1923 Punjab Legislative Council election

1923 Punjab Provincial Legislative Council election
← 1920 1923 1926 →
71 seats in the Punjab Legislative Council
Turnout52.82% (Increase 18.01%)
  First party Second party
 
Party Unionist SP
Seats won 33 12
Seat change New New
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party SGPC Independent
Seats won 9 17
Seat change New Decrease 54

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.[1]

Sheikh Abdul Qadir was elected as its president. He resigned from the office when he was appointed as Minister of Education[2] and was succeeded by Shahab-ud-din.[3] The Council held its last meeting on 25 October 1926 and was dissolved on 27 October. It held 102 meetings.[4]

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

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

Post Holder Tenure
President Herbert Alexander Casson 2 January 1924 16 January 1925
Sheikh Abdul Qadir 16 January 1925 4 September 1925
Shahab-ud-Din Virk 3 December 1925 27 October 1926
Deputy President Sheikh Abdul Qadir 5 January 1924 16 January 1925
Mohinder Singh 5 March 1925 27 October 1926

Ex-Officio Members

Name Member of Department
John Maynard Finance

Ministers

Name Member of Department
Chottu Ram Agriculture and Education
Chaudhary Lal Chand Agriculture
Sundar Singh Majithia Revenue
Mian Fazl-i-Husain Education
Jogendra Singh Agriculture

Election Schedule

Event Date
Filing of Nominations 1 November 1923
Scrutiny of Nominations 6 November 1923
Polling 20 and 28 November 1923
Counting ? December 1923
  • Election schedule in special constituencies were not same and the dates were different, unfortunately not available.

Results

PartySeats+/–
Unionist Party33New
Swaraj Party12New
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee9New
Independents17–54
Total710
Source: Yadav

Constituency wise result

  Candidate Elected Unopposed


General-Urban

S. No. Constituency Winner
1 Lahore City Nihal Chand
2 Amritsar City Diwan Chand
3 South-Eastern Towns Banke Rai
4 North-Eastern Towns Mohan Lal
5 East-Western Towns Dhan Raj
6 North-Western Towns Gokul Chand
7 Western Punjab Bodh Raj


General-Rural

S. No. Constituency Winner
8 Hissar Sham Lal
9 South-Eastern Rohtak Chottu Ram
10 North-Eastern Rohtak Lal Chand
11 Gurgaon Pohap Singh
12 Karnal Duli Chand
13 Ambala-Simla Ganga Ram
14 Kangra Ram Singh
15 Hoshiarpur Nanak Chand
16 Jullundur-Ludhiana Bhagat Ram
17 Lahore-Ferozpur-Sheikhupura Mohan Lal Bhagat
18 Amritsar-Gurdaspur Kesar Singh
19 Rawalpindi Narain Das
20 Multan Sewak Ram


Muhammadan-Urban

S. No. Constituency Winner
21 Lahore City Abdul Aziz Marwada
22 Amritsar City Mohammed Sharif
23 Western Punjab Towns Abdul Qadir
24 East West Central Towns Mazhar Ali Azhar
25 South-Eastern Towns Feroz-ud-Din


Muhammadan-Rural

S. No. Constituency Winner
26 Gurgaon Hissar Shahid Daad Khan
27 Ambala Shafi Ali Khan
28 Hoshiarpur Ludhiana Afzal Haq
29 Ferozpur Nasib-ud-Din Khan
30 Jullundur Sadaullah Khan
31 Kangra Gurdaspur Ali Akbar
32 Lahore Mohammed Shah Nawaz
33 Amritsar Maqbool Mahmud
34 Sialkot Shahab-ud-Din
35 Gujranwala Karam Illahi
36 Sheikhupura Khan Mohammed Khan
37 Gujarat East Fazl Ali
38 Gujarat West Ghulam Mohammed
39 Shahpur East Firoz Khan Noon
40 Shahpur West Mohammed Khan Tiwana
41 Mianwali Saifullah Khan
42 Attock Sikandar Hayat Khan
43 Rawalpindi Farman Ali Khan
44 Jehlum Mohammed Mehar Shah
45 Lyallpur North Shahadat Khan
46 Lyallpur South Nur-ud-Dim
47 Montgomery Husaini Shah
48 Multan East Mohammed Haibat Khan
49 Multan West Raza Shah Gilani
50 Jhang Hussain Shah
51 Muzaffargarh Abdullah Khan
52 Dera Gazi Khan Faiz Mohammed


Sikh-Urban

S. No. Constituency Winner
53 Sikh Urban Jodh Singh


Sikh-Rural

S. No. Constituency Winner
54 Ambala Division Gurbaksh Singh
55 Hoshiarpur Kangara Narinder Singh
56 Jullundur Partap Singh Shankar
57 Ludhiana Mohinder Singh
58 Ferozpur Tara Singh
59 Lahore Sangat Singh
60 Amritsar Dhan Singh
61 Sialkot Gurdaspur Randhir Singh
62 Lyallpur Harchand 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) Fazl-i-Husain
67 Punjab
(Sikh) 		Mangal Singh
Tumandars
68 Baluch Tumandars Jamal Khan Leghari
University
69 Punjab
Universities 		Ruchi Ram
Commerce and Trade
70 Punjab Commerce and Trade V. F. Gray
Industry
71 Punjab
Industries 		Dhanpat Rai

See also

Punjab legislative council (British India)

References

  1. ^ The Punjab Parliamentarians 1897–2013, Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, Lahore - Pakistan, 2015
  2. ^ Punjab Legislative Council proceedings, 30 November 1925. Page 1370.
  3. ^ Punjab Legislative Council proceedings, 3 December 1925. Page 1389.
  4. ^ Punjab Legislative Council proceedings, 25 October 1926. Page 1810.
  • "Pre Punjab Second Synopsis". papmis.pitb.gov.pk. Retrieved 17 June 2021.

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