This paper is going to perceive that how much theory of ethnicity in terms of
Pakhtun is applicable in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) in relation to 2008 general
polls. The study argues that the Pakhtun ethnicity is applicable to some extent in
KP. Data have been collected from a sample of 800 in NA-2 which reveals that
majority of the respondents (53.76%) build their electoral preferences on ethnic
identity. The inferential statistics in the form of chi-square and p-value provides
values which provides that there is significant association between dependent and
independent variables.
