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| seats_for_election = 145 seats contested
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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}}</ref>
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==Results==
==Results==
===Legislative Assembly===


===Legislative Assembly===
{{Election results
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
|party1=[[Swaraj Party]]|seats1=38
!Grouping
|party2=[[Indian Liberal Party]]|seats2=27
!Seats
|party3=Loyalists|seats3=6
|-
|party4=Brahmins|seats4=3
|align=left|[[Swaraj Party]]||38
|party5=Gurdwara Sikhs|seats5=2
|-
|party6=Liberals|seats6=2
|align=left|[[Indian Liberal Party]]||27
|party7=Unknown allegiance|votes7=|seats7=20
|-
|party8=Independents|seats8=7
|align=left|Independents||7
|row9=Appointed members]|seats9=40
|-
|source=''The Times''<ref>"Indian Legislative Assembly: Balance Of Parties", ''The Times'', 8 January 1924, p6, Issue 43543</ref>
|align=left|Loyalists||6
}}
|-
|align=left|Brahmins||3
|-
|align=left|Gurdwara Sikhs||2
|-
|align=left|Liberals||2
|-
|Unknown allegiance||20
|-
|align=left|Appointed members||40
|-
|align=left|'''Total'''||'''145'''
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Source: ''The Times''<ref>"Indian Legislative Assembly: Balance Of Parties", ''The Times'', 8 January 1924, p6, Issue 43543</ref>
|}


===Provincial Assemblies===
===Provincial Assemblies===
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