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The first election which was conducted in the house was of Deputy President between Mehtab Singh and Chaudhary M. Amin. Mehtab Singh won election by securing 48 votes, while Amin secured 37 Votes. The First Council had held 98 meetings when the Lieutenant Governor of Punjab dissolved the council on 27 October 1923 after completion of three ...
Indian National Congress emerged as the victorious with 63 seats in the 117-seat legislature in the election. The Shiromani Akali Dal became the official opposition, holding 37 seats. On 6 October 1983, Assembly was placed under suspension and president rule was imposed [ b ] and then dissolved on 26 June 1985.
From this day onward, Punjab was engulfed in such bloodied communal riots that the history had never witnessed before. Eventually, Punjab had to be partitioned into the Indian Punjab and Pakistani Punjab. In the process, over a million people were massacred, millions more were forced to cross-over and to become refugees while thousands of women ...
Elections in Punjab, a state in India are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The Assembly of Punjab creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legislature to the conduct of state level elections need to be approved by the Parliament of India.
Northern Punjab (Muhammadan) Sikandar Hayat Khan Unionist Party 170 162 Western Punjab (Muhammadan) Hayat Khan Noon 171 163 Baluch Tumandars (Muhammadan) Jamal Khan Leghari Trade and Labour Unions 172 164 Punjab Trade and Labour Unions Sita Ram Hindu Election Board 173 165 Eastern Punjab Diwan Chaman Lall: Indian National Congress 174 166
Economically it transformed the Punjab into the richest farming area of India, socially it sustained the power of large landowners and politically it encouraged cross-communal co-operation amongst land owning groups. [202] The Punjab also became the major centre of recruitment into the Indian Army. By patronising influential local allies and ...
The Punjab Legislative Assembly or the Punjab Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the state of Punjab in India. The Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted in March 2022. At present, it consists of 117 members, directly elected from 117 single-seat constituencies. The tenure of the Legislative Assembly is five years ...
Punjab (General) Raja Narendra Nath Hindu Election Board 66 Punjab (Muhammadan) Sikandar Hayat Khan Unionist Party 67 Punjab (Sikh) Joginder Singh Tumandars 68 Baluch Tumandars Jamal Khan Leghari Unionist Party University 69 Punjab Universities Manohar Lal Independent Commerce and Trade 70 Punjab Commerce and Trade V. F. Gray Independent Industry