পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (দ্বিতীয় খণ্ড).pdf/৮৩

56 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বিতীয় খন্ড member of the Municipal Board. The prospect of election as Chairman being on the average one in ten, many people did not feel inclined to contest the elections in these Committees. In Sylhet and Chittagong Hill Tracts where there where were 110 Union Boards previously, there was a general tendency to reject sarpanches and Headmen respectively. Contrary to expectations tribal bonds were not so strong as to transcend local loyalties in certain case. A decline in the influence of Headmen and chiefs was noticeable. (Confidential) Answers to the Questionnaire for eliciting information’s on the elections to the Basic Democracies in Pakistan-Ref. letter No. 50-19(5)/59-Res., dated the 1st January, 1960 from Bureau of National Reconstruction, Karachi to Bureau of National Reconstruction, Dacca. 1. Name of District: 2. Constituencies and nominations: (a) Total number of seats: (b) Total number of nomination papers filed in the district. (c) Total number of nomination papers rejected in the district with reason there of. (d) Total number of seats contested in the districts. 3. Contestants: (a) Average age (b) Educational qualifications (c) Professional and Financial status All the 17 districts of East Pakistan 40,000 87,190 2,274 (Mainly on the ground of irregularity and disqualifications.) 32,917 Between 35 and 40 Metric and above 4,298 Below Metric 34,814 Illiterate 888 Mostly agriculturists and businessmen with a few retired Government Servants, Ex-servicemen and legal medical practitioners. High percent of literate people among the elected members indicate that the agriculturists who were returned belonged mostly to middle class farmer families