Campaign of other parties

Campaign of other parties:

On one hand there were Rightists like Pakistan Muslim League and its all three factions, Pakistan Democratic Party Jamiat Ulema-i Islam Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan and Jamaat-i-Islami Pakistan  who were slowly losing popular support and on the other there were Leftists including National Awami Party of Abdul Wali Khan and Sindh United Front under G. M. Syed. In arrange to put off violence in the election campaign Yahya Khan issued MLR No. 60 which forbidden anti Pakistan dialogical propaganda violence attempt to mould public judgment excursion of too much pressure on newspapers intrusion with the activities of other parties showing of weapons at public meetings. The election campaign which started in January 1970 and went on for almost a full year twisted out to be the longest election campaign ever in the parliamentary history of Pakistan. The issues which got prominence during the campaign were not indistinguishable in all over the country.

Election campaign in West Pakistan

Election campaign

West Pakistan

But the political position in West Pakistan was totally different from East Pakistan. In West Pakistan the population was divided between different ideological forces. The right wing parties led under Abul Maududi raise the religious slogans and at first campaigned on an Islamic platform, further hopeful to enforce Sharia laws in the country. Meanwhile the founding party of Pakistan and the national conservative Pakistan Muslim League led by Pakistan Movement Bengali activist Nurul Amin campaigned on a nationalist platform promising to begin the Jinnah reforms as in the beginning envision by Jinnah and others in the 1940s.

election campaign

Election campaign

East Pakistan

The constant public meetings of the Awami League in East Pakistan and the Pakistan People’s Party in Western Pakistan paying attention huge crowds. The Awami League a Bengali nationalist party mobilizes support in East Pakistan on the basis of its Six Points Program which was the main hold in the party proposal. In East Pakistan a massive majority of the Bengali nation superior the Awami League under Shaikh Mujibur Rahman. The party expected a huge percentage of the popular vote in East Pakistan and emerged as the biggest party in the nation as a whole ahead the exclusive mandate of Pakistan in conditions both of seats and of votes.

religious and secular party

Religious and secular party:

The religious parties included such as convention Muslim League Qayyum Muslim League Pakistan Muslim League Pakistan Democratic Party Jamiat-ul-Ulema-a-Islam Jamiat-ul-Ulema-a-Pakistan and Jamiat-a-Islam Party amongst several others. These religious parties called for the Islamization of the country. But although having general approach they were entirely different from one another and that is why could not join on a single platform. The government of Yahya Khan was behind the religious parties for their traditional attitude that was in requiring of a strong central government.

parties seats in National assembly and Provincial assembly

Political parties seats in National Assembly:

Name	East Pakistan	Punjab	Sind	N.W.F.P	Baluchistan	Centrally administered tribe area	Total
Awami Leaque	162	03	02	02	0	01	170
Pakistan people’s party	0	78	25	16	0	01	120
Jamaat-e-islami	71	44	19	15	0	02	151
PML (council)	50	50	12	05	0	02	119
PML (Qayyum)	65	35	12	17	0	04	133
PML (convention)	93	24	06	01	0	0	124
Jamiat ulema-e-Islam	15	46	21	18	01	04	105
National Awami party (Wali)	39	0	6	16	0	03	64
Pakistan Democratic party	78	21	03	02	0	01	105
MJUP	0	41	08	01	0	0	50
MJAHP	0	02	0	0	0	0	02
Pak Mas Leaque	0	01	01	1	0	0	03
JUI & NI	49	03	0	02	0	0	54
KT	0	02	0	0	0	0	02
National Awami party ( bhashani)	14	02	02	0	0	01	19
IND	113	105	46	16	30	06	316

Political parties in 1970 election

Political parties in 1970 election:

Name
Awami leaque
Pakistan people’s party
Jamaat-e-islami
PML (council)
PML (Qayyum)
Jamiat ulema-e-Islam

Seats Nomination

 Seats Nomination:

300 national assembly seats declared for both wings east and West Pakistan. 600 hundred provincial assembly seats declared for all provinces.

Introduction

Introduction:

First general election was held in Pakistan on 7 December 1970. First time in the history of Pakistan general election was held in Pakistan. In the early in 1959 announced the general election by President Iskander Mirza. Because he was political instability in Pakistan. But Ayub khan imposed the martial law on 7^th October 1958. He was abrogating the constitution of 1956. The political history of Pakistan from 1947 to 1969 witnessed no general election was held. When Chief Martial Law Administrator General Yahya Khan become the president in 1969 than first of all he was announced the general election in Pakistan.