1926 Punjab Legislative Council election

1926 Punjab Provincial Legislative Council election
← 1923 1926 1930 →
71 seats in the Punjab Legislative Council
Turnout54.36% (Increase 1.54%)
  First party Second party
 
Party Unionist Hindu Election Board
Seats won 31 12
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 12
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party CSL Independent
Seats won 11 12
Seat change Increase 11 Decrease 5

Legislative Council elections were held in Punjab Province in British India in late 1926. They were the third legislative council elections held in the province under the Government of India Act 1919. The newly elected Council was constituted on 3 January 1927 when its first meeting was held.[1]

Shahab-ud-Din Virk was re-elected as President on 4 January 1927.[2] The Council was given the extension of about 7 months in its three years town and was dissolved on 26 July 1930. The Council held 111 meetings during its extended tenure.[3]

Distribution of seats

Category Urban Rural Total
General 7 13 20
Mohammadans 5 27 32
Sikh 1 11 12
Special^ - - 7
Total 13 51 71[4]

Special^ (Non-Territorial)

  • Punjab Landholders - 3
    • General - 1
    • Mohammadan - 1
    • Sikh - 1
  • Baluch Tumandars - 1
  • Punjab Universities - 1
  • Punjab Commerce and Trade - 1
  • Punjab Industry - 1

Election schedule

Event Date
Filing of Nominations 5 November 1926
Scrutiny of Nominations 8 November 1926
Polling 23 and 30 November 1926
Counting ? December 1926
  • Election schedule in special constituencies were not same and the dates were different, unfortunately not available.

Category wise result

S. No. Party Category (Seats)
General Urban (7) General Rural (13) Muhammadans Urban (5) Muhammadans Rural (27) Sikh Urban (1) Sikh Rural (11) Special (7) Total (71)
1 Unionist Party - 5 - 23 - - 3 31
2 Hindu Election Board 4 7 - - - - 1 12
3 Central Sikh League - - - - 1 10 - 11
4 Khilafatists - - 2 1 - - - 3
5 Indian National Congress 1 1 - - - - - 2
6 Independent 2 - 3 3 - 1 3 12


Special (7)

  • Landholders (3)
    • General (1)
      • Hindu Election Board - 1
    • Mohammadans (1)
      • Unionist Party - 1
    • Sikh (1)
      • Unionist Party - 1
  • Baluch Tumandars (1)
    • Unionist Party - 1
  • Punjab Universities (1)
    • Independent - 1
  • Punjab Commerce and Trade (1)
    • Independent -1
  • Punjab Industries(1)
    • Independent - 1

Result

PartySeats+/–
Unionist Party31–2
Hindu Election Board12New
Central Sikh League11New
Khilafatists3New
Indian National Congress2New
Independents12–5
Total710
Source: Ali[5]

Constituency wise result

Color Keys for the Party of winner

Other keys

  •   Candidate Elected Unopposed


General-Urban

S. No. Constituency Winner Party
1 Lahore City Bakshi Tek Chand Hindu Election Board
2 Amritsar City Kesho Ram Independent
3 South-Eastern Towns Joti Prasad Hindu Election Board
4 North-Eastern Towns Mohan Lal
5 East-Western Towns Daulat Ram Kalia Independent
6 North-Western Towns Gokul Chand Hindu Election Board
7 Western Punjab Bodh Raj Indian National Congress


General-Rural

S. No. Constituency Winner Party
8 Hissar Chhaju Ram Unionist Party
9 South-Eastern Rohtak Chottu Ram
10 North-Eastern Rohtak Baldeo Singh Hindu Election Board
11 Gurgaon Balbir Singh
12 Karnal Duli Chand Unionist Party
13 Ambala-Simla Ganga Ram Hindu Election Board
14 Kangra Ram Singh Unionist Party
15 Hoshiarpur Nanak Chand Hindu Election Board
16 Jullundur-Ludhiana Hans Raj Indian National Congress
17 Lahore-Ferozpur-Sheikhupura Gopal Das Hindu Election Board
18 Amritsar-Gurdaspur Kesar Singh Unionist Party
19 Rawalpindi Labh Singh Hindu Election Board
20 Multan Sewak Ram


Muhammadan-Urban

S. No. Constituency Winner Party
21 Lahore City Mohammed Iqbal Independent
22 Amritsar City Mohammed Sadiq
23 Western Punjab Towns Mohammed Alam Khilafatists
24 East West Central Towns Din Mohammed Independent
25 South-Eastern Towns Feroz-ud-Din Khilafatists


Muhammadan-Rural

S. No. Constituency Winner Party
26 Gurgaon Hissar Yasin Khan Unionist Party
27 Ambala Rahim Baksh Independent
28 Hoshiarpur Ludhiana Afzal Haq Khilafatists
29 Ferozpur Akbar Ali Independent
30 Jullundur Abdur Rehman Khan Unionist Party
31 Kangra Gurdaspur Shahab-ud-din Virk
32 Lahore Habibullah
33 Amritsar Maqbool Mahmud
34 Sialkot Zafrullah Khan Independent
35 Gujranwala Ali Ahmed Unionist Party
36 Sheikhupura Mohammed Khan Wagha
37 Gujarat East Fazl Ali
38 Gujarat West Umar Hayat
39 Shahpur East Firoz Khan Noon
40 Shahpur West Nawab Mohammed Hayat Qureshi
41 Mianwali Saifullah Khan
42 Attock Mohammed Amin Khan
43 Rawalpindi Nur Khan
44 Jehlum Talib Mohammed Khan
45 Lyallpur North Shahadat Khan
46 Lyallpur South Sadaullah Khan
47 Montgomery Husaini Shah
48 Multan East Ahmad Yar Khan
49 Multan West Raza Shah Gilani
50 Jhang Mubarak Ali Shah
51 Muzaffargarh Abdullah Khan
52 Dera Gazi Khan Faiz Mohammed


Sikh-Urban

S. No. Constituency Winner Party
53 Sikh Urban Ujjal Singh Central Sikh League


Sikh-Rural

S. No. Constituency Winner Party
54 Ambala Division Hari Singh Central Sikh League
55 Hoshiarpur Kangara Kundan Singh
56 Jullundur Partap Singh Shankar
57 Ludhiana Mohinder Singh
58 Ferozpur Fateh Singh Independent
59 Lahore Hira Singh Central Sikh League
60 Amritsar Santa Singh
61 Sialkot Gurdaspur Bishan Singh
62 Lyallpur Kartar Singh Bedi
63 Multan Shekhupura Buta Singh
64 Rawalpindi Gujranwala Narain Singh


Special

S. No. Constituency Winner Party
Landholders
65 Punjab (General) Raja Narendra Nath Hindu Election Board
66 Punjab (Muhammadan) Sikandar Hayat Khan Unionist Party
67 Punjab
(Sikh) 		Joginder Singh
Tumandars
68 Baluch Tumandars Jamal Khan Leghari Unionist Party
University
69 Punjab
Universities 		Manohar Lal Independent
Commerce and Trade
70 Punjab Commerce and Trade V. F. Gray Independent
Industry
71 Punjab
Industries 		Dhanpat Rai Independent

Office bearer

Post Name Tenure Party
President Shahab-ud-Din Virk 3 January 1927 26 July 1930 Unionist Party
Deputy President Buta Singh 5 January 1927 21 July 1927 Central Sikh League
Habibullah 21 July 1927 26 July 1930 Unionist Party

Ex-Officio member and Ministers

Name Member of Department Party
Geoffrey Fitzhervey de Montmorency Finance Non-Partisan
Henry Duffield Craik

Ministers

Name Member of Department Party
Feroz Khan Noon Local Self Government Unionist Party
Fazl-i-Hussain Revenue
Jogendra Singh Agriculture
Manohar Lal Education Independent

See also

References

  1. ^ The Punjab Parliamentarians 1897–2013, Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, Lahore - Pakistan, 2015
  2. ^ Proceedings, Punjab Legislative Council, January 4, 1927. Pages 5-6.
  3. ^ Proceedings, Punjab Legislative Council, July 26, 1930. Pages 317-322.
  4. ^ Elections in Punjab 1920-1947 (Pdf), Book by Kirpal C. Yadav. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  5. ^ Political Development and Political Parties in Punjan 1849-1948, (p. 74), Pakistan Journal of Social Science Vol. 29, No. 1 (June 2009) pp. 65-78. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  • "Pre Punjab Third synopsis". papmis.pitb.gov.pk. Retrieved 17 June 2021.