PTI’s popularity goes down, ML-N’s up: Survey

[Peaceful Civilian]

KARACHI: Pakistan Tahrik-e-Insaf (PTI), which was near the peak of its popularity graph, has gone down, while ML-N has taken over the top position.

This has been revealed by the International Republican Institute (IRI) Survey, which was conducted by taking the opinions of six thousand persons from different segments of the society about political parties and the public problems during July-August period.

To a question if elections for the national assembly are held next week, then which party would they vote for?

28 percent of the people replied that they would vote for ML-N, 24 percent for PTI, 14 percent for PPP and 3 percent for MQM.

If this compared with the IRI February survey results, then the ML-N’s popularity has increased by 3.7 percent, while the PTI’s popularity has sharply dropped down by 22.6 percent and that of PPP by 12.5 percent.

The replies to this very question if taken province-wise then ML-N is on the top in Punjab, as 43 percent people have said they would vote for ML-N, 27 percent for PTI and 7 percent for PPP. As against last February survey, here also ML-N support has surged, as their voters rose to 43 percent from 41 percent, while PTI’s came down to 27 percent from 33 percent and those of PPP dropped to 7 percent from 9 percent.

79 percent people vowed to cast their votes in the next elections, 12 percent people don’t want to vote, while 6 percent are not yet fully ready.

PTI

 

[Devil Soul]

PML-N enjoys 3.7% surge in popularity nationwide: Survey
By Rameez Khan
Published: September 29, 2012
LAHORE:
Despite trenchant criticism from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI), the Pakistan Muslim League –
Nawaz (PML-N) is currently the most popular party in the country, a survey has shown.

The survey carried out by the International Republican Institute (IRI) posed the question that if the elections for the National Assembly were to be held next week, who were the respondents most likely to vote for. The results revealed a 3.7 per cent increment in PML-N’s popularity and a shocking 22.6% decline in PTI’s vote bank.

Conducted between July and August 2012 from a pool of 6,001 respondents, the survey compared results from an earlier survey carried out in February 2012.

According to the IRI survey, 28 per cent of the respondents agreed to vote for PML-N, closely followed by PTI at 24 per cent. The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) took the third spot with 14 per cent votes whereas Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) polled 3 per cent.

Punjab
When asked about electing representatives in the provincial assemblies and the National Assembly, 43 per cent respondents from Punjab agreed to vote for PML-N. In spite of facing severe criticism with respect to its governance from rival parties such as PPP and PTI, the political party maintained its top position.

Furthermore, according to the survey, PTI lost 18.2 per cent of its vote bank, with 27 per cent of the respondents agreeing to vote for the party in July-August compared to an earlier 33 per cent.
A 22.2 per cent slash in PPP’s popularity was witnessed in the province, and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) was chosen by two per cent of the respondents.

Sindh
In Sindh, the PPP took the top spot, however, according to the survey, the party has lost its popularity in the province by 7.1 per cent.

The survey demonstrated an upsurge in MQM’s popularity, with a 22.s per cent increase in the party’s vote bank.

PTI took second place but witnessed a sharp decline of 13.3 per cent in its vote bank. No change was seen in PML-N and PML-Q’s popularity in Sindh.

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P)
A downward trend in political parties’ popularity was witnessed in K-P. Even though PTI remained the most preferred party with 30 per cent of the respondents agreeing to vote for it, it lost its vote bank by 38.8 per cent.

Similarly, according to the survey, the Awami National Party (ANP) lost 92.3 per cent of its vote bank with only one per cent of the respondents agreeing to vote for them in the current survey as compared to 13 per cent in Febuary 2012.

The PPP’s popularity also showed a sharp decline by 75 per cent as only two per cent of the respondents agreed to vote for the party.

There was no change in respondents’ preference for PML-N and nine per cent of the respondents agreed to vote for the party.

Balochistan
There was a downward trend witnessed in Balochistan as well. PTI took the top slot with 26 per cent of the respondents agreeing to vote for it. However, the party lost 38.8 per cent of its vote bank with an earlier figure of 35 per cent of the respondents favouring the party.
The PML-N was preferred by only eight per cent of the respondents.

Other concerns
According to the survey 91 per cent of the people believed that Pakistan was heading in the wrong direction. Respondents termed electricity and inflation to be the two most important issues being faced by Pakistan.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 29th, 2012.

 

[Cheetah786]

Well some never learn

 

[Husnainshah]

Don't be gettin' your hopes up/down from these surveys.
If ya must have an idea, for some reason, of General Eection's results, then I suggest By-elections.

 

[Leader]

interesting development, will put detail comments later, however this survey should be worrisome for PTI... the trend is negative and sharp !!

 

[Jade]

I have a feel that Nawaz would be the next Prime Minister/President of the Pakistan

 

[turbo charged]

imran khan has ruined it all............

the professional self centered lotas who in the larger interest of their families,businesses and power have joined PTI will ruin Pti pretty soon.......

what u sow is what you reap....you cant run away from it.....

all the original members of Pti who had been defending Pti on talk shows when no one was prepared to represent Pti and Pti was still a tanga party have been thrown out..........

imran khan should control his arrogance.....he is nothing without his ideological voters...................

if this trend continues.....Pti wont even bag more than 15 seats in the national assembly.

 

[airmarshal]

PTI has attracted swing vote and its popularity will go up again. Its because many were critical of 'electables' joining the party. So people began thinking its another Pakistani political party. But that perception will change.

It must be realized that PPP and PML-N have loads of ill gotten money. They use it shamelessly to buy media time and anchors. Media creates strong perceptions. But they must not think they won it just yet. As people mature, they will realize who is truthful and who is not.

Imran stands head and shoulders above these corrupt, mafia like 'leaders'. If you believe these are your 'leaders' then may Allah help Pakistan.

 

[F.O.X]

Surveys Never Tell the Whole Truth , And near Election you will see the Surveys which will tell you that PPP is the most popular party, This is Pakistan , Media & its Channels get used to Manipulate the Minds of Idiotic Public (That we are) , and the Irony is we actually believe every thing we See.

 

[Dil Pakistan]

interesting development, will put detail comments later, however this survey should be worrisome for PTI... the trend is negative and sharp !!

WRONG, COMPLETELY WRONG CONCLUSION SIR.

This survey only proves that amreekion ko PTI sey kharish shuroo ho gaee hey. This is defamation, simple.

imran khan has ruined it all............

the professional self centered lotas who in the larger interest of their families,businesses and power have joined PTI will ruin Pti pretty soon.......

what u sow is what you reap....you cant run away from it.....

all the original members of Pti who had been defending Pti on talk shows when no one was prepared to represent Pti and Pti was still a tanga party have been thrown out..........

imran khan should control his arrogance.....he is nothing without his ideological voters...................

if this trend continues.....Pti wont even bag more than 15 seats in the national assembly.

Don't be a pendulum that swings every second.

Have faith and belief in yourself and your leader.

 

[Kompromat]

I have a feel that Nawaz would be the next Prime Minister/President of the Pakistan

Tumharay, mounh main khaak :

 

[Dil Pakistan]

Tumharay, mounh main khaak :

 

[Irfan Baloch]

if the survey has any truth then the saying comes to mind

"when Allah wants to punish a nation, it imposes moraless leadership on it"

now its true for the current Zardari lead governement and it seems people are still willing to test their dumbness and replace Mr slime with Dangy brothers who beg Taliban not to attack Lahore because they share the Taliban ideology.

 

[Cheetah786]

Tumharay, mounh main khaak :

I literally feel on the floor laughing

 

[SEAL]

if the survey has any truth then the saying comes to mind

"when Allah wants to punish a nation, it imposes moraless leadership on it"

now its true for the current Zardari lead governement and it seems people are still willing to test their dumbness and replace Mr slime with Dangy brothers who beg Taliban not to attack Lahore because they share the Taliban ideology.

Well said sir actually azaab came in the form of dictators ayob, yahya, zia, and mush you can add kiyani and pasha in the list also. Today we are at brink of collapse because of these bastards don't blame politicians.