General elections were held in

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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. The Assembly was opened on 21 January 1924 by Viceroy

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Results

Legislative Assembly

Provincial Assemblies

Seats that were unfilled as of 1 January 1924

Members of Central Legislative Assembly

Officials

*Government of India: Sir Malcolm Hailey, Charles Alexander Innes,

Atul Chandra Chatterjee Sir Atul Chandra Chatterjee ( Bengali: অতুল চন্দ্র চ্যাটার্জী; 24 November 1874 – 8 September 1955) was an Indian diplomat and government official who served as the Indian High Commissioner to the Unit ...

Basil Phillott Blackett Sir Basil Phillott Blackett (8 January 1882 – 15 August 1935) was a British civil servant and expert on international finance. Biography Blackett was the eldest son of Rev. William Blackett, a missionary and educationalist in India and hi ...

(Finance Member), Ernest Burdon,

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),

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 ...

Denys Bray Sir Denys de Saumarez Bray, KCSI, KCIE, CBE (29 November 1875 – 19 November 1951) was an etymologist and British colonial civil servant in the Empire of India, who served as Secretary of the Foreign Department of the Government of India. Bray's ...

, J. W. Bhore,

Henry Moncrieff Smith Sir Henry Moncrieff Smith CIE (23 December 1873 – 21 November 1951) was a British administrator in India. Smith was educated at Blundell's School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. He joined the Indian Civil Service in 1897 and was poste ...

, Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler,

James Alexander Richey James Alexander Richey CIE (8 March 1874 – 24 October 1931) was a British educational administrator in South Africa and India. The son of Sir James Bellet Richey, an administrator in Bombay, he was educated at Elstree School, Rugby School ...

L. F. Rushbrook Williams Laurence Frederic Rushbrook Williams, (1890–1978) was a British historian and civil servant who spent part of his working life in India, and had an abiding interest in Eastern culture. Life and work Williams was a Fellow of All Souls' Colle ...

, Evelyn Berkeley Howell, Alfred Alen Lethbridge Parsons, Sir Geoffrey Clarke,

Alexander Tottenham Sir Alexander Robert Loftus Tottenham CIE (31 July 1873 – 13 December 1946) was a British civil servant and administrator who served as the Diwan of Pudukkottai state from 1934 to 1944. Early life Alexander Tottenham was born to British ...

, Captain Ajab Khan, G. G. Sim, A. G. Clow, L. Graham, J. L. McCallum *Nominated from Provinces: T. E. Moir (Madras), Julius Matheson Turing (Madras), Philip Edward Percival (Bombay), Percy Barnes Haigh (Bombay), Walter Hudson (Bombay), Lewis Sydney Steward O'Malley (Bengal), Girish Chandra Nag (Bengal), Muhammad Abdul Mumin (Bengal), R. A. Wilson (Central Provinces), Rustomji Faridoonji (Central Provinces), Basil Copleston Allen (Assam), William Alexander Cosgrave (Assam), Frank Charles Owens (Burma), H. Tonkison (Burma), Shyam Narayan Singh (Bihar & Orissa), Henry Edward Holme (United Provinces), E. H. Ashworth (United Provinces), Hubert Calvert (Punjab) *Berar Representative:

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 ...

Nominated Non-Officials

*Provinces:

P. S. Sivaswami Iyer Sir Pazhamaneri Sundaram Sivaswami Iyer (7 February 1864 – 5 November 1946) was a prominent lawyer, administrator and statesman who served as the Advocate General of Madras from 1907 to 1911. Sivaswami Iyer was born on 7 February 1864 i ...

(Madras),

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 Mortim ...

(NWFP), Sardar Bahadur Captain Hira Singh (Punjab) * 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 ...

(Anglo-Indian),

Surendra Kumar Datta Surendra Kumar Datta (1878–1942), also spelt as Surendra Kumar Dutta or S. K. Dutta, was the president of the All India Conference of Indian Christians and thus the Indian Christian delegate to the Second Round Table Conference in London, a ...

(Indian Christians),

N. M. Joshi Narayan Malhar Joshi (5 June 1879 – 30 May 1955) was an Indian trade union leader and follower of Gopal Krishna Gokhale. Joshi became involved in labour issues and started the All India Trade Union Congress in 1920 along with Lala Lajpat Rai. ...

(Labour Interests)

Elected Non-Officials

*Ajmer-Merwara: Harbilas Sarda *Assam: Tarun Ram Phookan (Assam Valley General), Kamini Kumar Chanda (Surma Valley cum Shillong General), Ahmad Ali Khan (Muslim), Eustace Joseph (European), T. A. Chalmers (European) *Bengal:

Bipin Chandra Pal Bipin Chandra Pal ( bn, বিপিন চন্দ্র পাল ; 7 November 1858 – 20 May 1932) was an Indian nationalist, writer, orator, social reformer and Indian independence movement freedom fighter. He was one third of the “L ...

(Calcutta General), Tulsi Chandra Goswami (Calcutta Suburbs General), Amar Nath Dutt (Burdwan General), Bhabendra Chandra Roy (Presidency General),

K. C. Neogy Kshitish Chandra Neogy (1888–1970), also known as KC Neogy, was an Indian politician from West Bengal. He was a member of the Constituent Assembly of India, member of the first Cabinet of independent India and the chairman of the first Finance ...

(Dacca Rural General), Kumar Sankar Ray (Chittagong & Rajshahi General), Yacoob C. Ariff (Calcutta & Suburbs Muslim), Mohammad Shams-us-Zoha (Burdwan & Presidency Muslim), Alimuazzam Chowdhry (Dacca Muslim), Khwaja Abdul Karim (Dacca Muslim), Muhammad Kazim Ali (Chittagong Rural Muslim), Khabeeruddin Ahmed (Rajshahi Rural Muslim), Sir Campbell Rhodes (European), Darcy Lindsay (European), W. S. J. Wilson (European), Col. J. D. Crawford (European), Surendra Chandra Ghose (Landholders), Rang Lal Jajodia (Marwari Association) *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 ...

(Orissa General), Bhabananda Das (Orissa 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 Minist ...

(Patna-cum-Shahabad General), Hari Prasad Lal (Gaya-cum-Monghyr General), Ganganand Sinha (Bhagalpur, Purnea & Santhal Parganas General), Devaki Prasad Sinha (Chota Nagpur General), Gaya Prasad Singh (Muzaffarpur-cum-Champaran General), Sarfaraz Husain Khan (Patna & Chota Nagar cum Orissa Muslim), Moulvi Mian Asjad-ul-lah (Bhagalpur Muslim), Muhammad Shafi Daoodi (Tirhut Muslim), Raja Raghunandan Prashad Singh (Landholders), Shyama Charan, Brajnandan Sahay, Saiyid Muhammad Ismail *Bombay:

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 J ...

(Bombay City General), Nowroji Maneckji Dumasia (Bombay City 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 Sindhi and “the father of modern Karachi.” His social, educat ...

(Sind General), Jamnadas Mehta (Bombay Northern General),

Narasimha Chintaman 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), Krishnaji Govind Lohokare (Bombay Central General), Venkatesh Belvi (Bombay Southern 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), W. M. Hussanally (Sind Muslim), Ghulam Mahomed Khan Bhurgri (Sind Muslim), Mahomed Ebrahim Makan (Bombay Northern Muslim), Sardar Mahboob Ali Khan Mohammad Akbar Khan (Bombay Southern Muhammadan), Purshottamdas Thakurdas (Indian Merchants Chamber), Kasturbhai Lalbhai (Ahmedabad Millowners Association), Sardar Vishnu Narayan Mutalik (Gujarat & Deccan Sardars & Inamdars), Henry Richard Dunk (European), Hugh Golding Cocke (European), E. F. Sykes (European), Sir Montagu de Pomeray Webb (European) *Burma: Maung Tok Kyi (General), Maung Kun (General), Maung Ba Si (General), Edward Gibson Fleming (European) *Central Provinces: M. V. Abhyankar (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, found ...

(Hindi Divisions General), Sambhu Dayal Misra (Hindi Divisions General), M. Samiullah Khan (Muslim),

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 Khushal ...

(Landholders) *Delhi: Piyare Lal (General) *Madras: T. Rangachari (Madras City General), Bhupatiraju Venkatapatiraju (Ganjam cum Vizagapatam General), Mocherla Ramachandra Rao (Godavari-cum-Krishna General), Kakutur Venkataramanareddi (Guntur cum Nellore General), Chetlur Doraiswamy Ayyangar (Madras ceded districts and Chittoor General), R. K. Shanmukham Chetty (Salem and Coimbatore cum North Arcot General), M. K. Acharya (South Arcot General), Krishna Rama Aiyangar (Madura & Ramnad cum Tinnevelly General), A. Rangaswami Iyengar (Tanjore & Trichy General), Maulvi Sayad Murtuza Sahib Bahadur (South Madras Muslim), Gordon Fraser (European), Kunhi Kammaran Nambiyar Chandroth Koodali Thazheteveetil (Landholders), M. Ct. M. Chidambaram Chettyar (Madras Indian Commerce), Haji S. A. K. Jeelani *Punjab: Lala Dunichand (Ambala General), Bakshi Sohan Lal (Jullundur General), Lala Hans Raj (Jullundur General), Diwan Chaman Lall (West Punjab General), Abdul Haye (East Punjab Muslim), Shaikh Sadiq Hasan (East Central Punjab Muslim), Khan Sahib Ghulam Bari (West Central Punjab Muslim), Chaudhri Baawal Baksh (North Punjab Muslim), Ghazanfar Ali Khan (North Punjab Muslim), Sayyad Ghulam Abbas (North West Punjab Muslim), Makhdum Syed Rajan Baksh Shah (South West Punjab Muslim), Sardar Gulab Singh (West Punjab Sikh) *United Provinces: Motilal Nehru (UP Cities General), Shamlal Nehru (Meerut General), Narayan Das (Agra General), Madan Mohan Malaviya (Allahabad & Jhansi General),

C. S. Ranga Iyer C. S. Ranga Iyer (1895–1963) was an Indian journalist, politician, Indian independence activist and social reformer. Personal life C. S. Ranga Iyer was born in the Madras Presidency in 1895. He had his education in Madras Presidency and on c ...

(Rohilkhand & Kumaon General), Krishna Kant Malaviya (Benaras & Gorakhpur General), H. N. Kunzru (Lucknow General), Pandit Harkaran Nath Misra (Lucknow General), Kishanlal Nehru (Fyzabad General), Haji Wajihuddin (UP Cities Muslim), Nawab Ismail Khan (Meerut Muslim), Maulvi Muhammad Yakub (Rohilkhand & Kumaon Muslim), Raja Amarpal Singh (Landholders), Colonel Sir Henry Stanyon (European), Rai Bahadur Raj Narain *Other: H. P. Dayal, C. V. Vasantha Sastri

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