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FACTORS EFFECTING THE WOMEN’S TURNOUT IN THE GENERAL ELECTIONS OF 2018 IN (NA-29) PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN
Abstract
Political participation is sine qua non of women’s empowerment. Political participation has various dimensions, such as electoral participation; to participate in election as a voter and electoral representation; to participate in elections as a candidate. The proposed study is limited to the electoral participation of women as voters. This research includes the major findings of the study about the electoral participation of women in the urban and rural areas of NA-29 Peshawar111 constituency in the general elections of 2018. A Chi-square test is performed to check the association between various socio-cultural, economic, educational, and political factors on women's meagre electoral participation