General elections were held in
British India
The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...
between 28 October and late November 1926 to elect members of the
Imperial Legislative Council
The Imperial Legislative Council (ILC) was the legislature of the British Raj from 1861 to 1947. It was established under the Charter Act of 1853 by providing for the addition of 6 additional members to the Governor General Council for legislativ ...
and the Provincial Legislative Councils.
The
Swaraj Party were victorious in Provincial Council elections in
Bengal
Bengal ( ; bn, বাংলা/বঙ্গ, translit=Bānglā/Bôngô, ) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, predom ...
and
Madras, and also made gains in
Bihar
Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West ...
and
Orissa
Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of S ...
. 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 (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 (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
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(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 (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 ...
(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 (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 (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 (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 (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 ...
(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 (Bombay City Muslim),
Fazal I Rahimtoola (Bombay Central Muslim),
Abdullah Haroon
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(Sindh Muslim), Shah Nawaz Bhutto(Sindh Muslim), Wadero Mohomed Panah Ghulam Kadirkhan Dakhan (Sind Muslim), Sir Hugh Cocke (Europeans), E. F. Sykes (Europeans), Homi Mody (Bombay Millowners Association), Purushottamdas Thakurdas (Indian Merchants' Chamber and Bureau), Wahid Baksh Bhutto (Sindh Jagirdars & Zamindars), Joseph Baptista, Sir Cowasji Jehangir, 2nd Baronet, 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 (Nagpur General), Hari Singh Gour (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 (Madras City General), Tanguturi Prakasam (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 (Salem and Coimbatore cum North Arcot General), M. K. Acharya (South Arcot General), A. Rangaswami Iyengar (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, Rama Iyengar, P. S. Sivaswami Iyer, T. N. Ramakrishna Reddi, Bhupatiraju Venkatapatiraju
*NWFP: Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum
*Punjab: Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava (Ambala General), Lala Lajpat Rai (Jullundur General), Diwan Chaman Lall (West Punjab General), Abdul Haye (East Punjab Muslim), Sir Zulfiqar Ali Khan (East Central Punjab Muslim), Mian Sir Muhammad Shah Nawaz (West Central Punjab Muslim), Ghazanfar Ali Khan (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 (UP Cities General), Chaudhri Mukhtar Singh (Meerut General), Pandit Shamlal Nehru (Meerut General), H. N. Kunzru (Agra General), Lala Girdharilal Agarwala (Agra General), C. S. Ranga Iyer (Rohilkhand & Kumaon General), Madan Mohan Malaviya (Allahabad & Jhanshi General), Ghanshyam Das Birla (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
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)
* Arthur Froom, 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 (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 (Madras: Non-Muhammadan), Swaraj
* V. Ramadas Pantulu (Madras: Non-Muhammadan)
* Sir C. Sankaran Nair (Madras: Non-Muhammadan)
* Pundi Chetlur Desika Chari (Burma: General)
* Edgar Holberton, Sir Edgar Holberton (Burma Chamber of Commerce)
* Maulvi Golam Mostafa Chaudhury (Assam : Muhammadan)
* Seth Govind Das (Central Provinces: General)
* Shah Muhammad Zubair (Bihar and Orissa: Muhammadan)
*
Anugrah Narayan Sinha (Bihar and Orissa: Non-Muhammadan)
* Mahendra Prasad (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)
References
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