EAST PAKISTAN ELECTIONS
MOSLEM LEAGUE BEATEN KARACHI, March 18. The Moslem League, East Pakistan*! ruling party, has been beaten in the General Elections. With only half the results announced the United Front of Opposition Moslem parties—pledged to scrap the Constitution and demand more provincial autonomy—has 119 of the 237 Moslem seats in the legislature. The -Moslem League has only four and Independents six. The communal representation systepi assures Moslems of 237 of the 309 seats. The other 72 are divided among minority groups in the population. First Election Polling for the election, the first in East Pakistan’s seven-year history, ended on March 1. Nearly half the 10,000.000 electorate voted, including an unexpectedly large number of women. More than half of Pakistan’s 76.000.000 people live in East Pakistan and the election was a straight fight between the Moslem League and the United Front, which is supported by the Hindus, Communists and Left .Wingers.
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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27303, 20 March 1954, Page 7
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