1946 Bengal Legislative Assembly election

1946 Bengal Legislative Assembly election

1946
All 250 seats in the Bengal Legislative Assembly
First party Second party Third party   Leader Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy Sarat Chandra Bose Jyoti Basu Party AIML INC CPI Last election 43 54 32 Seats won 113 86 3 Seat change 70 32 29
Prime Minister before election Governor's rule Elected Prime Minister Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy AIML

Legislative assembly elections for the Bengal Legislative Assembly were held in January 1946 as part of the 1946 Indian provincial elections.

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 electorate seats- 117
  • Urban seats- 6
  • Rural seats- 111
• Anglo-Indian electorate seats- 3
• European electorate seats- 11
• Indian Christian electorate seats- 2
• Commerce, Industries and Planting seats- 19
  • Port of Calcutta
  • Port of Chittagong
  • Bengal Chamber of Commerce
  • Jute Interest
  • Tea Interest
  • Railways
  • Traders Associations
  • Others
• Zamindar seats- 5
• Labour representatives- 8
• Education seats- 2
  • University of Calcutta- 1
  • University of Dacca- 1
• Women seats- 5
  • General electorate- 2
  • Muslim electorate- 2
  • Anglo-Indian electorate- 1

Results

Party		Seats
	Muslim League	113
	Indian National Congress	86
	Krishak Praja Party	3
	Communist Party of India	3
	Hindu Mahasabha	1
	Independent Hindus	13
	Independent Muslims	9
	Others	22
Total		250

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