1923 Punjab Legislative Council election

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]

1923 Punjab Provincial Legislative Council election

← 1920 1923 1926 →
71 seats in the Punjab Legislative Council
Turnout	52.82% ( 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 54

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

Party		Seats	+/–
	Unionist Party	33	New
	Swaraj Party	12	New
	Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee	9	New
	Independents	17	–54
Total		71	0
Source: Yadav[5]

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)