Pakistan Election Results: Was the Election Rigged From the Start?

By James Campbell
Courtesy: Policy MIC

On May 11, Pakistan's nearly 90 million voters are expected to head to vote in Pakistan’s general elections. But violence and intimidation from the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP or Pakistani Taliban) against the three secular parties — Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Awami National Party (ANP), and Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) — has some saying the election is already rigged.

Described as "the mother of all elections," the 2013 race is to determine the seats in Pakistan's National Assembly. They are particularly significant because they mark the first time in the country's history in which the outgoing party has completed its five-year term and in which the military will not be interfering in the transfer of power. Read full storyy