Legislative Council elections were held in Punjab Province in British India in late 1923. They were the second legislative council elections held in the province under the Government of India Act 1919. The newly elected Council was constituted on 2 January 1924 when its first meeting was held.The Punjab Parliamentarians 1897–2013, Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, Lahore - Pakistan, 2015
Sheikh Abdul Qadir was elected as its president. He resigned from the office when he was appointed as Minister of EducationPunjab Legislative Council proceedings, 30 November 1925. Page 1370. and was succeeded by Shahab-ud-din.Punjab Legislative Council proceedings, 3 December 1925. Page 1389. The Council held its last meeting on 25 October 1926 and was dissolved on 27 October. It held 102 meetings.Punjab Legislative Council proceedings, 25 October 1926. Page 1810.
Distribution of seats Category UrbanRuralTotalGeneral 71320Mohammadans 52732Sikh11112Special^ - -7Total 135171
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
Voter Statistics Total Voters = 6,15,503 Vote Turnout = 52.82% Territorial Constituencies voters - 6,10,199 Highest Number of voters - 21,309 in Jehlum (Muhammadan-Rural) Lowest Number of voters - 1,652 in Gurgaon (General-Rural) Highest Turnout - 72.8% in East West Central Towns (General-Urban) Lowest Turnout - 14.6% in Lahore (Sikh-Rural) Non-Territorial Constituencies voters - 5,304 Highest Number of voters - 2,398 in Punjab Universities Lowest Number of voters - 11 in Baluch Tumandars Highest Turnout - 84.4% in Punjab Universities Lowest Turnout - 72.4% in Punjab Landholders (Sikh)
Office bearer PostHolderTenure President Herbert Alexander Casson2 January 192416 January 1925Sheikh Abdul Qadir16 January 19254 September 1925Shahab-ud-Din Virk3 December 192527 October 1926Deputy President Sheikh Abdul Qadir5 January 192416 January 1925Mohinder Singh 5 March 192527 October 1926
Ex-Officio Members NameMember of Department John Maynard Finance
Ministers NameMember of Department Chottu RamAgriculture and Education Chaudhary Lal ChandAgriculture Sundar Singh MajithiaRevenue Mian Fazl-i-HusainEducation Jogendra SinghAgriculture
Election schedule EventDateFiling of Nominations 1 November 1923Scrutiny of Nominations 6 November 1923Polling 20 and 28 November 1923Counting ? December 1923 Election schedule in special constituencies were not same and the dates were different, unfortunately not available.
Results
Constituency wise result Candidate Elected Unopposed
General-Urban S. No.Constituency Winner1Lahore CityNihal Chand2Amritsar CityDiwan Chand3South-Eastern TownsBanke Rai4North-Eastern TownsMohan Lal5East-Western TownsDhan Raj6North-Western TownsGokul Chand 7Western PunjabBodh Raj
General-Rural S. No.Constituency Winner8HissarSham Lal9South-Eastern RohtakChottu Ram10North-Eastern RohtakLal Chand11GurgaonPohap Singh12KarnalDuli Chand13Ambala-SimlaGanga Ram14KangraRam Singh15Hoshiarpur Nanak Chand16Jullundur-LudhianaBhagat Ram17Lahore-Ferozpur-SheikhupuraMohan Lal Bhagat18Amritsar-GurdaspurKesar Singh19Rawalpindi Narain Das20MultanSewak Ram
Muhammadan-Urban S. No.Constituency Winner21Lahore CityAbdul Aziz Marwada22Amritsar CityMohammed Sharif23Western Punjab TownsAbdul Qadir24East West Central TownsMazhar Ali Azhar25South-Eastern Towns Feroz-ud-Din
Muhammadan-Rural S. No.Constituency Winner26 Gurgaon HissarShahid Daad Khan27AmbalaShafi Ali Khan28Hoshiarpur Ludhiana Afzal Haq29Ferozpur Nasib-ud-Din Khan 30Jullundur Sadaullah Khan31Kangra Gurdaspur Ali Akbar 32Lahore Mohammed Shah Nawaz33Amritsar Maqbool Mahmud 34SialkotShahab-ud-Din35Gujranwala Karam Illahi36SheikhupuraKhan Mohammed Khan 37Gujarat EastFazl Ali38Gujarat WestGhulam Mohammed 39Shahpur EastFiroz Khan Noon 40Shahpur WestMohammed Khan Tiwana 41MianwaliSaifullah Khan42AttockSikandar Hayat Khan43Rawalpindi Farman Ali Khan 44JehlumMohammed Mehar Shah45Lyallpur NorthShahadat Khan 46Lyallpur SouthNur-ud-Dim47Montgomery Husaini Shah48Multan EastMohammed Haibat Khan 49Multan WestRaza Shah Gilani50JhangHussain Shah51MuzaffargarhAbdullah Khan52Dera Gazi KhanFaiz Mohammed
Sikh-Urban S. No.Constituency Winner53Sikh Urban Jodh Singh
Sikh-Rural S. No.Constituency Winner54Ambala Division Gurbaksh Singh55Hoshiarpur KangaraNarinder Singh56Jullundur Partap Singh Shankar57Ludhiana Mohinder Singh 58Ferozpur Tara Singh 59Lahore Sangat Singh60Amritsar Dhan Singh 61Sialkot Gurdaspur Randhir Singh62LyallpurHarchand Singh63Multan ShekhupuraButa Singh64Rawalpindi Gujranwala Narain Singh
Special S. No.Constituency Winner Landholders 65Punjab (General)Raja Narendra Nath66Punjab (Muhammadan)Fazl-i-Husain67Punjab (Sikh)Mangal Singh Tumandars68Baluch Tumandars Jamal Khan LeghariUniversity 69Punjab Universities Ruchi RamCommerce and Trade70Punjab Commerce and Trade V. F. GrayIndustry 71Punjab IndustriesDhanpat Rai
See also Punjab legislative council (British India)
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