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57 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বিতীয় খন্ড (d) Their Previous activities in social and political fields. (e) The manner in which the candidate carried on their election propaganda. (f) What was themature of appeal madeby the candidates to their elections? (i) Did they put forward any programme? (ii) Did they merely state their personal qualifications to deserve the confidence to their voters? 4. Attitude of the voters to the election: Agriculturists - - - 32,986 Businessmen * * * 5,810 Contractors - - - 434 Retired Govt. servants * * * 257 Lawyers - - - 298 Ex-servicemen 4 * * 215 With political party - - - 2,800 It is estimated that about 7.5 percent of the elected members had Some association with political parties before the revolution; about 40 percent of the members elected are of the type that used to be elected in Old Union Boards. Majority of them were associated with social activities in the rural areas in some form or other. Personal door to door approach to individual voters stating their social activities and propaganda, mentionable attributes. Although public meeting for electioneering were held by the candidates at Some places, by and large, canvassing was confined to door to door approach by the candidates and Supporters. Personal appeals to the voters based on public service rendered, integrity, and capacity for service, which the candidates claimed for themselves. No. With the banning of parties, election on the basis of programmed was perhaps out of place. Yes, Appeal was mostly personal and no programmed was set-forth [See column 3(i)]. (a) Did the People come forward Yes. This was due to several factors, namely to vote in large numbers? If