General elections were held in

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between 28 October and late November 1926 to elect members of the

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and the Provincial Legislative Councils. The

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were victorious in Provincial Council elections in

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and

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, and also made gains in

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and

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. However, at the national level the party saw their number of seats reduced.

Results

Central Legislative Assembly

Members of Central Legislative Assembly

Officials

*Government of India: Sir James Crerar (Home Member),

Alexander Muddiman Sir Alexander Phillips Muddiman (14 February 1875 – 17 July 1928) was a British administrator in India. Muddiman was born in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England, and was educated at Wimborne School and University College, London. He joi ...

(Home Member), Sir George Rainy (Railways, Commerce & Ecclesiastical Member),

George Ernest Schuster Sir George Ernest Schuster (25 April 1881 – 5 June 1982) was a British barrister, financier, colonial administrator and Liberal politician. Biography He was the son of Ernest Schuster, a King's Counsel, and was educated at Charterhouse Schoo ...

(Finance Member), Sir Brojendra Mitter (Law Member),

Bhupendra Nath Mitra Sir Bhupendra Nath Mitra (Bengali: ভূপেন্দ্র নাথ মিত্র) (October 1875 – 25 February 1937) was an Indian government official and diplomat who served as the third Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom fr ...

(Industries & Labour Member), Evelyn Berkeley Howell, Alfred Alen Lethbridge Parsons, Hubert Arthur Sams, Gerard Macworth Young, Kodikal Sanjiva Row, Clement Wansbrough Gwynne, John Coatman, Sir Frank Noyce, Hattiangadi Shankar Rau *Provinces: Samuel Henry Slater (Madras), A. Upendra Pai (Madras), John Monteath (Bombay), Vyvyan Macleod Ferrers (Bombay), Joseph Charles French (Bengal), Rajnarayan Banarji (Bengal), J. T. Donovan (Bengal), Nasiruddin Ahmad (Bengal), Hugh Stuart Crosthwaite (United Provinces), M. Keane (United Provinces), Khan Bahadur Mian Abdul Aziz (Punjab), Ram Prasad Narayan Sahi (Bihar & Orissa), Shyam Narayan Singh (Bihar & Orissa), Kismet Leland Brewer Hamilton (Central Provinces), H. C. Greenfield (Central Provinces),

William Alexander Cosgrave William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conques ...

(Assam), Ernest Frederick Baum (Burma), H. Tonkinson (Burma)

Nominated Non-Officials

*Provinces: Rai Bahadur Satya Charan Mukherjee (Bengal), Keshab Chandra Roy (Bengal), Dr. Ratanji Dinshah Dalal (Bombay), Muhammad Yamin Khan (United Provinces), Sardar Bahadur Jawahar Singh (Punjab), Sardar Bahadur Captain Hira Singh Brar (Punjab), Hony. Captain Rao Bahadur Ch. Lal Chand (Punjab), Sir Zulfikar Ali Khan (Punjab),

Madhav Shrihari Aney Dr. Madhav Shrihari Aney (29 August, 1880 – 26 January, 1968);Sen S.N. (1997). ''History of the Freedom Movement in India (1857–1947)'' New Delhi: New Age. p. 354. popularly referred to as Loknayak Bapuji Aney or Bapuji Aney, was an ardent ...

(Berar),

Mariadas Ruthnaswamy Mariadas Ruthnaswamy CIE, KCSG (1885–1977) was a leading educationalist, statesman and a writer in Madras (now Chennai, Tamil Nadu), India. He was educated in Secunderabad, Hyderabad and in Cuddalore in the then Madras Presidency he went on ...

(Madras),

R. Srinivasa Sarma Sir Ramaswami Srinivasa Sarma (1890 – 27 September 1957) was an Indian journalist and politician. He was the first Indian journalist to be knighted. Early life and education Srinivasa Sarma was born in 1890 to Ramaswami Iyer and Lakshmi in th ...

(Bihar & Orissa) *Special Interests:

Henry Gidney Sir Henry Albert John Gidney FRSE MID (9 June 1873 – 5 May 1942) was a leader of the Anglo-Indian community of British India for 20 years, founding the All India Anglo-Indian Association in 1926. His grandfather, William Gidney, was killed at t ...

(Anglo-Indian), Rev. Jotish Chandra Chatterjee (Indian Christians), Sir James Simpson (Associated Chambers of Commerce), L. V. Heathcote (Associated Chambers of Commerce), G. W. Chambers (Associated Chambers of Commerce), Narayan Malhar Joshi (Labour Interests),

M. C. Rajah Mylai Chinna Thambi Pillai Rajah (17 June 1883 – 23 August 1943) was an Indian politician, educationist, social and political activist from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Rajah was born to a Tamil family of Madras. He entered politics after ...

(Depressed Classes)

Elected Non-Officials

*Ajmer-Merwara: Harbilas Sarda *Assam: Tarun Ram Phookan (Assam Valley General), Srischandra Dutta (Surma Valley cum Shillong General), Maulvi Abdul Matin Chaudhury (Muslim), T. A. Chalmers (Europeans) *Bengal: T. C. Goswami (Calcutta Suburbs General), Bhabendra Chandra Roy (Presidency General), Amar Nath Dutt (Burdwan General), K. C. Neogy (Dacca General),

Satyendra Chandra Mitra Satyendra Chandra Mitra (23 December 1888 – 27 October 1942) was an Indian freedom fighter, who started his political career as a revolutionary and got associated with the Jugantar Party. He was arrested and interned at Janjira Char in the ...

(Chittagong & Rajshahi General), Mohamed Rafique (Calcutta & Suburbs Muslim),

Abdullah Al-Mamun Suhrawardy Sir Abdullah al-Mamun Suhrawardy (31 May 1877 – 13 January 1935) was a Bengali Islamic scholar, barrister, and academic. He was the Tagore Law Lecturer in 1911 and involved in notable educational work. Abdullah was the first Indian to attain ...

(Burdwan & Presidency Muslim), Sir

Abdul Halim Ghaznavi Sir Abdul Halim Khan Ghuznavi (1876 - 1953), (also spelled Sir Abdul Halim Ghaznavi) was a politician, zamindar, and industrialist. He was a member of the Central Legislative Assembly of British India. Early life Abdul Halim was born in Deldu ...

(Dacca), Haji Choudhary Mohamad Ismail Khan (Dacca Muslim), Muhammad Anwar-ul-Azim (Chittagong Muslim), Khabeeruddin Ahmed (Rajshahi), Sir Darcy Lindsay (Europeans), Arthur Moore (Europeans), Col. J. D. Crawford (Europeans), Dhirendra Kanta Lahiri Chaudhury (Landholders), Rai Bahadur Tarit Bhushan Roy (Marwari Association), J. F. Fyfe (Bengal Chamber of Commerce) *Bihar & Orissa:

Nilakantha Das Pandit Nilakantha Das (1884-1967) was one of the most illustrious sons of Odisha, who appeared both in its ''political and literary arena'' at the most crucial period of its history, when Odisha had no political identity in the map of India, and O ...

(Orissa General), Bhabananda Das (Orissa General), Rajivarandan P. Sinha (Patna-cum-Shahabad General),

Anugrah Narayan Sinha Anugrah Narayan Sinha (18 June 1887 – 5 July 1957), known as '' Bihar Vibhuti'', was an Indian nationalist statesman, participant in Champaran Satyagraha, Gandhian & one of the architects of modern Bihar, who was the first Deputy Chief Minis ...

(Patna-cum-Shahabad General), Siddheswar Prasad Singh (Gaya-cum-Monghyr General), Ganganand Sinha (Bhagalpur, Purnea & Santhal Parganas), Ramnarayan Singh (Chota Nagpur General), Khan Bahadur Sarfaraz Hussain Khan (Patna & Chota Nagpur cum Orissa Muslim), Moulvi Badl-us-zaman (Bhagalpur Muslim), Maulvi Muhammad Shafee (Tirhut Muslim), Raja Raghunandan Parshad Singh (Landholders), Gaya Prasad Singh (Muzaffarpur-cum-Champaran General), Hari Prasad Lal *Bombay:

M. R. Jayakar Mukund Ramrao Jayakar (M.R. Jayakar) (13 November 1873 – 10 March 1959, Bombay) was the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Poona. He was a lawyer, scholar and politician. He was a prominent freedom fighter. Jayakar was born in a Marat ...

(Bombay City General), Jamnadas Mehta (Bombay City General), Lalchand Navalrai (Sind Rural General),

Seth Harchandrai Vishandas Harchandrai Vishandas C.I.E. (1 May 1862 – 16 February 1928), was a British Indian attorney, politician, and mayor of Karachi in modern-day Pakistan. He is considered a great Sindhis, Sindhi and “the father of modern Karachi.” His social, ...

(Sindh General),

Vithalbhai Patel Vithalbhai Patel (27 September 1873 – 22 October 1933) was an Indian legislator and political leader, co-founder of the Swaraj Party and elder brother of Sardar Patel. Early life Born in Nadiad, in the Indian state of Gujarat, Vithalbhai Jha ...

(Bombay Northern General),

N. C. Kelkar Narasimha Chintaman Kelkar (N. C. Kelkar), popularly known as Sahityasamrat Tatyasaheb Kelkar (24 August 1872 – 14 October 1947), was a lawyer from Miraj as well as a dramatist, novelist, short story writer, poet, biographer, critic, historia ...

(Bombay Central General), Sarabhai Nemchand Haji (Bombay Central General),

Muhammad Ali Jinnah Muhammad Ali Jinnah (, ; born Mahomedali Jinnahbhai; 25 December 1876 – 11 September 1948) was a barrister, politician, and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the ...

(Bombay City Muslim), Fazal I Rahimtoola (Bombay Central Muslim),

Abdullah Haroon ) , birth_date = , birth_place = Karachi, British India , death_date = , death_place = Karachi, British India , death_cause = , resting_place = , resting_place_coordinates = , nationality = Indian , other_names = , known_for = Politics (Pa ...

(Sindh Muslim),

Shah Nawaz Bhutto Shah Nawaz Bhutto ( sd, ; ur, ) (8 March 1888 – 19 November 1957), was a politician and a member of Bhutto family hailing from Larkana in the Sind region of the Bombay Presidency of British India, which is now Sindh, Pakistan. Early li ...

(Sindh Muslim), Wadero Mohomed Panah Ghulam Kadirkhan Dakhan (Sind Muslim), Sir Hugh Cocke (Europeans), E. F. Sykes (Europeans),

Homi Mody Sir Hormasji Pherozeshah Mody KBE (23 September 1881 – 9 March 1969), generally known as Sir Homi Mody was a noted Parsi businessman associated with Tata Group and an administrator of India. He started his career as a lawyer at Bombay and in 1 ...

(Bombay Millowners Association), Purushottamdas Thakurdas (Indian Merchants' Chamber and Bureau), Wahid Baksh Bhutto (Sindh Jagirdars & Zamindars),

Joseph Baptista Joseph "Kaka" Baptista (17 March 1864 – 18 September 1930) was an Indian politician and activist from Bombay (today known as Mumbai), closely associated with the Lokmanya Tilak and the Home Rule Movement. He was the first president of Indian ...

, Sir Jehangir Cowasji, Kikabhai Premchand *Burma: Jehangir K. Munshi (General), U. Tok Kyi (General), U. Hla Tun Pru (General), W. Stenhouse Lamb (European) *Central Provinces:

B. S. Moonje Balakrishna Shivram Moonje (B.S.Moonje, also B.S. Munje, 12 December 1872 – 3 March 1948) was a leader of the Hindu Mahasabha in India. Career Moonje was born into a Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin (DRB) family in 1872 at Bilaspur in Centr ...

(Nagpur General),

Hari Singh Gour Sir Hari Singh Gour (26 November 1870 – 25 December 1949) was a distinguished lawyer, jurist, educationist, social reformer, poet, and novelist. Gour was the First Vice-Chancellor of the University of Delhi and Nagpur University, founde ...

(Hindi Divisions General), Dwarka Prasad Misra (Hindi Divisions General), Dr. Abdul Qadir Siddiq (Muslim), Seth Jamnadass (Landholders) *Delhi: Lala Rang Behari Lal *Madras:

S. Srinivasa Iyengar Seshadri Srinivasa Iyengar CIE (11 September 1874 – 19 May 1941), also seen as Sreenivasa Iyengar and Srinivasa Ayyangar, was an Indian lawyer, freedom-fighter and politician from the Indian National Congress. Iyengar was the Advocate-Genera ...

(Madras City General),

Tanguturi Prakasam Tanguturi Prakasam Panthulu (23 August 1872 – 20 May 1957) was an Indian jurist, political leader, social reformer, and anti-colonial nationalist who served as the chief minister of the Madras Presidency. Tanguturi subsequently became the fi ...

(East and West Godavari cum Krishna General), Battena Perumalla Nayudu (Guntur-cum-Nellore General), Chetluru Doraiswamy Ayyangar (Madras ceded districts & Chittoor General),

R. K. Shanmukham Chetty Sir Ramasamy Chetty Kandasamy Shanmukham Chetty KCIE (17 October 1892 – 5 May 1953) was an Indian lawyer, economist and politician who served as first Finance Minister of India from 1947 to 1948. He also served as President of India's Centr ...

(Salem and Coimbatore cum North Arcot General), M. K. Acharya (South Arcot General),

A. Rangaswami Iyengar A. Rangaswami Iyengar (July 1877 – 4 February 1934) was an Indian journalist, lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Central Legislative Assembly and as the chief editor of ''The Hindu'' from 1928 till his death in 1934. He was a ...

(Tanjore cum Trichinopoly General), M. R. Ry. Mudumbi Srinivasachariar Seshayyangar (Madura and Ramnad-cum-Tinnevelly General), M. R. Ry. G. Sarvothama Rao Avargal (West Coast & Nilgiris General), Abdul Latif Sahib Farookhi (North Madras Muslim), Maulvi Syed Murtuza Sahab Bahadur (South Madras Muslim), Khan Bahadur Haji Abdullah Haji Kassim (West Coast & Nilgiris Muslim), William Alexander (European), K. V. Rangaswami Ayyangar (Landholders), Vidya Sagar Pandya (Madras Indian Commerce),

T. Rangachari Diwan Bahadur T. Rangachari CIE (1865–1945) was an Indian lawyer, politician, journalist, legislator. Early life Rangachari was born in 1865 in a prominent land-owning Iyengar family of the Madras Presidency. He had his education in Madr ...

, Rama Iyengar, P. S. Sivaswami Iyer, T. N. Ramakrishna Reddi, Bhupatiraju Venkatapatiraju *NWFP:

Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Nawab Khan Bahadur Sahibzada Sir Abdul Qayyum Khan KCIE (12 December 1863 – 4 December 1937), hailing from Topi, Swabi District, British India (modern day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan) was an educationist and politician. Qayyum Khan helped Mor ...

*Punjab: Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava (Ambala General),

Lala Lajpat Rai Lala Lajpat Rai (28 January 1865 - 17 November 1928) was an Indian author, freedom fighter, and politician. He played a vital role in the Indian Independence movement. He was popularly known as Punjab Kesari. He was one of the three members of ...

(Jullundur General),

Diwan Chaman Lall Diwan Chaman Lall (30 October 1892 – 12 November 1973) was an Indian politician and diplomat who served as a Member of the Rajya Sabha. Early life Chaman Lall was born on 30 October 1892 to Dewan Bahadur Daulat Rai. He received an honors de ...

(West Punjab General), Abdul Haye (East Punjab Muslim), Sir Zulfiqar Ali Khan (East Central Punjab Muslim),

Mian Sir Muhammad Shah Nawaz Mian Sir Muhammad Shah Nawaz was a prominent politician of Punjab in the 1920s. He was married to Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz daughter of Mian Muhammad Shafi.Ghazanfar Ali Khan Raja Ghazanfar Ali Khan Khokhar (16 August 1895 – 17 April 1963) was an Indian politician and monarch. He was born in Pind Dadan Khan, a town in Jhelum district, British India. He was a leading member of the All India Muslim League and a tr ...

(North Punjab Muslim), Sayyed Hussain Shah (North-West Punjab Muslim), Makhdum Syed Rajan Baksh Shah (South-West Punjab Muslim), Sardar Gulab Singh (West Punjab Sikh), Sardar Kartar Singh (East Punjab Sikh) *United Provinces:

Motilal Nehru Motilal Nehru (6 May 1861 – 6 February 1931) was an Indian lawyer, activist and politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. He also served as the Congress President twice, 1919–1920 and 1928–1929. He was a patriarch of the Nehr ...

(UP Cities General), Chaudhri Mukhtar Singh (Meerut General), Pandit Shamlal Nehru (Meerut General),

H. N. Kunzru Hridya Nath Kunzru (1 October 1887– 3 April 1978) was an Indian freedom fighter and public figure. He was a long-time Parliamentarian, serving in various legislative bodies at the Provincial and Central level for nearly four decades. He was a m ...

(Agra General), Lala Girdharilal Agarwala (Agra General), C. S. Ranga Iyer (Rohilkhand & Kumaon General),

Madan Mohan Malaviya Madan Mohan Malaviya ( (25 December 1861 — 12 November 1946) was an Indian scholar, educational reformer and politician notable for his role in the Indian independence movement. He was president of the Indian National Congress four times and ...

(Allahabad & Jhanshi General),

Ghanshyam Das Birla Ghanshyam Das Birla (10 April 1894 – 11 June 1983) was an Indian businessman and member of the Birla Family. Birla family history Ghanshyam Das Birla was born on 10 April 1894 at Pilani town in Jhunjhunu district, in the region known as R ...

(Benares and Gorakpur General), Pandit Krishna Kant Malaviya (Benares and Gorakpur General), Munshi Iswar Saran (Lucknow General), Sankata Prasad Bajpai (Lucknow General), Kuar Rananjay Singh (Fyzabad General), Tasadduq Ahmad Khan Sherwani (UP Cities General), Dr. L. K. Hyder (Agra Rural Muslim), Sir Muhammad Yakub (Rohilkhand & Kumaon Muslim), Lala Tirloki Nath (Landholders), Tracey Gavin Jones (European), J. Ramsay Scott (European),

Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Rafi Ahmed Kidwai (18 February 1894 – 24 October 1954) was a politician, an Indian independence activist and a socialist. He hailed from Barabanki District of Uttar Pradesh, in north India. Early life Rafi Ahmed was born in the village of M ...

Elected Members of Council of State

* John William Anderson Bell (Bengal Chamber of Commerce) * Mahmood Suhrawardy (West Bengal : Muhammadan) * Maulvi Abdul Karim (East Bengal: Muhammadan) * Lokenath Mukherjee (West Bengal: Non-Muhammadan), Swaraj * Rai Bahadur Nalini Nath Sett (West Bengal : Non-Muhammadan) * Sir Arthur Froom (Bombay Chamber of Commerce) * Mian Ali Baksh Muhammad Hussain (Sind : Muhammadan) * Ebrahim Haroon Jaffer (Bombay Presidency : Muhammadan) * Manmohandas Ramji Vora (Bombay : Non-Muhammadan) *

Pheroze Sethna Year of birth missing Year of death missing Members of the Imperial Legislative Council of India Members of the Council of State (India) Parsi people People from Mumbai 1938 deaths Officers of the Order of the British Empire Indian Knig ...

(Bombay: Non-Muhammadan) * Ratansi D. Morarji (Bombay: Non-Muhamaddan) * Maneckji Dadabhoy (Bombay: Non-Muhamaddan) * Nawab Sahibzada Sayad Mohammad Mehr Shah (East and West Punjab: Muhammadan) * Lala Ram Saran Das (Punjab: Non-Muhammadan) * Saiyed Mohamad Padshah Sahib Bahadur (Madras : Muhammadan) * Dr.

U. Rama Rao Udipi Rama Rau or U. Rama Rau (17 September 1874 - 12 May 1952) was an Indian politician from the Madras Presidency. He belonged to the Indian National Congress. He was a medical doctor by profession and was the founder of a medical journal calle ...

(Madras: Non-Muhammadan), Swaraj * V. Ramadas Pantulu (Madras: Non-Muhammadan) * Sir

C. Sankaran Nair Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair, CIE (11 July 1857 – 24 April 1934) was a lawyer who also served as a President of the Indian National Congress in 1897 at the meeting held at Amravati. He wrote ''Gandhi and Anarchy'' (1922). Early life and educati ...

(Madras: Non-Muhammadan) * Pundi Chetlur Desika Chari (Burma: General) * Sir Edgar Holberton (Burma Chamber of Commerce) * Maulvi Golam Mostafa Chaudhury (Assam : Muhammadan) *

Seth Govind Das Seth Govind Das (16 October 1896 – 18 June 1974) was an Indian independence activist and parliamentarian. He belonged to the Maheshwari merchant family of Raja Gokuldas of Jabalpur. The family began as the banking firm of Sevaram Khushalc ...

(Central Provinces: General) * Shah Muhammad Zubair (Bihar and Orissa: Muhammadan) *

(Bihar and Orissa: Non-Muhammadan) *

Mahendra Prasad Mahendra Prasad (8 January 1940 – 27 December 2021) was an Indian politician from Janata Dal (United) party, a Member of the Parliament of India representing Bihar in the Rajya Sabha. He was the richest Indian MP. Prasad also owned two pharm ...

(Bihar and Orissa: Non-Muhammadan) * Saiyid Alay Nabi (United Provinces West: Muhammadan) * Raja Moti Chand (United Provinces Southern: Non-Muhammadan) * Raja Sir Rampal Singh (United Provinces Central : Non-Muhamrnudan)

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