1951 Punjab provincial election

For the election in India, see 1952 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.
1951 West Punjab Legislative Assembly election
← 1946 31 March 1951 1970 →
All 192 seats in the Legislative Assembly
97 seats needed for a majority
Registered45,00,000
Turnout44%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Mumtaz Daultana Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot
Party ML JAML
Leader's seat Multan-XIII Lahore-I
Seats won 143 32
Seat change Increase143 Increase32
Percentage 51.1 22.7
Premier before election

Governor Rule
Muslim League

Elected Premier

Mumtaz Daultana
Muslim League

Provincial Assembly elections were held in Dominion of Pakistan in 1951[1] to elect all 192 members of the Provincial Assembly of West Punjab along with other provincial election in North-West Frontier Province. It was Pakistan's first provincial assembly election. Pakistan Muslim League won the election, and defeated the JAML coalition of the Jinnah Muslim League and All-Pakistan Awami Muslim League .[2]

  1. ^ "The Punjab Legislative Assembly 1951-55". Provincial Assembly of the Punjab.
  2. ^ Paracha, Nadeem F. (19 June 2018). "Elections in Pakistan: A visual history". Naya Duar TV.