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1930 Punjab Legislative Council election

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1930 Punjab Legislative Council election

| country = British India

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| turnout =

| previous_election = 1926 Punjab Legislative Council election

| previous_year = 1926

| next_election =

| next_year =

| election_date = 1930

| seats_for_election = 71 seats in the Punjab Legislative Council

| image1 =

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| leader1 =

| party1 = Unionist Party (Punjab)

| seats1 = 37

| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 6

| party2 = NPP

| color2 = 6a0dad

| seats2 = 20

| seat_change2 = New

| party3 = Independents

| seats3 = 14

| seat_change3 = {{increase}} 2

| map = 200px

}}

Legislative Council elections were held in Punjab Province in British India in 1930. They were the fourth and last legislative council elections held in the province under the Government of India Act 1919. The newly elected Council was constituted on 24 October 1930 when its first meeting was held.The Punjab Parliamentarians 1897–2013, Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, Lahore - Pakistan, 2015

File:Members of Fourth Punjab Legislative Council.jpg

Shahab-ud-Din Virk was re-elected as President on October 25, 1930.Proceedings, Punjab Legislative Council, October 25, 1930. Page 5-6. The Council was given the extension of about 3 years in its three years term and was dissolved on 10 November 1936. The Council held 197 meetings during its extended tenure.Proceedings, Punjab Legislative Council, November 10, 1936. Pages 411.

Distribution of seats

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Category

!Urban

!Rural

!Total

General

|7

|13

!20

Mohammadans

|5

|27

!32

Sikh

|1

|11

!12

Special^

| -

| -

!7

Total

!13

!51

!71[http://panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/downloadPdf.jsp?file=BK-001213.pdf&docid=2769 Elections in Punjab 1920-1947 (Pdf)], Book by Kirpal C. Yadav. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

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

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Event

!Date

Filing of Nominations

|1 September 1930

Scrutiny of Nominations

|2 September 1930

Polling

|12 and 22 September 1930

Counting

|? December 1930

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

Results

{{Election results

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|party2=National Progressive Party|seats2=20|sc2=New|color2=purple

|party3=Independents|seats3=14|sc3=+2

|total_sc=0

|source=Ali[http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download%3Fdoi%3D10.1.1.717.1331%26rep%3Drep1%26type%3Dpdf&ved=2ahUKEwiCxq2d-cfwAhVVQH0KHZ-mBuc4ChAWMAV6BAgJEAI&usg=AOvVaw2wY8OBb_-lob-N7V3uw1pR 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 25 June 2021.

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Constituency wise result

{{colorbox|wheat}} Candidate elected unopposed

General-Urban

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S. No.

!Constituency

!Winner

1

|Lahore City

|bgcolor="wheat"| Chaudhary Bansi

2

|Amritsar City

|Ramji Das

3

|South-Eastern Towns

|bgcolor="wheat"|Joti Prasad

4

|North-Eastern Towns

|Mohan Lal

5

|East-Western Towns

|Nihal Chand Aggarwal

6

|North-Western Towns

|bgcolor="wheat"|Gokul Chand Narang

7

|Western Punjab

|bgcolor="wheat"|Chetan Anand

General-Rural

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S. No.

!Constituency

!Winner

8

|Hissar

|bgcolor=wheat|Sajjan Kumar Chaudhary

9

|South-Eastern Rohtak

|Chottu Ram

10

|North-Eastern Rohtak

|Ramsarup

11

|Gurgaon

|Balbir Singh

12

|Karnal

|Chaudhary Nathwa

13

|Ambala-Simla

|Manraj Singh

14

|Kangra

|Pancham Chand

15

|Hoshiarpur

|Nanak Chand

16

|Jullundur-Ludhiana

|Bhagat Ram

17

|Lahore-Ferozpur-Sheikhupura

|bgcolor="wheat"|Gopal Das

18

|Amritsar-Gurdaspur

|bgcolor="wheat"|Kesar Singh

19

|Rawalpindi

|Labh Singh

20

|Multan

|bgcolor=wheat|Sewak Ram

Muhammadan-Urban

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S. No.

!Constituency

!Winner

21

|Lahore City

|Mohammed Din Malik

22

|Amritsar City

|bgcolor="wheat"|Faqir Hussain Khan

23

|Western Punjab Towns

|bgcolor="wheat"|Abdul Ghani

24

|East West Central Towns

|Din Mohammed

25

|South-Eastern Towns

|Mohammed Yusuf

Muhammadan-Rural

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S. No.

!Constituency

!Winner

26

|Gurgaon Hissar

|Yasin Khan

27

|Ambala

|Allah Daad Khan

28

|Hoshiarpur Ludhiana

|Iman-ud-din

29

|Ferozpur

|bgcolor="wheat"|Pir Akabar Ali

30

|Jullundur

|Abdur Rehman Khan

31

|Kangra Gurdaspur

|Shahad-ud-din

32

|Lahore

|Habibullah

33

|Amritsar

|bgcolor=wheat|Faqir Hussain Khan

34

|Sialkot

|bgcolor="wheat"|Mohammed Zafrullah Khan

35

|Gujranwala

|Riasat Ali

36

|Sheikhupura

|Shah Mohammed

37

|Gujarat East

|bgcolor=wheat|Fazl Ali

38

|Gujarat West

|Nazir Husain Ranjha

39

|Shahpur East

|bgcolor="wheat"|Firoz Khan Noon

40

|Shahpur West

|bgcolor=wheat|Mohammed Hayat Qureshi

41

|Mianwali

|bgcolor="wheat"|Malik Muzaffar Khan

42

|Attock

|bgcolor="wheat"|Mohammed Amin Khan

43

|Rawalpindi

|bgcolor="wheat"|Nir Khan

44

|Jehlum

|bgcolor="wheat"|Mohammed Sarfraz Khan

45

|Lyallpur North

|Rai Jagdev Khan

46

|Lyallpur South

|Mohammed Nurullah

47

|Montgomery

|bgcolor=wheat|Nur Ahmed Khan

48

|Multan East

|bgcolor="wheat"|Mohammed Haibat Khan

49

|Multan West

|bgcolor="wheat"|Raza Shah Gilani

50

|Jhang

|Mubarak Ali Shah

51

|Muzaffargarh

|bgcolor="wheat"|Shah Mohammed Hasan

52

|Dera Gazi Khan

|Faiz Mohammed

Sikh-Urban

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S. No.

!Constituency

!Winner

53

|Sikh Urban

|bgcolor=wheat |Ujjal Singh

Sikh-Rural

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S. No.

!Constituency

!Winner

54

|Ambala Division

|Ram Singh

55

|Hoshiarpur Kangara

|Harbaksh Singh

56

|Jullundur

|Gurbachan Singh

57

|Ludhiana

|bgcolor="wheat"|Mohinder Singh

58

|Ferozpur

|Jaswant Singh

59

|Lahore

|Jawahar Singh

60

|Amritsar

|bgcolor="wheat"|Raghbir Singh

61

|Sialkot Gurdaspur

|bgcolor="wheat"|Bishan Singh

62

|Lyallpur

|bgcolor="wheat"|Sampuran Singh

63

|Multan Shekhupura

|bgcolor="wheat"|Buta Singh

64

|Rawalpindi Gujranwala

|bgcolor="wheat"|Narain Singh

Special

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S. No.

!Constituency

!Winner

colspan=3| Landholders
65

|Punjab
(General)

|bgcolor=wheat |Raja Narendra Nath

66

|Punjab (Muhammadan)

|Mohammed Yakham Daultana

67

|Punjab
(Sikh)

|bgcolor="wheat"|Jogender Singh

colspan=3|Tumandars
68

|Baluch
Tumandars

|bgcolor=wheat|Jamal Khan Leghari

colspan=3 |University
69

|Punjab
Universities

|bgcolor="wheat"|Manohar Lal

colspan=3 |Commerce and Trade
70

|Punjab Commerce and Trade

|bgcolor=wheat |Pandit Mukherji

colspan=3 |Industry
71

|Punjab
Industries

|bgcolor=wheat|Mukand Lal Puri

References

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External links

  • {{cite web |title=Pre Punjab Fourth synopsis |url=http://papmis.pitb.gov.pk/en/members/past-members/punjab-legislative-council-1921-to-1936/pre-punjab-fourth-synopsis |website=papmis.pitb.gov.pk |accessdate=25 June 2021}}

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