Victory Without a Winner, Country Without a Ruler: The Phenomenon of General Elections in Pakistan

... Coalitions By the 2024 general elections, the PTI was deprived of two of its main populist assets—Imran Khan himself, who still remains in prison, as well as its symbol—a cricket bat, which de facto means that the party has been excluded from the elections. PTI supporters received a variety of designations on the ballot papers, which may have misled voters. In fact, the party found itself in the process of uncontrolled decentralization, supplemented by candidate defections to opposing parties. The actual ...