1951 Punjab provincial election
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All 192 seats in the Legislative Assembly 97 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 45,00,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 44% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Provincial Assembly elections were held in Dominion of Pakistan in 1951[1] to elect all 192 members of the Provincial Assembly of West Punjab along with other provincial election in North-West Frontier Province. It was Pakistan's first provincial assembly election. Pakistan Muslim League won the election, and defeated the JAML coalition of the Jinnah Muslim League and All-Pakistan Awami Muslim League .[2]
Background
[edit]After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, the Punjab Province was divided and West Punjab was given to the Dominion of Pakistan which became Muslim majority region soon after the partition of India. Nawab Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot became the premier of the province after independence and a ministry was formed by him. His ministry was accused of corruption and nepotism. After this, his ministry was dissolved in 1949. Later in 1950 governor Abdur Rab Nishtar announced a provincial election to be held.[3]
Results
[edit]The election was for 197 seats. There were 44 additional two-seat constituency with 50% for Muhajir. 4 seats were reserved for Christians and Anglo-Indians.[4]
| Party | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muslim League | 143 | New | |
| Jinnah Awami Muslim League | 32 | New | |
| Jamaat-e-Islami and Azad Pakistan Party | 1 | New | |
| Islami League | 0 | New | |
| Communist Party | 0 | New | |
| Independent | 16 | – | |
| Total | 192 | 0 | |
| Source: Kokab[5] | |||
Elected members
[edit]| Serial | Constituency | Member |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jhelum-IV ― Muslim | Abbas Khan, Seth Malik |
| 2 | Lyallpur-VII ― Muslim | Abdul Bari, Mian |
| 3 | Abdul Ghani Harl, Chaudhri (Sheikhupura-III ― Muslim) | |
| 4 | Abdul Hamid Khan, Rana (Montgomery-VIII ― Muslim) | |
| 5 | Abdul Hamid Nakai, Sardar, B.A. (Hons) (Lahore-V ― Muslim) | |
| 6 | Abdul Hamid, Mr (Lyallpur-VI ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 7 | Abdul Haq, Mian (Montgomery-III ― Muslim) | |
| 8 | Abdul Latif, Mian, B.A., LL.B. (Sheikhupura-V ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 9 | Abdul Majid Qureshi, Sahnavi, Mr (Multan-VII ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 10 | Abdul Qayyum, Mir, B.A., Ll.B. (Lyallpur-I ― Muslim) | |
| 11 | Abdul Rahim, Chaudhri (Sialkot-X ― Muslim) | |
| 12 | Abdul Waheed Khan, Mr (Corporation of the city of Lahore-IV ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 13 | Abdul Wahid, Alhaj Mian (Lyallpur-X ― Muslim) | |
| 14 | Abdullah Khan, Major Amir (Shahpur-X ― Muslim) | |
| 15 | Abdur Rehman Khan, Rao (Multan-IX ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 16 | Abdus Sattar Khan Niazi, Khan (Mianwali-II ― Muslim) | |
| 17 | Abid Hussain Shah, Lt Col Saiyad (Jhang-III ― Muslim) | |
| 18 | Abu Saeed Enver, Mr (Corporation of the city of Lahore-III ― Muslim) | |
| 19 | Ahmed Ali, Sardar (Lahore-IV ― Muslim) | |
| 20 | Ahmed Masud Said, Mr (Lyallpur-II ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 21 | Ahmed Saeed Kirmani, Mr (Corporation of the city of Lahore-V ― Muslim) | |
| 22 | Ahmed Yar Khan, Mehr (Shahpur-VIII ― Muslim) | |
| 23 | Ali Sher Khan, Chaudhri (Sheikhupura-IV ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 24 | Altaf Hussain Bokhari, Saiyad (Jhang-VIII ― Muslim) | |
| 25 | Altaf Mohy-ud-Din Qadri, Saiyad, M.A. (Sialkot-V ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 26 | Amir Ali Khan, Subedar, Raja (Rawalpindi-VII ― Muslim) | |
| 27 | Amir Hussain Shah, Saiyad (Gujrat-IV ― Muslim) | |
| 28 | Amir Muhammad Khan, Nawabzada (Mianwali-VI ― Muslim) | |
| 29 | Amir-ud-Din, Mian (Corporation of the city of Lahore-II ― Muslim) | |
| 30 | Asghar Ali Khan, Lt. Col., Nawabzada Chaudhri (Gujrat-II ― Muslim) | |
| 31 | Ata Muhammad Khan Khosa, Sardar (Dera Ghazi Khan-III ― Muslim) | |
| 32 | Aziz Din, Chaudhri, B.A., LL.B. (Lyallpur-III ― Muslim) | |
| 33 | Bahadur Khan Drishak, Sardar (Dera Ghazi Khan-IV ― Muslim) | |
| 34 | Bahawal Sher, Malik (Montgomery-II ― Muslim) | |
| 35 | Chandu Lal, Chaudhri (Pakistani Christian and Anglo-Pakistani-II) | |
| 36 | Daud Ghaznavi, Maulana (Lahore-V ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 37 | Dost Muhammad Khan, Mian (Gujranwala-VIII ― Muslim) | |
| 38 | Faiz Ahmad, Chaudhri, B.A., LL.B. (Shahpur-IX ― Muslim) | |
| 39 | Faiz Ahmad, Mian (Montgomery-IX ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 40 | Faiz Hussain, Malik (Sialkot-VII ― Muslim) | |
| 41 | Faiz Muhammad, Mian (Jhang-I ― Muslim) | |
| 42 | Fateh Muhammad Khan Tiwana, Malik (Shahpur-V ― Muslim) | |
| 43 | Fateh Muhammad, Captain Mian (Gujrat-VI ― Muslim) | |
| 44 | Fateh Sher Jhumat, Malik (Mianwali-IV ― Muslim) | |
| 45 | Fazal Elahi, Chaudhri, M.A., LL.B. (Alig) (Gujrat-VII ― Muslim) | |
| 46 | Fazal Hussain, Malik (Gujranwala-VI ― Muslim) | |
| 47 | Ghulam Abbas Bokhari, Dewan Saiyad, alias Mr Muhammad Sultan Ahmad (Multan-V ― Muslim) | |
| 48 | Ghulam Haider, Mr (Jhang-VI ― Muslim) | |
| 49 | Ghulam Muhammad, Mian (Montgomery-VI ― Muslim) | |
| 50 | Ghulam Murtaza, Haji Khawaja (Dera Ghazi Khan-VIII ― Muslim) | |
| 51 | Ghulam Mustafa Shah Khalid Gilani, Saiyad (Rawalpindi-III ― Muslim) | |
| 52 | Ghulam Nabi, Malik (Corporation of the city of Lahore-I ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 53 | Ghulam Rasul Tarar, Chaudhri (Gujrat-IX ― Muslim) | |
| 54 | Ghulam Sabir Khan, Mr (Montgomery-VI ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 55 | Ghulam Sadid-ud-Din, Khawaja, Hafiz (Dera Ghazi Khan-VII ― Muslim) | |
| 56 | Gibbon, Mr C.E. (Pakistani Christian and Anglo-Pakistani-III) (Deputy Opposition Leader)
(Performed the functions of Leader of Opposition during the absence of Mian Abdul Bari in the session held from 22/11/1954 to 11/12/1954) | |
| 57 | Gul Muhammad Noon alias Mr Abdul Aziz (Multan-IV ― Muslim) | |
| 58 | Gul Nawaz Khan, Chaudhri (Gujrat-VIII ― Muslim) | |
| 59 | Gulzar Muhammad Ali, Begum Dr, M.B.B.S., L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., D.O.M.S. (London), L.M. (Dublin) (Multan city ― Women Muslim) | |
| 60 | Habibullah Khan Tiwana, Khan Bahadur Nawabzada Malik (Shahpur-VI ― Muslim) | |
| 61 | Hadayat Ali, Shaikh, B.A., LL.B. (Sialkot-IX ― Muslim) | |
| 62 | Haji Shah, Qadri Gilani, Sayad (Montgomery-IX ― Muslim) | |
| 63 | Hamid Ullah Beg, Mirza (Lahore-III ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 64 | Hassan Ali Shah, Saiyad (Montgomery-VII ― Muslim) | |
| 65 | Iftikhar Hussain Khan, Khan (Corporation of the city of Lahore-I ― Muslim) | |
| 66 | Inayat Ullah, Chaudhri (Corporation of the city of Lahore-V ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 67 | Irshadullah Ranjha (Gujrat-XI ― Muslim) | |
| 68 | Jahan Ara Shahnawaz, Begum (Outer Lahore ― Muslim Women) | |
| 69 | Jalal Din Bhandara, Haji (Montgomery-VIII ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 70 | Jamil Hussain Rizvi, Saiyad, B.Sc., LL.B. (Alig) (Gujrat-XII ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 71 | Joshua Fazl-ud-Din, Mr, B.A., LL.B. (Pakistani Christian and Anglo-Pakistani-IV) | |
| 72 | Kala Khan, Sardar (Rawalpindi-IV ― Muslim) | |
| 73 | Karim Bakhsh, Hafiz, B.A., LL.B. (Muzaffargar-IV ― Muslim) | |
| 74 | Khadim Hussain, Chaudhri (Sheikhupura-I ― Muslim) | |
| 75 | Kher Mahdi Khan, Raja (Jhelum-III ― Muslim) | |
| 76 | Khuda Dad Khan, Raja (Jhelum-II ― Muslim) | |
| 77 | Khurshid Ahmed Qureshi, Alhaj, Hakim Mian (Shahpur-XI ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 78 | Lal Khan, Raja (Rawalpindi-II ― Muslim) | |
| 79 | Manzoor Hassan, Mian (Gujranwala-I ― Muslim) | |
| 80 | Manzoor Hussain, Saiyad (Sheikhupur-II ― Muslim) | |
| 81 | Manzoor-ul-Hassan, Sheikh (Rawalpindi-I ― Muslim) | |
| 82 | Mehbub Elahi, Shaikh (Lyallpur-I ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 83 | Mehdi Ali Khan, Nawabzada Chaudhri (Gujrat-I ― Muslim) | |
| 84 | Meherban Ahmad, Haji (Corporation of the city of Lahore-IV ― Muslim) | |
| 85 | Mehtab Khan, Chaudhri (Lahore-II ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 86 | Moeen-Azam Khan, Sardar, B.A. (Dera Ghazi Khan-V ― Muslim) | |
| 87 | Mohy-ud-Din Lal Badshah, Saiyad (Attock-V ― Muslim) | |
| 88 | Mohy-ud-Din, Maulvi (Lahore-IV ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 89 | Mubarik Ali Shah, Major Saiyad (Jhang-IV ― Muslim) | |
| 90 | Muhammad Abdullah Jat, Chaudhri (Lyallpur-V ― Muslim) | |
| 91 | Muhammad Abdullah Khan Lt. Col., Raja (Gujranwala-IV ― Muslim) | |
| 92 | Muhammad Afzal Cheema, Chaudhri, M.A., LL.B. (Lyallpur-IX ― Muslim) | |
| 93 | Muhammad Afzal Khan, Khan (Mianwali-V ― Muslim) | |
| 94 | Muhammad Akbar Malik, Mr (Gujranwala-VI ― Muslim) | |
| 95 | Muhammad Akram Khan Bosan, Khan Bahadur, Haji Malik (Multan-II ― Muslim) | |
| 96 | Muhammad Akram Khan, Malik, Bar-at-Law (Attock-II ― Muslim) | |
| 97 | Muhammad Ali, Haji (Sheikhupura-VII ― Muslim) | |
| 98 | Muhammad Amin Khan Kanju Khan, Mr (Multan-VII ― Muslim) | |
| 99 | Muhammad Amin, Mr (Corporation of the city of Lahore-II ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 100 | Muhammad Amir Khan, Mr (Jhelum-VI ― Muslim) | |
| 101 | Muhammad Ashraf Alam Khan, Mr (Lyallpur-VI ― Muslim) | |
| 102 | Muhammad Awais, Chaudhri (Jhelum-I ― Muslim) | |
| 103 | Muhammad Bakhsh, Haji Mian (Shahpur-II ― Muslim) | |
| 104 | Muhammad Ghulam Jilani Gurmani, Mian (Muzaffargarh-III ― Muslim) | |
| 105 | Muhammad Hanif, Chaudhri (Multan-III ― Muslim Reserve Seat) | |
| 106 | Muhammad Hassan, Chaudhri, B.A., LL.B. (Lyallpur-VII ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 107 | Muhammad Hayat Khan, Malik (Attock-VII ― Muslim) | |
| 108 | Muhammad Iqbal Ahmad Khan, Rai (Montgomery-II ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 109 | Muhammad Iqbal Cheema, Chaudhri, B.A., LL.B. (Sialkot-IV ― Muslim) | |
| 110 | Muhammad Islam-ud-Din, Maulvi (Multan-XIII ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 111 | Muhammad Jahangir Khan Langrial, Malik (Montgomery-I ― Muslim) | |
| 112 | Muhammad Jamal Khan, K.B. Nawab Sardar (Dera Ghazi Khan-I ― Muslim) | |
| 113 | Muhammad Khan Gishkori, Sardar (Dera Ghazi Khan-VI ― Muslim) | |
| 114 | Muhammad Khuda Yar Khan Maneka, Mian (Montgomery-X ― Muslim) | |
| 115 | Muhammad Mehr Shah, Nawab Sir Saiyad (Jhelum-V ― Muslim) | |
| 116 | Muhammad Mohsin Lali, Mahar, Mr alias Massan (Jhang-VII ― Muslim) | |
| 117 | Muhammad Munir, Mr (Sialkot-X ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 118 | Muhammad Rehmat Hussain Gilani, Makhdumzada Pir Syed (Multan-III ― Muslim) | |
| 119 | Muhammad Saeed Qureshi, Nawabzada Mian, B.A. (Shahpur-VII ― Muslim) | |
| 120 | Muhammad Sarfraz Hussain Khan, Malik (Attock-VI ― Muslim) | |
| 121 | Muhammad Sarfraz Khan, Raja (Jhelum-VI, Muslim) | |
| 122 | Muhammad Sarwar Bodala, Mian (Montgomery-V ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 123 | Muhammad Sarwar Khan, Chaudhri (Sialkot-VIII ― Muslim) | |
| 124 | Muhammad Shafi, Mian, M.A. (Montgomery-VII ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 125 | Muhammad Shafiq, Chaudhri, B.A., LL.B. (Montgomery-III ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 126 | Muhammad Wilait Hussain Shah Gilani, Makhdum Alhaj Pir Saiyad (Multan-III ― Muslim) | |
| 127 | Muhammad Yar Khan, Mr (Multan-XII ― Muslim) | |
| 128 | Muhammad Yousaf, Chaudhri (Lyallpur-X ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 129 | Muhammad Zafarullah, Sardar, B.A., LL.B. (Corporation of the city of Lahore-IV ― Muslim) | |
| 130 | Muhammad Zakir, Maulvi (Jhang-IX ― Muslim) | |
| 131 | Muhammad Zaman, Mr (Gujrat-V ― Muslim) | |
| 132 | Mumtaz Ali Khan, Sardar, B.A., LL.B. (Attock-III ― Muslim) | |
| 133 | Murid Ahmed, Qazi (Shahpur-IV ― Muslim) | |
| 134 | Murid Hussain, Saiyad (Sialkot-III ― Muslim) | |
| 135 | Mushtaq Ahmad Khan, Chaudhri (Lyallpur-X ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 136 | Mushtaq Ahmad, Mian, B.A., LL.B. (Corporation of the city of Lahore-III ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 137 | Muzaffar Khan, Khan Bahadur Captain Malik (Mianwali-III ― Muslim) | |
| 138 | Muzaffar Khan, Mr (Attock-I ― Muslim) | |
| 139 | Nabi Ahmad, Chaudhri (Gujranwala-III ― Muslim) | |
| 140 | Nasrullah Khan Jatoi, Sardar (Muzaffargar-VII ― Muslim) | |
| 141 | Nasrullah Khan, Nawabzada (Muzaffargarh-VI ― Muslim) | |
| 142 | Nasrullah Khan, Rai, B.A. (Lyallpur-XI ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 143 | Nasrullah, Chaudhri, B.A., LL.B. (Lahore-II ― Muslim) | |
| 144 | Naubahar Shah, Saiyad (Multan-XI ― Muslim) | |
| 145 | Nausher Khan, Rai (Lyallpur-VIII ― Muslim) | |
| 146 | Nawab Khan Gopang, Haji Sardar (Muzaffargarh-VIII ― Muslim) | |
| 147 | Nawazish Ali Khan Sial, Khan Saiyad (Jhang-II ― Muslim) | |
| 148 | Nazar Hussain Shah, Makhdum Saiyad (Lyallpur-XI ― Muslim) | |
| 149 | Nazar Hussain Shah, Saiyad (Muzaffargarh-I ― Muslim) | |
| 150 | Noor, Mr M (General) | |
| 151 | Nur Muhammad, Malik (Montgomery-IV ― Muslim) | |
| 152 | Qutab Khan, Sardar Bahadur Captain, O.B.I. (Multan-XII ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 153 | Rahim Bakhsh Khan, Mr (Multan-X ― Muslim) | |
| 154 | Rashida Latif, Baji (Muslim Women ― Inner Lahore) | |
| 155 | Rehan-ud-Din Siddiqui, Mr (Multan-I ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 156 | Rehmat Ullah, Mehr, (Montgomery-I, Muslim) | |
| 157 | Sai Muhammad, Chaudhri (Gujrat-XII ― Muslim) | |
| 158 | Saif Ullah Tarar, Chaudhri (Gujranwala-VII ― Muslim) | |
| 159 | Sajjad Ali Khan, Rukan-ud-Daullah, Shamshari Jang Allah, Nawab (Gujranwala-II ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 160 | Salah-ud-Din Khan, Chaudhri, B.A., LL.B. (Gujranwala-V ― Muslim) | |
| 161 | Salehon Muhammad, Mr (Shahpur-I ― Muslim) | |
| 162 | Salma Tassaduq Hussain, Begum (Muslim Women ― Inner Lahore) | |
| 163 | Sana Ullah Bodla, Pir (Multan-VIII ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 164 | Shah Nawaz Khan, Shaikh (Sialkot-VI ― Muslim) | |
| 165 | Shah Nawaz, Saiyad, B.A. (Montgomery-V ― Muslim) | |
| 166 | Shamim Hussain Qadri, Syed, B.A., LL.B. (Corporation of the city of Lahore-III ― Muslim Reserved Seat) | |
| 167 | Shamsher Ali Kalyar, Alhaj Mian (Shahpur-XI ― Muslim) | |
| 168 | Sher Jang Khan, Captain (Rawalpindi-VI ― Muslim) | |
| 169 | Singha, Mrs S.P. (Pakistani Christian and Anglo-Pakistani-I) | |
| 170 | Sultan Khan, Chaudhri (Attock-IV ― Muslim) | |
| 171 | Wali Muhammad Bosal, Chaudhri (Gujrat-X ― Muslim) | |
| 172 | Zafar Ullah Khan, Mr (Multan-IX ― Muslim) | |
| 173 | Zahoor Hussain Shah, Syed (Multan-VIII ― Muslim) | |
| 174 | Zeenat Jahan Fida Hasan, Begum (Muslim Women ― Rawalpindi city) | |
Aftermath
[edit]In 1951, after elections in West Punjab, Mumtaz Daultana was chosen as parliamentary leader of the Muslim League in the Punjab Assembly and invited to form a government.[6] Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot became the first Leader of the Opposition in the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab.
References
[edit]- ^ "The Punjab Legislative Assembly 1951-55". Provincial Assembly of the Punjab.
- ^ Paracha, Nadeem F. (19 June 2018). "Elections in Pakistan: A visual history". Naya Duar TV.
- ^ Asif, Nusrat. "Electoral Politics during 1951 Provincial Elections in the Punjab: A Progression of Authoritarian Legacy". Bulletin of Business and Economics. 12 (3): 692-698. doi:10.61506/01.00098.
- ^ Kamran, Tahir (July–December 2009). "Early phase of electoral politics in Pakistan: 1950s". South Asian Studies. 24 (2): 257–282.
- ^ Kokab, Rizwan Ullah. "Electoral Politics in Punjab Legislature's Election 1951" (PDF). Journal of Historical Studies. 6 (2): 228-256.
- ^ Qasmi, Ali Usman (15 Mar 2015). The Ahmadis and the Politics of Religious Exclusion in Pakistan. Anthem Press. p. 74.
