1946 Indian provincial elections

1946 Indian provincial elections
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1585 provincial seats contested
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Abul Kalam Azad Muhammad Ali Jinnah Puran Chand Joshi
Party INC AIML CPI
Leader's seat Did not contest Byculla Did not Contest
Seats won 923 425 8

Provincial elections were held in British India in January 1946 to elect members of the legislative councils of the Indian provinces.[1] 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 Muslim League who were more antagonised than ever. The Congress, in a repeat of the 1937 elections, won (90%) of the general non-Muslim seats while the Muslim League won the majority of Muslim seats (87%) in the provinces. The All India Muslim League verified its claim to be the sole representative of Muslim India, even though later on, after August 1947, 28 of its members joined the Constituent Assembly of India .[2][3] The election laid the path to Pakistan.[4][3][5]

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