1937 Indian provincial elections

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1937_Indian_provincial_elections

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:politics
gptkbp:AkhilBharatiyaHinduMahasabhaSeatsWon	12
gptkbp:boycottedBy	gptkb:Communist_Party_of_India gptkb:Rashtriya_Swayamsevak_Sangh Hindu Mahasabha (in some provinces)
gptkbp:CongressSeatsWon	716
gptkbp:country	gptkb:India
gptkbp:date	1937
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:1946_Indian_provincial_elections
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	1937 Indian provincial elections
gptkbp:JusticePartySeatsWon	21
gptkbp:KrishakPrajaPartySeatsWon	36
gptkbp:legislativeBodiesElected	gptkb:Provincial_Legislative_Assemblies
gptkbp:MuslimLeagueSeatsWon	109
gptkbp:notableLeader	gptkb:Sir_Harry_Graham_Haig gptkb:Sir_Maurice_Hallett gptkb:B._R._Ambedkar gptkb:Jawaharlal_Nehru gptkb:Sir_John_Anderson gptkb:Sir_John_Colville gptkb:M._S._Aney gptkb:Sir_Frederick_Sykes gptkb:C._Rajagopalachari gptkb:Khan_Abdul_Ghaffar_Khan gptkb:Rajendra_Prasad gptkb:Sarojini_Naidu gptkb:Sir_Mirza_Ismail gptkb:Sir_Chhotu_Ram gptkb:Sardar_Vallabhbhai_Patel gptkb:Sir_Muhammad_Zafarullah_Khan gptkb:Sir_Hugh_Dow gptkb:Sir_George_Cunningham gptkb:Sir_Cowasji_Jehangir gptkb:Sir_Francis_Verner_Wylie gptkb:Chaudhry_Khaliquzzaman gptkb:N._Gopalaswami_Ayyangar gptkb:Sir_Akbar_Hydari gptkb:Sir_Sikandar_Hayat_Khan gptkb:Fazlul_Huq gptkb:Govind_Ballabh_Pant gptkb:Sir_Francis_Mudie gptkb:Sir_John_Herbert gptkb:K._F._Nariman gptkb:M._A._Ansari gptkb:Sir_George_Stanley gptkb:Sir_Henry_Craik gptkb:Sir_Henry_Foley_Knight gptkb:Sir_Henry_Wheeler gptkb:Sir_John_Austen_Hubback gptkb:Sir_John_Ernest_Buttery_Hotson gptkb:Sir_Michael_Herbert_Rudolph gptkb:Sir_Reginald_Maxwell gptkb:Sir_Robert_Francis_Mudie gptkb:Sir_Maurice_Garnier_Hallett Muhammad Ali Jinnah
gptkbp:organizedBy	gptkb:British_Raj
gptkbp:party	gptkb:Akhil_Bharatiya_Hindu_Mahasabha gptkb:Shiromani_Akali_Dal gptkb:Indian_National_Congress gptkb:Praja_Socialist_Party gptkb:All-India_Muslim_League gptkb:Swaraj_Party gptkb:Krishak_Praja_Party gptkb:Unionist_Party_(Punjab) gptkb:Justice_Party_(Madras)
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:1926_Indian_provincial_elections
gptkbp:provincesInvolved	gptkb:Bombay gptkb:Madras gptkb:United_Provinces gptkb:Central_Provinces gptkb:Bengal gptkb:Assam gptkb:Bihar gptkb:Punjab gptkb:Orissa gptkb:North-West_Frontier_Province Sindh
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Government_of_India_Act_1935
gptkbp:resultedIn	Congress formed ministries in 7 provinces Muslim League failed to form government in any province
gptkbp:significance	gptkb:First_elections_under_Government_of_India_Act_1935 Exposed Congress-Muslim League divide Major step towards self-government
gptkbp:state	11
gptkbp:totalSeatsContested	1585
gptkbp:UnionistPartySeatsWon	67
gptkbp:voterTurnout	33% (approximate)
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:1946_Indian_provincial_elections
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6