Abstract
The role of intraparty elections is central to the process of institutionalization and democratization of a political party. This article analyzes the case of intraparty elections conducted by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf with an aim to investigate its impact on the democratization of that party. Employing grounded theory approach, fifteen in-depth interviews were conducted along with analyzing relevant data from ten newspapers. It was found that the PTI conducted intraparty elections to resolve political differences, manage distribution of power, and encourage democratic political culture within the party. However, the challenges such as factional politics and timing, transparency, management, and procedure of elections appeared to have hindered the institutionalization and democratization of PTI.