Re: Imran’s Raiwand Jalsa
No doubt it was an impressive show of power by Imran Khan. I was expecting 20K max and @hanibal guess was 50K few days back on GS.
But fact is being crowd puller or doing biggest Jalsas cannot not be translated in Electoral & Constituency Victory ! Remember Pre Elections 2013 PTI’s Jalsas in Lahore & Punjab when PTI was at its peak ,even I was expecting in 2013 that PTI would sweep whole Lahore. PML-N Jalsas were noting as compared to PTI in terms of number,enthusiasm or youth participation but result was in Lahore only 1 seat of my constituency (NA 126) out of total 13 seats where Shafqat Mahmood won with difference of approx. 6000 only. Imran Khan himself lost NA-122 (Garhi Shahu) from Sardar Ayyaz Sadiq.
Moral of Story : Gathering 100K people from whole Pakistan is good show which probably PML-N can never achieve but on Election Day, PML-N will sweep whole Lahore & Punjab as Voter would decide not with his heart but with mind…
Just for comparison, single NA constituency seat average registered voters are 350K and with even 50% turn out, 175K people decide about their choice considering the overall performance of 5 years ! Now comparing 350K Voters of only 1 NA Constituency with 100K Jalsa from whole Pak with all resources/funds …
**NA-126
Registered Voters : 359340
Constituency NA-126 (Lahore-IX) (Urdu: این اے-۱۲۶، لاهور-۹)** is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. NA-126 includes the areas of Model Town, Gulberg, Makkah Colony, Madina Colony, Naseerabad, Shah Kamal, Pakki Thatthi, Kashmir Block, Rehmanpura, Gulshan Iqbal, Sikandar Block, Awan Town, Garden Town, Model Town, Township, Liberty, Ferozepur Road, Kalma Chowk, Faisal Town, Garden Town, Wafaqi Colony, Allam Iqbal Town, Wahdat Colony, Najaf Colony, Punjab University New Campus, Muslim Town and parts of Johar Town