In Pakistan's first general election under universal adult franchise in December 1970, the Awami League secured 167 of the 169 seats allocated to East Pakistan in the National Assembly.
Despite winning an outright absolute majority in the central legislature, the refusal of the ruling military junta to transfer power directly precipitated the crisis of 1971.
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