1923 Indian general election

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1923 Indian general election
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105 of the 145 seats in the Central Legislative Assembly
73 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
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Leader Motilal Nehru H. N. Kunzru
Party SP ILP
Seats won3827

General elections were held in British India in November 1923 for both the Central Legislative Assembly and Provincial Assemblies. The Central Legislative Assembly had 145 seats, of which 105 were elected by the public. [1] [2]

Contents

The Assembly was opened on 21 January 1924 by Viceroy Lord Reading. [3]

Results

Legislative Assembly

PartySeats
Swaraj Party 38
Indian Liberal Party 27
Loyalists6
Brahmins3
Gurdwara Sikhs2
Liberals2
Unknown allegiance20
Independents7
Appointed members40
Total145
Source: The Times [4]

Provincial Assemblies

Results in provincial assemblies Indian Provincial Election 1923.svg
Results in provincial assemblies
ProvinceAnti-Ministerialists Justice Party Swaraj Party OthersIndependentsAppointedUnfilled seats [a] Total
Assam 1439053
Bengal 49873139
Bihar and Orissa 12829103
Central Provinces 5019069
Bombay 32727111
Madras 37441160280127
Punjab 2865093
United Provinces 38841123
Source: The Times, [5] Saroja Sundararajan [6]

a Seats that were unfilled as of 1 January 1924

Members of Central Legislative Assembly

[2] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Officials

Nominated Non-Officials

Elected Non-Officials

References

  1. ↑ "Indian Election Results. Strength of Extremists", The Times, 15 December 1923, p11, Issue 43525
  2. 1 2 Alam, Jawaid (January 2004). Government and Politics in Colonial Bihar, 1921–1937. Mittal Publications. p. 118. ISBN   9788170999799.
  3. ↑ Rushbrook Williams, L. F. (12 September 2023). India in 1923 1924. Government Of India. p.  273.
  4. ↑ "Indian Legislative Assembly: Balance Of Parties", The Times, 8 January 1924, p6, Issue 43543
  5. ↑ "Indian Election Results: Strength Of The Swaraj Party", The Times, 1 January 1924, p11, Issue 43537
  6. ↑ Saroja Sundararajan (1989). March to freedom in Madras Presidency, 1916–1947. Madras: Lalitha Publications. pp. 334–339.
  7. ↑ East India. 1922. p. 11. OL   22879068M.
  8. ↑ India's Parliament Selections from the proceedings of the second session of the Legislative Assembly and the Council of State. Director, Central Bureau of Information, Gov't of India. 1921. OL   24188384M.
  9. ↑ Mayo, Katherine (2000). Mother India. University of Michigan Press. ISBN   9780472067152.
  10. ↑ Kumar, Ravindra (1995). Selected Works of Vithalbhai J. Patel: 1924. Mittal Publications. ISBN   9788170994190.
  11. ↑ The Indian Year Book. Bennett, Coleman & Company. 1924.
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