some traditional voters as they were second in 2008 but not enough for them after their 5 year performance to get them into top 3 results this time; on the other hand, the other main stream party PML N is very weak.
One of the major factor to look upon is that the voter turnaround was only 23% last time, so after the boycott of JI and PTI, most preferred to sit in their houses on the election day. This time, these people will come out and the result will be different.
Possible Result:
Even though, PTI and JI are visible popular parties in NA-1, but situation is a little tricky!! In case of a seat adjustment between PTI and JI, the candidate of these two parties will win with a doubt, either JI or PTI. In other case, if both PTI and JI will contest as rivals in this constituency votes may divide, and if PPP supports ANP here than there will be a tough fight, and there could be a chance that blour will win again with slight margin.
There are rumors that Imran Khan will contest from here. In this case, PTI chances will become brighter.
Future Scenario: If all parties take part in the next elections
1. PTI or JI
2. JI or PTI
3. ANP
4. PPP
5. PML N
I hope that the people from NA-1 on this forum can shed some more light on this analysis.
So as a PTI supporter, I hope that PPP and ANP place a separate candidate at this constituency. Please admins, it is time to start a separate forum for elections 2013, constituency wise discussion.
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