Rikicin Gabashin Pakistan a 1969 wani gagarumin yunkuri ne na dimokuradiyya na adawa da mulkin soja na Shugaba Muhammad Ayub Khan.Sakamakon zanga-zangar da dalibai ke jagoranta da kuma goyon bayan jam'iyyun siyasa kamar Awami League da National Awami Party, zanga-zangar ta bukaci a yi sauye-sauyen siyasa tare da nuna adawa da shari'ar makircin Agartala da kuma daure shugabannin 'yan kishin kasa na Bengali, ciki har da Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.^[6] Yunkurin, yana samun karbuwa daga motsi na 6-Point Movement na 1966, ya karu a farkon 1969, yana nuna zanga-zangar da yawa da rikice-rikice na lokaci-lokaci tare da sojojin gwamnati.Wannan matsin lamba na jama'a ya kai ga murabus din shugaba Ayub Khan kuma ya kai ga janye shari'ar makircin Agartala, wanda ya sa aka wanke Sheikh Mujibur Rahman da sauran su.Dangane da tashe tashen hankulan, shugaba Yahya Khan wanda ya gaji Ayub Khan ya sanar da shirin gudanar da zabukan kasa a watan Oktoba na shekara ta 1970. Ya bayyana cewa sabuwar majalisar da aka zaba za ta tsara kundin tsarin mulkin Pakistan tare da sanar da raba yammacin Pakistan zuwa larduna daban-daban.A ranar 31 ga Maris, 1970, ya gabatar da Dokar Tsarin Mulki (LFO), yana kira da a gudanar da zaɓe kai tsaye na majalisar dokoki.^[7] Wannan yunkuri wani bangare ne na magance fargabar da ake samu a Yamma game da bukatun Gabashin Pakistan na samun 'yancin cin gashin kai na larduna.LFO na da nufin tabbatar da tsarin mulki na gaba zai kiyaye yankin Pakistan da akidar Musulunci.An soke hadaddiyar lardin Yammacin Pakistan da aka kafa a shekarar 1954, inda ta koma asalin lardunanta hudu: Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, da lardin Arewa maso Yamma.Wakilci a Majalisar Dokoki ya dogara ne akan yawan jama'a, wanda ya ba Gabashin Pakistan, mai yawan al'ummarta, mafi yawan kujeru.Duk da gargadin da Sheikh Mujib ya yi na yin watsi da kungiyar LFO da kuma tsoma bakin Indiya a Gabashin Pakistan, Yahya Khan ya raina salon siyasa, musamman goyon bayan kungiyar Awami a gabashin Pakistan.^[7]Babban zaben da aka gudanar a ranar 7 ga watan Disamban 1970 shi ne na farko da Pakistan ta yi tun bayan samun 'yancin kai kuma na karshe kafin samun 'yancin kai na Bangladesh.An gudanar da zabukan gama gari 300, inda 162 a Gabashin Pakistan da 138 a yammacin Pakistan, da karin kujeru 13 da aka ware wa mata.^[8] Wannan zaɓen ya kasance wani muhimmin lokaci a fagen siyasar Pakistan da kuma samuwar Bangladesh daga ƙarshe.