HC Deb 08 March 1937 vol 321 c809W
Sir N. Stewart Sandeman

asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he will now give the detailed results of the elections in India, stating how many Congress party members have been

Congress Party. Non-Congress Hindus. Moslem Independent. Moslem United. Moslem League. Other Moslems. Other Parties. Europeans and Anglo-Indians. No Party. Total.
Bengal Legislative Assembly. 54 42 43 40 38 31 2* 250
Bengal Legislative Council (Elected). 3 7 13 4 3 30
Bihar Legislative Assembly. 91 4 16 6 3 32 152
Bihar Legislative Council (Elected). 9 1 2 1 1 14
Assam Legislative Assembly. 32 9 30 4 33 108
Assam Legislative Council (Elected). 10 6 2 18
Bombay Legislative Assembly. 87† 27 12 18 4‡ 8 19 175
Bombay Legislative Council (Elected). 16§ 4 3 2 1 26
Madras Legislative Assembly. 159 9 2 21|| 9 15 215
Madras Legislative Council (Elected). 26 3 5|| 1 11 46
United Provinces Legislative Assembly. 134 9 24 26 29¶ 6 228
United Provinces Legislative Council (Elected). 8 19 14 10¶ 1 52
Punjab Legislative Assembly. 18 36** 2 4 88†† 27 175
North-West Frontier Province Legislative Assembly. 19 1 2 7‡‡ 21 50
Orissa Legislative Assembly. 36 24 60
Sind Legislative Assembly. 8 14 9 7 18§§ 4 60
Central Provinces Legislative Assembly. 71 10 5 8 2 16 112
762 1771
* Moslem seats party not known.
† Including 1 Nationalist, 1 Communist.
‡ Labour.
§ Including 2 Democratic Swaraj.
|| Justice Party.
¶ National Agricultural.
** Including Sikhs.
†† Unionists.
‡‡ Hindu-Sikh Nationalists.
§§Sind United Party.

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