1970 Pakistani general election in East Pakistan

Election February 2026 East Pakistan provincial List of members of the 4th National Assembly of Pakistan elected members 1965 1973 169 seats from East Pakistan in the National Assembly 7 December 1970 29,479,386 57.68% বাংলাদেশ আওয়ামী লীগের প্রতীক.svg Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Awami League Dacca-VIII 12,338,921 74.9% 167 Umbrella (80433) - The Noun Project.svg Nurul Amin Pakistan Democratic Party Mymensingh-VIII 1 483,571 2.9% Pakistan 1970.png Map of Pakistan showing National Assembly Constituencies and winning partes President Yahya Khan President of Provisional Government-elect Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Awami League 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 were reserved for women. 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.Kaushik Patnayak 1995 295Harun-or- Rashid 2012 Rahman, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Rahman,_Bangabandhu_Sheikh_Mujibur Islam Sirajul Sirajul Islam Jamal Ahmed A. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh Second Asiatic Society of BangladeshThe Bangladesh Reader: History, Culture, Politics 264 Meghna Guhathakurta and Willem van Schendel 2003 Duke University Press 978-0822353188 Results The total number of voters were 29,479,386. The number of casting votes was 17,005,163 (57.68%), the valid casting votes was 16,454,278.Bangladesher Nirbachan 1970-2001 by A S M Samsul Arefin, Bangladesh Research and Publications, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2003, page-23 PartyVotes%SeatsAwami League12,338,92174.9160Jamaat-e-Islami991,9086.00Pakistan Democratic Party483,5712.91Convention Muslim League464,1852.80National Awami Party (Wali)310,9861.80Council Muslim League274,4531.60Pakistan Muslim League (Qayyum)175,8221.00Independent561,0833.41 References Works cited Kaushik S. L. Patnayak Rama 1995 Modern Governments and Political Systems: governments and politics in South Asia Category:1970 Pakistani general election Category:Pakistani general elections in East Pakistan Category:Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh Category:1970 in East Pakistan