1946 Indian provincial elections: Difference between revisions

'''Provincial elections''' were held in [[British Raj|British India]] in January 1946 to elect members of the legislative councils of British Indian provinces.<ref name="Vohra">{{cite book|last=Vohra|first=Ranbir|year=2013|orig-year=First published 1997|title=The Making of India: A Political History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3oXLluy2m_MC&pg=PA177|edition=3rd|publisher=M. E. Sharpe|page=176|isbn=978-0-7656-2985-2}}</ref> The consummation of British rule in India were the 1945/1946 elections. As minor political parties were eliminated, the political scene became restricted to the [[Indian National Congress]] and the [[All-India Muslim League]] who were more antagonised than ever. The Congress, in a repeat of the [[1937 Indian provincial elections|1937 elections]], won 90 percent of the general non-Muslim seats while the Muslim League won the majority of Muslim seats (87%) in the provinces. Nevertheless, the All India Muslim League verified its claim to be the sole representative of Muslim India.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Barbara Metcalf|author2=Thomas Metcalf|title=A Concise History of Modern India|url=http://apnaorg.com/books/english/concise-history-india/concise-history-india.pdf|edition=2nd|year=2006|publisher=Cambridge University Press|pages=212–213|isbn=978-0-511-24558-9}}</ref><ref name="The Partition of India">{{cite book|author1=Ian Talbot|author2=GuSingh|title=The Partition of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-13aHAAACAAJ|date=23 July 2009|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-85661-4|page=36}}</ref> The election laid the path to [[Pakistan]].<ref name=Dawn>{{cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1105473/the-election-that-created-pakistan |title=The election that created Pakistan |newspaper=Dawn |author=Nadeem F. Paracha |date=11 May 2014 |access-date=20 August 2019}}</ref><ref name="The Partition of India"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Jinnahs-constituency-gears-up-for-elections/articleshow/4961005.cms |title=Jinnah's constituency gears up for elections |newspaper=The Times of India |date=1 September 2009 |author=Mateen Hafeez |access-date=20 August 2019}}</ref>