1937 Bengal Legislative Assembly election

Legislative assembly elections for the Bengal Legislative Assembly were held in January 1937 as part of the 1937 Indian provincial elections.

1937 Bengal Legislative Assembly election

1937
All 250 seats in the Bengal Legislative Assembly
First party Second party Third party   Leader Sarat Chandra Bose Khwaja Nazimuddin A. K. Fazlul Huq Party INC AIML KSP Seats won 54 43 36
Elected Prime Minister A. K. Fazlul Huq Krishak Praja Party

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
• 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
• Commerce, Industries and Planting seats- 19
  • Port of Calcutta
  • Port of Chittagong
  • Bengal Chamber of Commerce
  • Jute Interest
  • Tea Interest
  • Railways
  • Traders Associations
  • Others

Results

Further information: 1937 Indian provincial elections

Party		Seats
	INC	54
	AIML	40
	KPP	35
	CPI	32
	Tripura Krishak Party	5
	CNP	3
	ABHM	2
	Independent Muslims	42
	Independent Hindus	37
Total		250

Further sources

• Jahanara Begum: The Bengal Legislature of 1937 and Its Characteristics. Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Vol. 36 (1975), pp. 485–492 (online version at JSTOR)
• David Denis Taylor: Indian Politics and the Elections of 1937. D.Phil. thesis, University of London 1971. ProQuest Number: 11010433 (online version)
• Shila Sen: Muslim Politics in Bengal 1937-47. Impex India: New Delhi, 1976 (online summary)