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.
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
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