Indian general election, 1926

Indian general election, 1926
British Raj
1926
105 seats contested
  First party Second party
 
Leader Motilal Nehru Madan Mohan Malaviya
Party SP NP
Seats won 38 22

General elections were held in British India between 28 October and late November 1926 to elect members of the Imperial Legislative Council and the Provincial Legislative Councils.[1]

The Swaraj Party were victorious in Provincial Council elections in Bengal and Madras, and also made gains in Bihar and Orissa. However, at the national level the party saw their number of seats reduced.[2]

Results

Central Legislative Assembly

Party Seats Leader
Swaraj Party38Motilal Nehru
Nationalist Party22Madan Mohan Malaviya
Central Muslims and Allies18Sir Zulfiqar Ali Khan
Independents13Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Minor parties, unattached independents, unknown5
Europeans9Sir Darcy Lindsay
Total105
Source: Schwartzberg Atlas

Members of Central Legislative Assembly

[3][4][5]

Officials

Nominated Non-Officials

Elected Non-Officials

Elected Members of Council of State

[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Indian General Election. The Communal Issue., Hindu v. Moslem", The Times, 29 October 1926, p15, Issue 44415
  2. ↑ "The British Empire. Dominions in Conference", The Times, 1 January 1927, p5, Issue 44468
  3. ↑ Kumar, Ravindra. Selected Works of Vithalbhai J. Patel: 1930–1932.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Indian Quarterly Register. 1926 https://archive.org/stream/indianquarterlyr035508mbp/indianquarterlyr035508mbp_djvu.txt. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ The Indian Year Book. Bennett, Coleman & Company.
  6. ↑ The Council of State Debates Official Report Vol VII.
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