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Registered | 29,479,386 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 57.68% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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.