1970 East Pakistan Provincial Assembly election

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1970 East Pakistan Provincial Assembly election

← 1962 17 December 1970 1973 →
300 of the 310 seat in the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly 156 seats needed for a majority
Registered	29,479,386
Turnout	57.68%
First party Second party   Leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Nurul Amin Party AL PDP Last election 143 New party Seats won 288 2 Seat change 145 2
Governor before election Syed Mohammad Ahsan Military President of Provisional Government-elect Sheikh Mujibur Rahman AL

Provincial elections were held in East Pakistan on 17 December 1970, ten days after general elections. A total of 1,850 candidates ran for the 300 seats in the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly.^[1] The result was a landslide victory for the Awami League, which won 288 of the 300 seats.