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1930 Punjab Legislative Council election

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1930 Punjab Legislative Council election

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71 seats in the Punjab Legislative Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Unionist NPP Independents
Seats won 37 20 14
Seat change Increase 6 New Increase 2

Legislative Council elections were held in Punjab Province in British India in 1930. They were the fourth and last legislative council elections held in the province under the Government of India Act 1919. The newly elected Council was constituted on 24 October 1930 when its first meeting was held.[1]

Group photo of Members of Fourth Punjab Legislative Council.

Shahab-ud-Din Virk was re-elected as President on October 25, 1930.[2] The Council was given the extension of about 3 years in its three years term and was dissolved on 10 November 1936. The Council held 197 meetings during its extended tenure.[3]

Distribution of seats

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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

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Event Date
Filing of Nominations 1 September 1930
Scrutiny of Nominations 2 September 1930
Polling 12 and 22 September 1930
Counting ? December 1930
  • Election schedule in special constituencies were not same and the dates were different, unfortunately not available.

Results

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PartySeats+/–
Unionist Party37+6
National Progressive Party20New
Independents14+2
Total710
Source: Ali[5]

Constituency wise result

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  Candidate elected unopposed

General-Urban

S. No. Constituency Winner
1 Lahore City Chaudhary Bansi
2 Amritsar City Ramji Das
3 South-Eastern Towns Joti Prasad
4 North-Eastern Towns Mohan Lal
5 East-Western Towns Nihal Chand Aggarwal
6 North-Western Towns Gokul Chand Narang
7 Western Punjab Chetan Anand


General-Rural

S. No. Constituency Winner
8 Hissar Sajjan Kumar Chaudhary
9 South-Eastern Rohtak Chottu Ram
10 North-Eastern Rohtak Ramsarup
11 Gurgaon Balbir Singh
12 Karnal Chaudhary Nathwa
13 Ambala-Simla Manraj Singh
14 Kangra Pancham Chand
15 Hoshiarpur Nanak Chand
16 Jullundur-Ludhiana Bhagat Ram
17 Lahore-Ferozpur-Sheikhupura Gopal Das
18 Amritsar-Gurdaspur Kesar Singh
19 Rawalpindi Labh Singh
20 Multan Sewak Ram


Muhammadan-Urban

S. No. Constituency Winner
21 Lahore City Mohammed Din Malik
22 Amritsar City Faqir Hussain Khan
23 Western Punjab Towns Abdul Ghani
24 East West Central Towns Din Mohammed
25 South-Eastern Towns Mohammed Yusuf


Muhammadan-Rural

S. No. Constituency Winner
26 Gurgaon Hissar Yasin Khan
27 Ambala Allah Daad Khan
28 Hoshiarpur Ludhiana Iman-ud-din
29 Ferozpur Pir Akabar Ali
30 Jullundur Abdur Rehman Khan
31 Kangra Gurdaspur Shahad-ud-din
32 Lahore Habibullah
33 Amritsar Faqir Hussain Khan
34 Sialkot Mohammed Zafrullah Khan
35 Gujranwala Riasat Ali
36 Sheikhupura Shah Mohammed
37 Gujarat East Fazl Ali
38 Gujarat West Nazir Husain Ranjha
39 Shahpur East Firoz Khan Noon
40 Shahpur West Mohammed Hayat Qureshi
41 Mianwali Malik Muzaffar Khan
42 Attock Mohammed Amin Khan
43 Rawalpindi Nir Khan
44 Jehlum Mohammed Sarfraz Khan
45 Lyallpur North Rai Jagdev Khan
46 Lyallpur South Mohammed Nurullah
47 Montgomery Nur Ahmed Khan
48 Multan East Mohammed Haibat Khan
49 Multan West Raza Shah Gilani
50 Jhang Mubarak Ali Shah
51 Muzaffargarh Shah Mohammed Hasan
52 Dera Gazi Khan Faiz Mohammed


Sikh-Urban

S. No. Constituency Winner
53 Sikh Urban Ujjal Singh


Sikh-Rural

S. No. Constituency Winner
54 Ambala Division Ram Singh
55 Hoshiarpur Kangara Harbaksh Singh
56 Jullundur Gurbachan Singh
57 Ludhiana Mohinder Singh
58 Ferozpur Jaswant Singh
59 Lahore Jawahar Singh
60 Amritsar Raghbir Singh
61 Sialkot Gurdaspur Bishan Singh
62 Lyallpur Sampuran Singh
63 Multan Shekhupura Buta Singh
64 Rawalpindi Gujranwala Narain Singh


Special

S. No. Constituency Winner
Landholders
65 Punjab
(General)
Raja Narendra Nath
66 Punjab (Muhammadan) Mohammed Yakham Daultana
67 Punjab
(Sikh)
Jogender Singh
Tumandars
68 Baluch
Tumandars
Jamal Khan Leghari
University
69 Punjab
Universities
Manohar Lal
Commerce and Trade
70 Punjab Commerce and Trade Pandit Mukherji
Industry
71 Punjab
Industries
Mukand Lal Puri

References

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  1. ^ The Punjab Parliamentarians 1897–2013, Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, Lahore - Pakistan, 2015
  2. ^ Proceedings, Punjab Legislative Council, October 25, 1930. Page 5-6.
  3. ^ Proceedings, Punjab Legislative Council, November 10, 1936. Pages 411.
  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 25 June 2021.
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  • "Pre Punjab Fourth synopsis". papmis.pitb.gov.pk. Retrieved 25 June 2021.