Legislative assembly elections for the

Bengal Legislative Assembly The Bengal Legislative Assembly () was the largest legislatures of British India, legislature in British India, serving as the lower chamber of the legislature of Bengal Presidency, Bengal (now Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal). It ...

were held in January 1946 as part of the

1946 Indian provincial elections Provincial elections were held in British India in January 1946 to elect members of the legislative councils of the Indian provinces. The Congress, in a repeat of the 1937 elections, won (90%) of the general non-Muslim seats while the Muslim ...

Seats

The allocation of 250 seats in the assembly was based on the communal award. It is illustrated in the following. * General elected seats- 78 *

Muslim Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ...

electorate seats- 117 ** Urban seats- 6 ** Rural seats- 111 *

Anglo-Indian Anglo-Indian people are a distinct minority group, minority community of mixed-race British and Indian ancestry. During the colonial period, their ancestry was defined as British paternal and Indian maternal heritage; post-independence, "Angl ...

electorate seats- 3 * European electorate seats- 11 *

Indian Christian Christianity is Religion in India, India's third-most followed religion with about 28 million adherents, making up 2.3 percent of the population as of the 2011 Census of India, 2011 census. Christianity is the largest religion in parts of Nor ...

electorate seats- 2 * Commerce, Industries and Planting seats- 19 ** Port of Calcutta **

Port of Chittagong A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Hamburg, Manche ...

** Bengal Chamber of Commerce **

Jute Jute ( ) is a long, rough, shiny bast fibre that can be Spinning (textiles), spun into coarse, strong threads. It is produced from flowering plants in the genus ''Corchorus'', of the mallow family Malvaceae. The primary source of the fiber is ...

Interest ** Tea Interest ** Railways ** Traders Associations ** Others *

Zamindar A zamindar in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semi-autonomous feudal lord of a ''zamindari'' (feudal estate). The term itself came into use during the Mughal Empire, when Persian was the official language; ''zamindar'' is the ...

seats- 5 * Labour representatives- 8 * Education seats- 2 **

University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta, informally known as Calcutta University (), is a Public university, public State university (India), state university located in Kolkata, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal, India. It has 151 affiliated undergraduate c ...

- 1 **

University of Dacca The University of Dhaka (), also known as Dhaka University (DU), is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1921, it is the oldest active university in the country. The University of Dhaka was founded in 1921 ...

- 1 * Women seats- 5 ** General electorate- 2 ** Muslim electorate- 2 ** Anglo-Indian electorate- 1

Results

References

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Further sources

*Shila Sen: ''Muslim Politics in Bengal 1937-47''. Impex India: New Delhi, 1976
online summary
* ''Assembly Proceedings Official Report Bengal Legislative Assembly Second Session 1946 The 17th 24th 25th 26th 27th 30th and 31st July and 1st August 1946''
online version

AdvocateTanmoy.com: History of West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 1861
1946 elections in India State Assembly elections in the Bengal Presidency