1926 Punjab Legislative Council election

1926 Punjab Provincial Legislative Council election
71 seats in the Punjab Legislative Council
Turnout	54.36% ( 1.54%)

Legislative Council elections were held in Punjab Province in British India in late 1926. They were the third legislative council elections held in the province under the Government of India Act 1919. The newly elected Council was constituted on 3 January 1927 when its first meeting was held.^[1]

Shahab-ud-Din Virk was re-elected as President on 4 January 1927.^[2] The Council was given the extension of about 7 months in its three years town and was dissolved on 26 July 1930. The Council held 111 meetings during its extended tenure.^[3]

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^[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

Event	Date
Filing of Nominations	5 November 1926
Scrutiny of Nominations	8 November 1926
Polling	23 and 30 November 1926
Counting	? December 1926

Election schedule in special constituencies were not same and the dates were different, unfortunately not available.

Category wise result

S. No.	Party	Category (Seats)
S. No.	Party	General Urban (7)	General Rural (13)	Muhammadans Urban (5)	Muhammadans Rural (27)	Sikh Urban (1)	Sikh Rural (11)	Special (7)	Total (71)
1	Unionist Party	-	5	-	23	-	-	3	31
2	Hindu Election Board	4	7	-	-	-	-	1	12
3	Central Sikh League	-	-	-	-	1	10	-	11
4	Khilafatists	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	3
5	Indian National Congress	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	2
6	Independent	2	-	3	3	-	1	3	12

Special (7)

Landholders (3)
- General (1)
  - Hindu Election Board - 1
- Mohammadans (1)
  - Unionist Party - 1
- Sikh (1)
  - Unionist Party - 1
Baluch Tumandars (1)
- Unionist Party - 1
Punjab Universities (1)
- Independent - 1
Punjab Commerce and Trade (1)
- Independent -1
Punjab Industries(1)
- Independent - 1

Result


Party		Seats	+/–
	Unionist Party	31	–2
	Hindu Election Board	12	New
	Central Sikh League	11	New
	Khilafatists	3	New
	Indian National Congress	2	New
	Independents	12	–5
Total		71	0

Source: Ali^[5]

Constituency wise result

Color Keys for the Party of winner

Other keys

Candidate Elected Unopposed

General-Urban

S. No.	Constituency	Winner
1	Lahore City	Bakshi Tek Chand	Hindu Election Board
2	Amritsar City	Kesho Ram	Independent
3	South-Eastern Towns	Joti Prasad	Hindu Election Board
4	North-Eastern Towns	Mohan Lal	Hindu Election Board
5	East-Western Towns	Daulat Ram Kalia	Independent
6	North-Western Towns	Gokul Chand	Hindu Election Board
7	Western Punjab	Bodh Raj	Indian National Congress

General-Rural

S. No.	Constituency	Winner
8	Hissar	Chhaju Ram	Unionist Party
9	South-Eastern Rohtak	Chottu Ram	Unionist Party
10	North-Eastern Rohtak	Baldeo Singh	Hindu Election Board
11	Gurgaon	Balbir Singh	Hindu Election Board
12	Karnal	Duli Chand	Unionist Party
13	Ambala-Simla	Ganga Ram	Hindu Election Board
14	Kangra	Ram Singh	Unionist Party
15	Hoshiarpur	Nanak Chand	Hindu Election Board
16	Jullundur-Ludhiana	Hans Raj	Indian National Congress
17	Lahore-Ferozpur-Sheikhupura	Gopal Das	Hindu Election Board
18	Amritsar-Gurdaspur	Kesar Singh	Unionist Party
19	Rawalpindi	Labh Singh	Hindu Election Board
20	Multan	Sewak Ram	Hindu Election Board

Muhammadan-Urban

S. No.	Constituency	Winner
21	Lahore City	Mohammed Iqbal	Independent
22	Amritsar City	Mohammed Sadiq	Independent
23	Western Punjab Towns	Mohammed Alam	Khilafatists
24	East West Central Towns	Din Mohammed	Independent
25	South-Eastern Towns	Feroz-ud-Din	Khilafatists

Muhammadan-Rural

S. No.	Constituency	Winner
26	Gurgaon Hissar	Yasin Khan	Unionist Party
27	Ambala	Rahim Baksh	Independent
28	Hoshiarpur Ludhiana	Afzal Haq	Khilafatists
29	Ferozpur	Akbar Ali	Independent
30	Jullundur	Abdur Rehman Khan	Unionist Party
31	Kangra Gurdaspur	Shahab-ud-din Virk
32	Lahore	Habibullah
33	Amritsar	Maqbool Mahmud
34	Sialkot	Zafrullah Khan	Independent
35	Gujranwala	Ali Ahmed	Unionist Party
36	Sheikhupura	Mohammed Khan Wagha
37	Gujarat East	Fazl Ali
38	Gujarat West	Umar Hayat
39	Shahpur East	Firoz Khan Noon
40	Shahpur West	Nawab Mohammed Hayat Qureshi
41	Mianwali	Saifullah Khan
42	Attock	Mohammed Amin Khan
43	Rawalpindi	Nur Khan
44	Jehlum	Talib Mohammed Khan
45	Lyallpur North	Shahadat Khan
46	Lyallpur South	Sadaullah Khan
47	Montgomery	Husaini Shah
48	Multan East	Ahmad Yar Khan
49	Multan West	Raza Shah Gilani
50	Jhang	Mubarak Ali Shah
51	Muzaffargarh	Abdullah Khan
52	Dera Gazi Khan	Faiz Mohammed

Sikh-Urban

S. No.	Constituency	Winner	Party
53	Sikh Urban	Ujjal Singh		Central Sikh League

Sikh-Rural

S. No.	Constituency	Winner
54	Ambala Division	Hari Singh	Central Sikh League
55	Hoshiarpur Kangara	Kundan Singh
56	Jullundur	Partap Singh Shankar
57	Ludhiana	Mohinder Singh
58	Ferozpur	Fateh Singh	Independent
59	Lahore	Hira Singh	Central Sikh League
60	Amritsar	Santa Singh
61	Sialkot Gurdaspur	Bishan Singh
62	Lyallpur	Kartar Singh Bedi
63	Multan Shekhupura	Buta Singh
64	Rawalpindi Gujranwala	Narain Singh

Special

S. No.	Constituency	Winner
Landholders
65	Punjab (General)	Raja Narendra Nath	Hindu Election Board
66	Punjab (Muhammadan)	Sikandar Hayat Khan	Unionist Party
67	Punjab (Sikh)	Joginder Singh	Unionist Party
Tumandars
68	Baluch Tumandars	Jamal Khan Leghari	Unionist Party
University
69	Punjab Universities	Manohar Lal	Independent
Commerce and Trade
70	Punjab Commerce and Trade	V. F. Gray	Independent
Industry
71	Punjab Industries	Dhanpat Rai	Independent

Office bearer

Post	Name	Tenure
President	Shahab-ud-Din Virk	3 January 1927	26 July 1930	Unionist Party
Deputy President	Buta Singh	5 January 1927	21 July 1927	Central Sikh League
Deputy President	Habibullah	21 July 1927	26 July 1930	Unionist Party

Ex-Officio member and Ministers

Name	Member of Department	Party
Geoffrey Fitzhervey de Montmorency	Finance		Non-Partisan
Henry Duffield Craik	Finance		Non-Partisan

Ministers

Name	Member of Department
Feroz Khan Noon	Local Self Government	Unionist Party
Fazl-i-Hussain	Revenue
Jogendra Singh	Agriculture
Manohar Lal	Education	Independent

References

^ The Punjab Parliamentarians 1897–2013, Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, Lahore - Pakistan, 2015
^ Proceedings, Punjab Legislative Council, January 4, 1927. Pages 5-6.
^ Proceedings, Punjab Legislative Council, July 26, 1930. Pages 317-322.
^ Elections in Punjab 1920-1947 (Pdf), Book by Kirpal C. Yadav. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
^ 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 14 May 2021.

External links

"Pre Punjab Third synopsis". papmis.pitb.gov.pk. Retrieved 17 June 2021.

[1] The Punjab Parliamentarians 1897–2013, Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, Lahore - Pakistan, 2015

[2] Proceedings, Punjab Legislative Council, January 4, 1927. Pages 5-6.

[3] Proceedings, Punjab Legislative Council, July 26, 1930. Pages 317-322.

[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 14 May 2021.

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