Pakistan's First General Election

Pakistan's First General Election: On the 25th of March, 1969 the mighty President Ayub Khan handed over power to the Pakistan's army chief General Yahya Khan.
As soon as General Yahya Khan was in power, he announced the first general election in Pakistan's history, which was scheduled to take place on 7th of December,1970. On the 12th of November one of the world worst natural disasters occurred on the coast of the East Pakistan - almost a million people died in the devastating cyclone. The Pakistani government did not come forward as they should have after such a huge disaster. Those who had survived the cyclonestarted to die from lack of food and water. The Bengalis of East Pakistan were enraged at Yahya Khan's neglect and cruelty towards their people. At a public meeting , to furious Maulana Bhashani demanded that East Pakistan be free.
On the 7th of December,1970, Pakistani's first General Election was carried out in a fair manner. The generals of Pakistan army had no respect for the political leaders. They assumed that a single political party would not obtain a majority, so they would all just fight among themselves. The army could use this an excuse to remain in power and plunder the country. So General Yahya Khan was shocked to see the result of the elction - which were unbelievable. Out of 162 seats in East Pakistan, Bangabandhu's Awami League got 160. Along with the selected female candidates out of 313 seats of Pakistan National Assembly. East Pakistan's Awami League got 167, West Pakistan's Zulfikar Ali Bhutto got 88, and other parties together got the remaining 58.
Put simply, for the first time Pakistan would be ruled under East Pakistan's leadership. Bangabandhu clearly stated that people cast their votes in favor of his six points, and the country would be ruledby these six points.
The Pakistan army then decided that no matter what, the Bengalis could not be allowed to rule Pakistan. Unknowingly, General Yahya Khan had begun the creation of a new nation, Bangladesh.