বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (প্রথম খণ্ড)/৮৬

শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ
পাকিস্তান গণপরিষদের নির্বাচনের ফলাফল পাকিস্তান অবজারভার ১লা জুন, ১৯৫৫

CONSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS

Single party majority for U. F. in E. Bengal: Top point preference vote for Fazlul

Huq: Hoq Chowdhury Suhrawardy Ali and Rahmans among elected.

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 Forty persons were declared elected to the Pakistan Constituent Assembly from East Bengal after a little over 13 of counting votes ended at 11 p.m. last night (Wednesday).

 Of 40 elected, 16 are from United Front, 12 are from Awami League, 4 Congress, 2 United Progressive Party, 3 Scheduled Caste Federation. 1 Muslim League, 1 Communist and 1 Independent.

 Twenty-four candidates (19 Muslims and 5 Hindus) did not receive any vote and as such they were out. Mr. Fazlur Rahman, former Commerce Minister of Pakistan who had resigned from the Muslim League returned as an independent candidate.

 The counting at votes started shortly after 10 a.m. yesterday in the presence of the representatives of the contesting parties and continued till 11.10 p.m. Candidates Finally declared elected are as follows:

United Front-16

Messrs. A. K. Fazlul Haq: Maulana Atahar Ali; Hamidul Haq Chowdhury; Yusuf Ali Chowdhury: Abdul Latif Biswas; Nurul Haq Chowdhury;Abdul Karim; Abdul Wahab Khan: Abdus Sattar; Lutfar Rahman Khan; Mahfuzul Haq: Mahmud Ali; Abdul Aleem; Syed Mesbahuddin Hussain; Adeluddin; Farid Ahmed

Awami League-12

 Out of the 16 candidates nominated for election the Awarni League secured 12 seats: Messrs. H. S. Suhrawardy; Ataur Rahman Khan; Abul Monsur Ahmed; Zahiruddin; Shaikh Mujibur Rahman; Nurur Rahman; Deldar Ahmed; Abdur Rashid Tarkabagish; Abdur Rahman Khan; Mozaffar Ahmed; Muslem Ali Mollah; Abdul Khaleque.

Pakistan National Congress-4

 Mr. Basanta Kumar Das; Bhupendra Kumar Datta; Konteswar Barman and Peter Paul Gomez.

U.P.P.P.-2

 Dr. Sailendra Kumar Sen and Mr. Kamini Kumar Dutta.

Scheduled Caste Federation-3

 Mr. Akshay Kumar Das; Rasaraj Mondal and Gour Chandra Bala.

Muslim League-1

 Mr. Mohammed Ali (Prime Minister of Pakistan).

Communist-l

 Mr. Sardar Fazlul Karim.

Independent-1

 Mr. Fazlur Rahman (Former Commerce Minister of Pakistan)!

 According to the first preference Mr. A. K. Fazlul Huq, leader of the United Front party topped by securing 104 votes. He was the first to be declared elected from East Pakistan to the new Constituent Assembly.

 Pakistan Law Minister Mr. H. S. Suhrawardy secured 93 first preference votes.

 Prime Minister Mohammed Ali secured 18 first preference votes, Sardar Fazlul Karim received 9, Akshay Kumar Das received 11 and Basanta Kumar Das secured 7 first preference votes.