59% people think Imran Khan saviour; 70% demand immediate elections: IRIS survey

From March to November, Imran Khan’s popularity increased by 28% while Nawaz Sharif’s popularity decreased by 6% and 65% of Pakistanis predicted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) two-thirds majority in the National Assembly (NA).

In the latest survey of IRIS Pakistan, 59% of the people of the country declared Imran Khan as their saviour, and 70% of Pakistanis demanded immediate general elections in the country.

According to the results of the survey, between March 2022 and November 2022, the number of Pakistanis who consider PTI chief Imran Khan as a saviour has gradually increased by 28 per cent, while the number of people who consider former prime minister Nawaz Sharif as the solution to the country’s problems has gradually decreased by 6 per cent.

Our latest opinion poll indicates that 70% of people are of the opinion that general elections should be held immediately, while 59% of public perceives that Imran Khan is capable of taking Pakistan out of crisis.
Complete survey results are available at:https://t.co/12Qlie41ce pic.twitter.com/r4XzYP0JsB

— iris communications (@iriscomm1) November 24, 2022

Iris Pakistan, an international organization that monitors public opinion, conducted a door-to-door survey based on personal computer interviews with a sample of 2,000 Farads across the country in November, in which 4 questions were asked to the participants.

The first question was asked to the participants of the survey who has the ability to bring the country out of the crisis?

In response, 59 per cent said Imran Khan, 19 per cent said Nawaz Sharif, 4 per cent said Shehbaz Sharif, 1 per cent said Asif Ali Zardari, 7 per cent said none while 9 per cent named other leaders.

The results of the survey show that there has been a clear decrease in the popularity of all political leaders except Imran Khan during the period from March 2022 to November 2022.

During this period, there has been a gradual increase of 28% in those who consider Imran Khan as the solution to the country’s problems, while Nawaz Sharif has been saved. There has been a decrease of 6% in the number of those who understand.

On the question, when do you think the general elections will be held?

47 per cent of people believed that general elections will be held in the country after the completion of the current government’s term, while 45 per cent of people believed that general elections will be held immediately in the country, while 8 per cent of people expressed different opinions.

The survey participants were asked when do you think general elections should be held?

70 per cent of the people said that general elections should be held immediately in the country, while 28 per cent said that general elections should be held at the end of the current government’s term, while 2 percent said that People expressed different opinions.

On the question of whether PTI will get a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly in the upcoming elections?

65% of people said that Tehreek-e-Insaf will get a two-thirds majority while 35% said that Tehreek-e-Insaf will not be able to do so.