1965 East Pakistan Provincial Assembly election

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Provincial Assembly elections were held in East Pakistan in 1965 as part of the wider provincial elections.

Background

The 1962 constitution provided for an indirectly elected 155-seat Provincial Assembly, of which 150 seats were elected from single-member constituencies by electoral colleges under the "basic democracy" system, and five seats reserved for women, who were elected by the 150 elected members divided into five constituencies.^[1] In East Pakistan there were 40,000 members of the electoral college.^[2]

The electoral college members were elected on 21 November 1964.^[3]

Results

After around 900 potential candidates submitted nomination papers,^[4] a total of 666 candidates contested the elections, with two constituencies returning a single candidate unopposed.^[5]

Around half of the independents elected were backed by opposition parties.^[4]


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Pakistan Muslim League	14,144	37.99	66
	Awami League	5,863	15.75	11
	National Awami Party			4
	Convention Muslim League			3
	National Democratic Front			3
	Jamaat-e-Islami			1
	Nizam-e-Islam Party			1
	Other parties	942	2.53	0
	Independents	16,284	43.74	58
Vacant				3
Total		37,233	100.00	150

Source: Al-Mujahid

References

^ The Commonwealth Relations Office Year Book, Volume 13. 1964. pp. 289–291.
^ Syedur Rahman (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. liv. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
^ Tahir Kamran. "Electoral Politics in Pakistan (1955-1969)" (PDF). p. 92.
^ ^a ^b Sharif al-Mujahid (November 1965). "The Assembly Elections in Pakistan" (PDF). Asian Survey. 5 (11): 538–551. doi:10.2307/2642133. JSTOR 2642133.
^ M. Rashiduzzaman (1968). "Indirect elections in Pakistan" (PDF). Zeitschrift für Politik. 15 (3): 326–336. JSTOR 24222743.

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