1970 Pakistani general election in East Pakistan information
Election
1970 Pakistani general election in East Pakistan
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7 December 1970
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169 seats from East Pakistan in the National Assembly
Registered
29,479,386
Turnout
57.68%
First party
Second party
Leader
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Nurul Amin
Party
AL
PDP
Leader's seat
Dacca-VIII
Mymensingh-VIII
Seats won
167
1
Popular vote
12,338,921
483,571
Percentage
74.9%
2.9%
Map of Pakistan showing National Assembly Constituencies and winning partes
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General Elections were held in East Pakistan province on Monday 7 December 1970 to elect 169 Members of 5th National Assembly of Pakistan. Out of 169 National Assembly seats 162 were General seats and 7 was reserved for woman. Awami League won 167 out of 169 seats belonging to East Pakistan in the National Assembly of Pakistan, as well as a landslide in the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly.[1][2][3]
^Kaushik & Patnayak 1995, p. 295.
^Harun-or- Rashid (2012). "Rahman, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
^Meghna Guhathakurta and Willem van Schendel (2003). The Bangladesh Reader: History, Culture, Politics. Duke University Press. p. 264. ISBN 978-0822353188.
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