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| | #REDIRECT [[1937 Sind Provincial Assembly election]] |
| | election_name = 1937 Sind provincial elections| country = British India
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| | type = parliamentary
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| | previous_election = 1934 Indian general election
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| | previous_year = 1934
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| | next_election = 1946 Indian provincial elections
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| | next_year = 1946
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| | election_date = 1937
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| | party1 = Sind United Party
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| | seats1 = 22
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| | party2 = Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
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| '''Elections to the Legislative Assembly of [[Sind Province (1936–1955)|Sind]] were held in January and February 1937'''.<ref name="pk"/> These were the first elections in the province after its creation in 1936. The [[Communal Award]] of 1932 had allocated sixty assembly seats to Sind, based on which it now formed an assembly of its own.<ref name="ans"/>
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| The seats were divided amongst the following electoral colleges; Muslims Rural 31 seats, Muslims Urban 2 seats, Women Muslim Urban 1 seat, General Rural 15 seats, General Urban 3 seats, Women General Urban 1 seat, Europeans 2 seats, Landowners 2 seats, Commerce and Industry 2 seats and Labour 1 seat.<ref name="ans">Ansari, Sarah F. D. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=jFRzOeF0nvMC Sufi Saints and State Power: The Pirs of Sind, 1843-1947]''. Cambridge South Asian studies, 50. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. pp. 115-116</ref> In total, there were 639,043 eligible voters.<ref name="pk">Afzal, Nasreen. ''[http://prr.hec.gov.pk/chapters/2114-7.pdf Role of Sir Abdullah Haroon in Politics of Sindh (1872-1942)]''</ref>
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| The [[Sind United Party]] won twenty-two of the Muslim seats, the [[Sind Muslim Political Party]] won four seats 4 whilst the [[Sind Azad Party]] won three seats. The party identity of one Muslim delegate was unclear. [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] candidates won the remaining nine seats from the Muslim constituencies.<ref name="pk"/>
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| In the General constituencies, the [[Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha|Sind Hindu Mahasabha]] won eleven seats, the [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]] eight seats, Independent Hindus two seats and [[Independent Labour Party (India)|Independent Labour Party]] one seat. From the European and Commercial and Industry constituencies, non-party candidates were elected.<ref name="pk"/>
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| However, whilst the Sind United Party had emerged as the winner of the election its two most prominent leaders (Haji Abdullah Haroon and [[Shah Nawaz Bhutto]]) had failed to win the seats they contested.<ref name="ans"/> Haroon had contested the Lyari constituency, in northern [[Karachi]]. The Lyari seat was won by [[Khan Bahadur Allah Buksh Gabol|Sardar Allah Baksh Gabol]]. The [[Larkana]] seat, which Bhutto had contested, was won by Sheikh Abdul Majid Sindhi.<ref name="pk"/>
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| After the election the governor of Sind asked the leader of the Sind Muslim Political Party to form a cabinet. Largescale defections took place from the ranks of the Sind United Party and the Sind Azad Party in the assembly.<ref name="ans"/>
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| United Party senior leader [[Allah Bux Soomro]] later served as [[Premier of Sindh]] from March 23, 1938 – April 18, 1940 until a no-confidence motion was passed against him by the Indian National Congress and Muslim League.<ref name="malkani_bio">{{cite book|title=The Sindh Story, Chapter 11: Thrown to the wolves|url=http://www.freesindh.org/sindhstory/Thrown_to_the_Wolves.html|publisher=Allied Publishers|author=K. R. Malkani|authorlink=K. R. Malkani|year=1988|access-date=2018-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621025051/http://www.freesindh.org/sindhstory/Thrown_to_the_Wolves.html|archive-date=2012-06-21|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was briefly elected back to power and served briefly from March 27, 1942 – October 14, 1942, but was dismissed by the Governor due to his support for the [[Quit India Movement]].<ref name="malkani_bio" />
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