Pakistani general elections, 1970

Pakistani general election, 1970

← 1945 (British India) 7 December 1970 1973 (Bangladesh) → 1977 (Pakistan) →
All 300 seats in the National Assembly 151 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	63.0%
First party Second party   Leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Party Awami League PPP Leader since 5 December 1963 30 November 1967 Leader's seat Dacca Larkana Seats won 160 81 Popular vote 12,937,162 6,148,923 Percentage 39.2% 18.6%
Prime Minister before election None (post vacant since 1958) Subsequent Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto PPP

None (post vacant since 1958)

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
PPP

The Pakistani general election of 1970 (Bengali: পাকিস্তানের সাধারণ নির্বাচন, ১৯৭০), held on 7 December of that year, was the first general election held in Pakistan (East and West Pakistan) and ultimately only general election held prior to the independence of Bangladesh. Voting took place in 300 parliamentary constituencies of Pakistan to elect members of the National Assembly of Pakistan, which was then the only chamber of a unicameral Parliament of Pakistan.

The election saw a fierce contest between two socialist parties: Pakistan Peoples Party and Awami League. The Awami League was the sole major party in East Pakistan. Meanwhile, in the four provinces of West Pakistan, PPP faced a severe competition against the conservative factions of Muslim League, the largest of which was Muslim League (Qayyum), as well as a slight opposition from the Islamist parties like JI, JUI and JUP.

The Awami League won a landslide victory by winning an absolute majority of 160 seats in the National Assembly, all from East Pakistan. The PPP only won 81 seats in the National Assembly, but won in Punjab and Sindh. JUI emerged victorious in Balochistan and the Marxist NAP in NWFP.

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