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| country = British India
| country = British India
| type = parliamentary
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1920 Indian general election
| previous_election = 1920 Indian general election
| previous_year = 1920
| previous_year = 1920
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| next_year = 1926
| next_year = 1926
| election_date = 1923
| election_date = 1923
| seats_for_election = 145 seats contested
| seats_for_election = 105 of the 145 seats in the [[Central Legislative Assembly]]


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'''General elections''' were held in [[British Raj|British India]] in November 1923 for both the [[Central Legislative Assembly]] and Provincial Assemblies. The Central Legislative Assembly had 145 seats, of which 105 were elected by the public.<ref>"Indian Election Results. Strength of Extremists", ''The Times'', 15 December 1923, p11, Issue 43525</ref><ref name="AlamJ">{{cite book|last=Alam|first=Jawaid|title=Government and Politics in Colonial Bihar, 1921–1937|page=118|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BSceVSL-3C8C|isbn=9788170999799|date=January 2004}}</ref>
General elections were held in [[British Raj|British India]] in November 1923 for both the [[Central Legislative Assembly]] and provincial assemblies. The Central Legislative Assembly had 145 seats, of which 105 were elected by the public.<ref>"Indian Election Results. Strength of Extremists", ''The Times'', 15 December 1923, p11, Issue 43525</ref><ref name="AlamJ">{{cite book |last=Alam |first=Jawaid |title=Government and Politics in Colonial Bihar, 1921–1937 |page=118 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BSceVSL-3C8C |isbn=9788170999799 |date=January 2004 |publisher=Mittal Publications}}</ref>


The Assembly was opened on 21 January 1924 by Viceroy [[Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading|Lord Reading]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Rushbrook Williams|first=L. F.|title=India in 1923 1924|page=[https://archive.org/details/indiain19231924032864mbp/page/n330 273]|url=https://archive.org/details/indiain19231924032864mbp}}</ref>
The Assembly was opened on 21 January 1924 by Viceroy [[Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading|Lord Reading]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Rushbrook Williams |first=L. F. |title=India in 1923 1924 |date=12 September 2023 |page=[https://archive.org/details/indiain19231924032864mbp/page/n330 273] |publisher=Government Of India. |url=https://archive.org/details/indiain19231924032864mbp}}</ref>


==Results==
==Results==
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|party7=Unknown allegiance|votes7=|seats7=20
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|party8=Independents|seats8=7
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|row9=Appointed members]|seats9=40
|row9=Appointed members|seats9=40
|source=''The Times''<ref>"Indian Legislative Assembly: Balance Of Parties", ''The Times'', 8 January 1924, p6, Issue 43543</ref>
|source=''The Times''<ref>"Indian Legislative Assembly: Balance Of Parties", ''The Times'', 8 January 1924, p6, Issue 43543</ref>
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===Provincial Assemblies===
===Provincial assemblies===
[[File:Indian Provincial Election 1923.svg|thumb|300px|right|Results in provincial assemblies]]
[[File:Indian Provincial Election 1923.svg|thumb|300px|right|Results in provincial assemblies]]
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|align=left|[[United Provinces of British India|United Provinces]]|| || ||38||84|| || ||1||123
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|align=left colspan=9|Source: ''The Times'',<ref>"Indian Election Results: Strength Of The Swaraj Party", ''The Times'', 1 January 1924, p11, Issue 43537</ref> Saroja Sundararajan<ref>{{cite book | title=March to freedom in Madras Presidency, 1916–1947| author=Saroja Sundararajan| year=1989| pages=334–339| publisher=Madras : Lalitha Publications}}</ref>
|align=left colspan=9|Source: ''The Times'',<ref>"Indian Election Results: Strength Of The Swaraj Party", ''The Times'', 1 January 1924, p11, Issue 43537</ref> Saroja Sundararajan<ref>{{cite book |title=March to freedom in Madras Presidency, 1916–1947 |author=Saroja Sundararajan |year=1989 |pages=334–339 |location=Madras |publisher=Lalitha Publications}}</ref>
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{{note label|reference_name_A|a|a}} Seats that were unfilled as of 1 January 1924
{{note label|reference_name_A|a|a}} Seats that were unfilled as of 1 January 1924


==Members of Central Legislative Assembly==
==Members of Central Legislative Assembly==
<ref name="AlamJ"/><ref name=EastIndia>{{cite book|title=East India|year=1922|page=11|ol=22879068M}}</ref><ref name=IndParl>{{cite book|title=India's Parliament Selections from the proceedings of the second session of the Legislative Assembly and the Council of State|year=1921|publisher=Director, Central Bureau of Information, Gov't of India|ol=24188384M}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Mayo|first=Katherine|title=Mother India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rNIE-FdgBPoC&pg=PA102|isbn=9780472067152|year=2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Kumar|first=Ravindra|title=Selected Works of Vithalbhai J. Patel: 1924|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nXxKI2Nd44AC|isbn=9788170994190|year=1995}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Indian Year Book|year=1924|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6k4iAQAAMAAJ}}</ref>
<ref name="AlamJ"/><ref name=EastIndia>{{cite book |title=East India |year=1922 |page=11 |ol=22879068M}}</ref><ref name=IndParl>{{cite book |title=India's Parliament Selections from the proceedings of the second session of the Legislative Assembly and the Council of State |year=1921 |publisher=Director, Central Bureau of Information, Gov't of India |ol=24188384M}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Mayo |first=Katherine |title=Mother India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rNIE-FdgBPoC&pg=PA102 |isbn=9780472067152 |year=2000 |publisher=University of Michigan Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Kumar |first=Ravindra |title=Selected Works of Vithalbhai J. Patel: 1924 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nXxKI2Nd44AC |isbn=9788170994190 |year=1995 |publisher=Mittal Publications}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Indian Year Book |year=1924 |publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Company |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6k4iAQAAMAAJ}}</ref>


===Officials===
===Officials===
*'''Government of India:''' [[Malcolm Hailey, 1st Baron Hailey|Sir Malcolm Hailey]], [[Charles Alexander Innes]], [[Atul Chandra Chatterjee]], [[Basil Phillott Blackett]] (Finance Member), Ernest Burdon, [[Alexander Muddiman]] (Home Member), [[Bhupendra Nath Mitra]], [[Denys Bray]], [[J. W. Bhore]], [[Henry Moncrieff Smith]], [[Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler]], [[James Alexander Richey]], [[L. F. Rushbrook Williams]], Evelyn Berkeley Howell, Alfred Alen Lethbridge Parsons, Sir Geoffrey Clarke, [[Alexander Tottenham]], Captain Ajab Khan, G. G. Sim, A. G. Clow, L. Graham, J. L. McCallum
*'''Government of India:''' [[Malcolm Hailey, 1st Baron Hailey|Sir Malcolm Hailey]], [[Charles Alexander Innes]], [[Atul Chandra Chatterjee]], [[Basil Phillott Blackett]] (Finance Member), Ernest Burdon, [[Alexander Muddiman]] (Home Member), [[Bhupendra Nath Mitra]], [[Denys Bray]], [[J. W. Bhore]], [[Henry Moncrieff Smith]], [[Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler]], [[James Alexander Richey]], [[L. F. Rushbrook Williams]], Evelyn Berkeley Howell, Alfred Alen Lethbridge Parsons, Sir Geoffrey Clarke, [[Alexander Tottenham]], Captain Ajab Khan, G. G. Sim, A. G. Clow, L. Graham, J. L. McCallum
*'''Nominated from Provinces:'''  [[T. E. Moir]] (Madras), Julius Matheson Turing (Madras), Philip Edward Percival (Bombay), Percy Barnes Haigh (Bombay), Walter Hudson (Bombay), Lewis Sydney Steward O'Maley (Bengal), Girish Chandra Nag (Bengal), Muhammad Abdul Mumin (Bengal), R. A. Wilson (Central Provinces), Rustomji Faridoonji (Central Provinces), Basil Copleston Allen (Assam), William Alexander Cosgrave (Assam), Frank Charles Owens (Burma), H. Tonkison (Burma), Shyam Narayan Singh (Bihar & Orissa), Henry Edward Holme (United Provinces), E. H. Ashworth (United Provinces), Hubert Calvert (Punjab)
*'''Nominated from Provinces:'''  [[T. E. Moir]] (Madras), Julius Matheson Turing (Madras), Philip Edward Percival (Bombay), Percy Barnes Haigh (Bombay), Walter Hudson (Bombay), Lewis Sydney Steward O'Malley (Bengal), Girish Chandra Nag (Bengal), Muhammad Abdul Mumin (Bengal), R. A. Wilson (Central Provinces), Rustomji Faridoonji (Central Provinces), Basil Copleston Allen (Assam), William Alexander Cosgrave (Assam), Frank Charles Owens (Burma), H. Tonkison (Burma), Shyam Narayan Singh (Bihar & Orissa), Henry Edward Holme (United Provinces), E. H. Ashworth (United Provinces), Hubert Calvert (Punjab)
*'''Berar Representative:''' [[Madhav Shrihari Aney]]
*'''Berar Representative:''' [[Madhav Shrihari Aney]]


===Nominated Non-Officials===
===Nominated non-officials===
*'''Provinces:''' [[P. S. Sivaswami Iyer]] (Madras), [[Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum]] (NWFP), Sardar Bahadur Captain Hira Singh (Punjab)
*'''Provinces:''' [[P. S. Sivaswami Iyer]] (Madras), [[Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum]] (NWFP), Sardar Bahadur Captain Hira Singh (Punjab)
* '''Special Interests:''' [[Henry Gidney]] (Anglo-Indian), [[Surendra Kumar Datta]] (Indian Christians), [[N. M. Joshi]] (Labour Interests)
*'''Special Interests:''' [[Henry Gidney]] (Anglo-Indian), [[Surendra Kumar Datta]] (Indian Christians), [[N. M. Joshi]] (Labour Interests)


===Elected Non-Officials===
===Elected non-officials===
*'''Ajmer-Merwara''': [[Harbilas Sarda]]
*'''Ajmer-Merwara''': [[Harbilas Sarda]]
*'''Assam:''' Tarun Ram Phookan (Assam Valley General), Kamini Kumar Chanda (Surma Valley cum Shillong General), Ahmad Ali Khan (Muslim), Eustace Joseph (European), T. A. Chalmers (European)
*'''Assam:''' Tarun Ram Phookan (Assam Valley General), Kamini Kumar Chanda (Surma Valley cum Shillong General), Ahmad Ali Khan (Muslim), Eustace Joseph (European), T. A. Chalmers (European)
*'''Bengal:''' [[Bipin Chandra Pal]] (Calcutta General), Tulsi Chandra Goswami (Calcutta Suburbs General), Amar Nath Dutt (Burdwan General), Bhabendra Chandra Roy (Presidency General), [[K. C. Neogy]] (Dacca Rural General), [[Kumar Sankar Ray]] (Chittagong & Rajshahi General), Yacoob C. Ariff (Calcutta & Suburbs Muslim), Mohammad Shams-us-Zoha (Burdwan & Presidency Muslim), Alimuazzam Chowdhry (Dacca Muslim), Khwaja Abdul Karim (Dacca Muslim), Muhammad Kazim Ali (Chittagong Rural Muslim), Khabeeruddin Ahmed (Rajshahi Rural Muslim), Sir Campbell Rhodes (European), Darcy Lindsay (European), W. S. J. Wilson (European), Col. J. D. Crawford (European), Surendra Chandra Ghose (Landholders), Rang Lal Jajodia (Marwari Association)
*'''Bengal:''' [[Bipin Chandra Pal]] (Calcutta General), Tulsi Chandra Goswami (Calcutta Suburbs General), Amar Nath Dutt (Burdwan General), Bhabendra Chandra Roy (Presidency General), [[K. C. Neogy]] (Dacca Rural General), [[Kumar Sankar Ray]] (Chittagong & Rajshahi General), Yacoob C. Ariff (Calcutta & Suburbs Muslim), Mohammad Shams-us-Zoha (Burdwan & Presidency Muslim), Alimuazzam Chowdhry (Dacca Muslim), Khwaja Abdul Karim (Dacca Muslim), Muhammad Kazim Ali (Chittagong Rural Muslim), [[Khabeeruddin Ahmed]] (Rajshahi Rural Muslim), Sir Campbell Rhodes (European), Darcy Lindsay (European), W. S. J. Wilson (European), Col. J. D. Crawford (European), Surendra Chandra Ghose (Landholders), Rang Lal Jajodia (Marwari Association)
*'''Bihar & Orissa:''' [[Nilakantha Das]] (Orissa General), Bhabananda Das (Orissa General), [[Anugrah Narayan Sinha]] (Patna-cum-Shahabad General), Hari Prasad Lal (Gaya-cum-Monghyr General), Ganganand Sinha (Bhagalpur, Purnea & Santhal Parganas General), Devaki Prasad Sinha (Chota Nagpur General), Gaya Prasad Singh (Muzaffarpur-cum-Champaran General), Sarfaraz Husain Khan (Patna & Chota Nagar cum Orissa Muslim), Moulvi Mian Asjad-ul-lah (Bhagalpur Muslim), Muhammad Shafi Daoodi (Tirhut Muslim), Raja Raghunandan Prashad Singh (Landholders), Shyama Charan, Brajnandan Sahay, Saiyid Muhammad Ismail
*'''Bihar & Orissa:''' [[Nilakantha Das]] (Orissa General), Bhabananda Das (Orissa General), [[Anugrah Narayan Sinha]] (Patna-cum-Shahabad General), Hari Prasad Lal (Gaya-cum-Monghyr General), Ganganand Sinha (Bhagalpur, Purnea & Santhal Parganas General), Devaki Prasad Sinha (Chota Nagpur General), Gaya Prasad Singh (Muzaffarpur-cum-Champaran General), Sarfaraz Husain Khan (Patna & Chota Nagar cum Orissa Muslim), Moulvi Mian Asjad-ul-lah (Bhagalpur Muslim), Muhammad Shafi Daoodi (Tirhut Muslim), Raja Raghunandan Prashad Singh (Landholders), Shyama Charan, Brajnandan Sahay, Saiyid Muhammad Ismail
*'''Bombay:''' [[Vithalbhai Patel]] (Bombay City General), Nowroji Maneckji Dumasia (Bombay City General), [[Seth Harchandrai Vishandas]] (Sind General), Jamnadas Mehta (Bombay Northern General), [[Narasimha Chintaman Kelkar]] (Bombay Central General), Krishnaji Govind Lohokare (Bombay Central General), [[Venkatesh Belvi]] (Bombay Southern General), [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] (Bombay City Muslim), W. M. Hussanally (Sind Muslim), Ghulam Mahomed Khan Bhurgri (Sind Muslim), Mahomed Ebrahim Makan (Bombay Northern Muslim), Sardar Mahboob Ali Khan Mohammad Akbar Khan (Bombay Southern Muhammadan), [[Purshottamdas Thakurdas]] (Indian Merchants Chamber), [[Kasturbhai Lalbhai]] (Ahmedabad Millowners Association), Sardar Vishnu Narayan Mutalik (Gujarat & Deccan Sardars & Inamdars), Henry Richard Dunk (European), Hugh Golding Cocke (European), E. F. Sykes (European), Sir Montagu de Pomeray Webb (European)
*'''Bombay:''' [[Vithalbhai Patel]] (Bombay City General), Nowroji Maneckji Dumasia (Bombay City General), [[Seth Harchandrai Vishandas]] (Sind General), Jamnadas Mehta (Bombay Northern General), [[Narasimha Chintaman Kelkar]] (Bombay Central General), Krishnaji Govind Lohokare (Bombay Central General), [[Venkatesh Belvi]] (Bombay Southern General), [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] (Bombay City Muslim), W. M. Hussanally (Sind Muslim), [[Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bhurgri]] (Sind Muslim), Mahomed Ebrahim Makan (Bombay Northern Muslim), Sardar Mahboob Ali Khan Mohammad Akbar Khan (Bombay Southern Muhammadan), [[Purshottamdas Thakurdas]] (Indian Merchants Chamber), [[Kasturbhai Lalbhai]] (Ahmedabad Millowners Association), Sardar Vishnu Narayan Mutalik (Gujarat & Deccan Sardars & Inamdars), Henry Richard Dunk (European), Hugh Golding Cocke (European), E. F. Sykes (European), Sir Montagu de Pomeray Webb (European)
*'''Burma:''' Maung Tok Kyi (General), Maung Kun (General), Maung Ba Si (General), Edward Gibson Fleming (European)
*'''Burma:''' Maung Tok Kyi (General), Maung Kun (General), Maung Ba Si (General), Edward Gibson Fleming (European)
*'''Central Provinces:''' M. V. Abhyankar (Nagpur General), [[Hari Singh Gour]] (Hindi Divisions General), Sambhu Dayal Misra (Hindi Divisions General), M. Samiullah Khan (Muslim), [[Seth Govind Das]] (Landholders)
*'''Central Provinces:''' M. V. Abhyankar (Nagpur General), [[Hari Singh Gour]] (Hindi Divisions General), Sambhu Dayal Misra (Hindi Divisions General), M. Samiullah Khan (Muslim), [[Seth Govind Das]] (Landholders)
*'''Delhi:''' Piyare Lal (General)
*'''Delhi:''' Piyare Lal (General)
*'''Madras:''' [[T. Rangachari]] (Madras City General), Bhupatiraju Venkatapatiraju (Ganjam cum Vizagapatam General), Mocherla Ramachandra Rao (Godavari-cum-Krishna General), Kakutur Venkataramanareddi (Guntur cum Nellore General), Chetlur Doraiswamy Ayyangar (Madras ceded districts and Chittoor General), [[R. K. Shanmukham Chetty]] (Salem and Coimbatore cum North Arcot General), M. K. Acharya (South Arcot General), Krishna Rama Aiyangar (Madura & Ramnad cum Tinnevelly General), [[A. Rangaswami Iyengar]] (Tanjore & Trichy General), Maulvi Sayad Murtuza Sahib Bahadur (South Madras Muslim), Gordon Fraser (European), Kunhi Kammaran Nambiyar Chandroth Koodali Thazheteveetil (Landholders), [[M. Ct. M. Chidambaram Chettyar]] (Madras Indian Commerce), Haji S. A. K. Jeelani
*'''Madras:''' [[T. Rangachari]] (Madras City General), Bhupatiraju Venkatapatiraju (Ganjam cum Vizagapatam General), Mocherla Ramachandra Rao (Godavari-cum-Krishna General), Kakutur Venkataramanareddi (Guntur cum Nellore General), Chetlur Doraiswamy Ayyangar (Madras ceded districts and Chittoor General), [[R. K. Shanmukham Chetty]] (Salem and Coimbatore cum North Arcot General), M. K. Acharya (South Arcot General), Krishna Rama Aiyangar (Madura & Ramnad cum Tinnevelly General), [[A. Rangaswami Iyengar]] (Tanjore & Trichy General), Maulvi Sayad Murtuza Sahib Bahadur (South Madras Muslim), Gordon Fraser (European), Kunhi Kammaran Nambiyar Chandroth Koodali Thazheteveetil (Landholders), [[M. Ct. M. Chidambaram Chettyar]] (Madras Indian Commerce), Haji S. A. K. Jeelani
*'''Punjab:''' Lala Dunichand (Ambala General), Bakshi Sohan Lal (Jullundur General), Lala Hans Raj (Jullundur General), [[Diwan Chaman Lall]] (West Punjab General), Abdul Haye (East Punjab Muslim), Shaikh Sadiq Hasan (East Central Punjab Muslim), Khan Sahib Ghulam Bari (West Central Punjab Muslim), Chaudhri Baawal Baksh (North Punjab Muslim), [[Ghazanfar Ali Khan]] (North Punjab Muslim), Sayyad Ghulam Abbas (North West Punjab Muslim), Makhdum Syed Rajan Baksh Shah (South West Punjab Muslim), Sardar Gulab Singh (West Punjab Sikh)
*'''Punjab:''' Lala Dunichand (Ambala General), Bakshi Sohan Lal (Jullundur General), [[Lala Hansraj]] (Jullundur General), [[Diwan Chaman Lall]] (West Punjab General), [[Abdul Haye]] (East Punjab Muslim), Shaikh Sadiq Hasan (East Central Punjab Muslim), Khan Sahib Ghulam Bari (West Central Punjab Muslim), Chaudhri Baawal Baksh (North Punjab Muslim), [[Ghazanfar Ali Khan]] (North Punjab Muslim), Sayyad Ghulam Abbas (North West Punjab Muslim), Makhdum Syed Rajan Baksh Shah (South West Punjab Muslim), Sardar Gulab Singh (West Punjab Sikh)
*'''United Provinces:''' [[Motilal Nehru]] (UP Cities General), Shamlal Nehru (Meerut General), Narayan Das (Agra General), [[Madan Mohan Malaviya]] (Allahabad & Jhansi General), [[C. S. Ranga Iyer]] (Rohilkhand & Kumaon General), Krishna Kant Malaviya (Benaras & Gorakhpur General), [[H. N. Kunzru]] (Lucknow General), Pandit Harkaran Nath Misra (Lucknow General), Kishanlal Nehru (Fyzabad General), Haji Wajihuddin (UP Cities Muslim), Nawab Ismail Khan (Meerut Muslim), Maulvi Muhammad Yakub (Rohilkhand & Kumaon Muslim), Raja Amarpal Singh (Landholders), Colonel Sir Henry Stanyon (European), Rai Bahadur Raj Narain
*'''United Provinces:''' [[Motilal Nehru]] (UP Cities General), Shamlal Nehru (Meerut General), Narayan Das (Agra General), [[Madan Mohan Malaviya]] (Allahabad & Jhansi General), [[C. S. Ranga Iyer]] (Rohilkhand & Kumaon General), Krishna Kant Malaviya (Benaras & Gorakhpur General), [[H. N. Kunzru]] (Lucknow General), Pandit Harkaran Nath Misra (Lucknow General), Kishanlal Nehru (Fyzabad General), Haji Wajihuddin (UP Cities Muslim), Nawab Ismail Khan (Meerut Muslim), Maulvi Muhammad Yakub (Rohilkhand & Kumaon Muslim), Raja Amarpal Singh (Landholders), Colonel Sir Henry Stanyon (European), Rai Bahadur Raj Narain
*Other: H. P. Dayal, C. V. Vasantha Sastri
*Other: H. P. Dayal, C. V. Vasantha Sastri
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1923 Indian general election
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105 of the 145 seats in the Central Legislative Assembly
73 seats needed for a majority
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General elections were held in British India in November 1923 for both the Central Legislative Assembly and provincial assemblies. The Central Legislative Assembly had 145 seats, of which 105 were elected by the public.[1][2]

The Assembly was opened on 21 January 1924 by Viceroy Lord Reading.[3]

Results[edit | edit source]

Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

PartySeats
Swaraj Party38
Indian Liberal Party27
Loyalists6
Brahmins3
Gurdwara Sikhs2
Liberals2
Unknown allegiance20
Independents7
Appointed members40
Total145
Source: The Times[4]

Provincial assemblies[edit | edit source]

Results in provincial assemblies
Province Anti-Ministerialists Justice Party Swaraj Party Others Independents Appointed Unfilled seats[a] Total
Assam 14 39 0 53
Bengal 49 87 3 139
Bihar and Orissa 12 82 9 103
Central Provinces 50 19 0 69
Bombay 32 72 7 111
Madras 37 44 11 6 0 28 0 127
Punjab 28 65 0 93
United Provinces 38 84 1 123
Source: The Times,[5] Saroja Sundararajan[6]

a Seats that were unfilled as of 1 January 1924

Members of Central Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

[2][7][8][9][10][11]

Officials[edit | edit source]

Nominated non-officials[edit | edit source]

Elected non-officials[edit | edit source]

  • Ajmer-Merwara: Harbilas Sarda
  • Assam: Tarun Ram Phookan (Assam Valley General), Kamini Kumar Chanda (Surma Valley cum Shillong General), Ahmad Ali Khan (Muslim), Eustace Joseph (European), T. A. Chalmers (European)
  • Bengal: Bipin Chandra Pal (Calcutta General), Tulsi Chandra Goswami (Calcutta Suburbs General), Amar Nath Dutt (Burdwan General), Bhabendra Chandra Roy (Presidency General), K. C. Neogy (Dacca Rural General), Kumar Sankar Ray (Chittagong & Rajshahi General), Yacoob C. Ariff (Calcutta & Suburbs Muslim), Mohammad Shams-us-Zoha (Burdwan & Presidency Muslim), Alimuazzam Chowdhry (Dacca Muslim), Khwaja Abdul Karim (Dacca Muslim), Muhammad Kazim Ali (Chittagong Rural Muslim), Khabeeruddin Ahmed (Rajshahi Rural Muslim), Sir Campbell Rhodes (European), Darcy Lindsay (European), W. S. J. Wilson (European), Col. J. D. Crawford (European), Surendra Chandra Ghose (Landholders), Rang Lal Jajodia (Marwari Association)
  • Bihar & Orissa: Nilakantha Das (Orissa General), Bhabananda Das (Orissa General), Anugrah Narayan Sinha (Patna-cum-Shahabad General), Hari Prasad Lal (Gaya-cum-Monghyr General), Ganganand Sinha (Bhagalpur, Purnea & Santhal Parganas General), Devaki Prasad Sinha (Chota Nagpur General), Gaya Prasad Singh (Muzaffarpur-cum-Champaran General), Sarfaraz Husain Khan (Patna & Chota Nagar cum Orissa Muslim), Moulvi Mian Asjad-ul-lah (Bhagalpur Muslim), Muhammad Shafi Daoodi (Tirhut Muslim), Raja Raghunandan Prashad Singh (Landholders), Shyama Charan, Brajnandan Sahay, Saiyid Muhammad Ismail
  • Bombay: Vithalbhai Patel (Bombay City General), Nowroji Maneckji Dumasia (Bombay City General), Seth Harchandrai Vishandas (Sind General), Jamnadas Mehta (Bombay Northern General), Narasimha Chintaman Kelkar (Bombay Central General), Krishnaji Govind Lohokare (Bombay Central General), Venkatesh Belvi (Bombay Southern General), Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Bombay City Muslim), W. M. Hussanally (Sind Muslim), Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bhurgri (Sind Muslim), Mahomed Ebrahim Makan (Bombay Northern Muslim), Sardar Mahboob Ali Khan Mohammad Akbar Khan (Bombay Southern Muhammadan), Purshottamdas Thakurdas (Indian Merchants Chamber), Kasturbhai Lalbhai (Ahmedabad Millowners Association), Sardar Vishnu Narayan Mutalik (Gujarat & Deccan Sardars & Inamdars), Henry Richard Dunk (European), Hugh Golding Cocke (European), E. F. Sykes (European), Sir Montagu de Pomeray Webb (European)
  • Burma: Maung Tok Kyi (General), Maung Kun (General), Maung Ba Si (General), Edward Gibson Fleming (European)
  • Central Provinces: M. V. Abhyankar (Nagpur General), Hari Singh Gour (Hindi Divisions General), Sambhu Dayal Misra (Hindi Divisions General), M. Samiullah Khan (Muslim), Seth Govind Das (Landholders)
  • Delhi: Piyare Lal (General)
  • Madras: T. Rangachari (Madras City General), Bhupatiraju Venkatapatiraju (Ganjam cum Vizagapatam General), Mocherla Ramachandra Rao (Godavari-cum-Krishna General), Kakutur Venkataramanareddi (Guntur cum Nellore General), Chetlur Doraiswamy Ayyangar (Madras ceded districts and Chittoor General), R. K. Shanmukham Chetty (Salem and Coimbatore cum North Arcot General), M. K. Acharya (South Arcot General), Krishna Rama Aiyangar (Madura & Ramnad cum Tinnevelly General), A. Rangaswami Iyengar (Tanjore & Trichy General), Maulvi Sayad Murtuza Sahib Bahadur (South Madras Muslim), Gordon Fraser (European), Kunhi Kammaran Nambiyar Chandroth Koodali Thazheteveetil (Landholders), M. Ct. M. Chidambaram Chettyar (Madras Indian Commerce), Haji S. A. K. Jeelani
  • Punjab: Lala Dunichand (Ambala General), Bakshi Sohan Lal (Jullundur General), Lala Hansraj (Jullundur General), Diwan Chaman Lall (West Punjab General), Abdul Haye (East Punjab Muslim), Shaikh Sadiq Hasan (East Central Punjab Muslim), Khan Sahib Ghulam Bari (West Central Punjab Muslim), Chaudhri Baawal Baksh (North Punjab Muslim), Ghazanfar Ali Khan (North Punjab Muslim), Sayyad Ghulam Abbas (North West Punjab Muslim), Makhdum Syed Rajan Baksh Shah (South West Punjab Muslim), Sardar Gulab Singh (West Punjab Sikh)
  • United Provinces: Motilal Nehru (UP Cities General), Shamlal Nehru (Meerut General), Narayan Das (Agra General), Madan Mohan Malaviya (Allahabad & Jhansi General), C. S. Ranga Iyer (Rohilkhand & Kumaon General), Krishna Kant Malaviya (Benaras & Gorakhpur General), H. N. Kunzru (Lucknow General), Pandit Harkaran Nath Misra (Lucknow General), Kishanlal Nehru (Fyzabad General), Haji Wajihuddin (UP Cities Muslim), Nawab Ismail Khan (Meerut Muslim), Maulvi Muhammad Yakub (Rohilkhand & Kumaon Muslim), Raja Amarpal Singh (Landholders), Colonel Sir Henry Stanyon (European), Rai Bahadur Raj Narain
  • Other: H. P. Dayal, C. V. Vasantha Sastri

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Indian Election Results. Strength of Extremists", The Times, 15 December 1923, p11, Issue 43525
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Alam, Jawaid (January 2004). Government and Politics in Colonial Bihar, 1921–1937. Mittal Publications. p. 118. ISBN 9788170999799.
  3. ↑ Rushbrook Williams, L. F. (12 September 2023). India in 1923 1924. Government Of India. p. 273.
  4. ↑ "Indian Legislative Assembly: Balance Of Parties", The Times, 8 January 1924, p6, Issue 43543
  5. ↑ "Indian Election Results: Strength Of The Swaraj Party", The Times, 1 January 1924, p11, Issue 43537
  6. ↑ Saroja Sundararajan (1989). March to freedom in Madras Presidency, 1916–1947. Madras: Lalitha Publications. pp. 334–339.
  7. ↑ East India. 1922. p. 11. OL 22879068M.
  8. ↑ India's Parliament Selections from the proceedings of the second session of the Legislative Assembly and the Council of State. Director, Central Bureau of Information, Gov't of India. 1921. OL 24188384M.
  9. ↑ Mayo, Katherine (2000). Mother India. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 9780472067152.
  10. ↑ Kumar, Ravindra (1995). Selected Works of Vithalbhai J. Patel: 1924. Mittal Publications. ISBN 9788170994190.
  11. ↑ The Indian Year Book. Bennett, Coleman & Company. 1924.

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