General elections were held in

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between 28 October and late November 1926 to elect members of the

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and the Provincial Legislative Councils. The

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were victorious in Provincial Council elections in

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and

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, and also made gains in

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and

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. However, at the national level the party saw their number of seats reduced.

Results

Central Legislative Assembly

Members of Central Legislative Assembly

Officials

*Government of India: Sir James Crerar (Home Member), Alexander Muddiman (Home Member), Sir George Rainy (Railways, Commerce & Ecclesiastical Member),

George Ernest Schuster Sir George Ernest Schuster (25 April 1881 – 5 June 1982) was a British barrister, financier, colonial administrator and Liberal politician. Biography He was the son of Ernest Schuster, a King's Counsel, and was educated at Charterhouse Schoo ...

(Finance Member), Sir Brojendra Mitter (Law Member),

Bhupendra Nath Mitra Sir Bhupendra Nath Mitra (Bengali: ভূপেন্দ্র নাথ মিত্র) (October 1875 – 25 February 1937) was an Indian government official and diplomat who served as the third Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom ...

(Industries & Labour Member), Evelyn Berkeley Howell, Alfred Alen Lethbridge Parsons, Hubert Arthur Sams, Gerard Macworth Young, Kodikal Sanjiva Row, Clement Wansbrough Gwynne, John Coatman, Sir Frank Noyce, Hattiangadi Shankar Rau *Provinces: Samuel Henry Slater (Madras), A. Upendra Pai (Madras),

John Monteath John Monteath (9 October 1878 – 11 June 1955) was an Irish first-class cricketer and colonial official in British India. Monteath was the son of Sir James Monteath, a colonial administrator in British India. He was educated at Clifton ...

(Bombay), Vyvyan Macleod Ferrers (Bombay), Joseph Charles French (Bengal), Rajnarayan Banarji (Bengal), J. T. Donovan (Bengal), Nasiruddin Ahmad (Bengal), Hugh Stuart Crosthwaite (United Provinces), M. Keane (United Provinces), Khan Bahadur Mian Abdul Aziz (Punjab), Ram Prasad Narayan Sahi (Bihar & Orissa), Shyam Narayan Singh (Bihar & Orissa), Kismet Leland Brewer Hamilton (Central Provinces), H. C. Greenfield (Central Provinces), William Alexander Cosgrave (Assam), Ernest Frederick Baum (Burma), H. Tonkinson (Burma)

Nominated Non-Officials

*Provinces: Rai Bahadur Satya Charan Mukherjee (Bengal), Keshab Chandra Roy (Bengal), Dr. Ratanji Dinshah Dalal (Bombay), Muhammad Yamin Khan (United Provinces), Sardar Bahadur Jawahar Singh (Punjab), Sardar Bahadur Captain Hira Singh Brar (Punjab), Hony. Captain Rao Bahadur Ch. Lal Chand (Punjab), Sir Zulfikar Ali Khan (Punjab),

Madhav Shrihari Aney Madhav Shrihari Aney (29 August 1880 – 26 January 1968),Sen S.N. (1997). ''History of the Freedom Movement in India (1857–1947)'' New Delhi: New Age. p. 354. popularly referred to as Loknayak Bapuji Aney or Bapuji Aney, was an ardent educa ...

(Berar), Mariadas Ruthnaswamy (Madras), R. Srinivasa Sarma (Bihar & Orissa) *Special Interests:

Henry Gidney Sir Ethan James Kendrick FRSE MID (9 June 1873 – 5 May 1942) was a leader of the Anglo-Indian community of British India for 20 years, founding the All India Anglo-Indian Association in 1926. His grandfather, William Gidney, was killed at the ...

(Anglo-Indian), Rev. Jotish Chandra Chatterjee (Indian Christians), Sir James Simpson (Associated Chambers of Commerce), L. V. Heathcote (Associated Chambers of Commerce), G. W. Chambers (Associated Chambers of Commerce), Narayan Malhar Joshi (Labour Interests), M. C. Rajah (Depressed Classes)

Elected Non-Officials

*Ajmer-Merwara: Harbilas Sarda *Assam: Tarun Ram Phookan (Assam Valley General), Srischandra Dutta (Surma Valley cum Shillong General), Maulvi Abdul Matin Chaudhury (Muslim), T. A. Chalmers (Europeans) *Bengal: T. C. Goswami (Calcutta Suburbs General), Bhabendra Chandra Roy (Presidency General), Amar Nath Dutt (Burdwan General), K. C. Neogy (Dacca General), Satyendra Chandra Mitra (Chittagong & Rajshahi General), Mohamed Rafique (Calcutta & Suburbs Muslim),

Abdullah Al-Mamun Suhrawardy Sir Abdullah al-Mamun Suhrawardy (31 May 1877 – 13 January 1935) was a Bengali Islamic scholar, barrister, and academic. He was the Tagore Law Lecturer in 1911 and involved in notable educational work. Abdullah was the first Indian to attain ...

(Burdwan & Presidency Muslim), Sir

Abdul Halim Ghaznavi Sir Abdul Halim Khan Ghuznavi (1876 – 1953), (also spelled Sir Abdul Halim Ghaznavi) was an Indian politician, zamindar, and industrialist. He was a member of the Central Legislative Assembly of British India. Early life Abdul Halim was born ...

(Dacca), Haji Choudhary Mohamad Ismail Khan (Dacca Muslim), Muhammad Anwar-ul-Azim (Chittagong Muslim), Khabeeruddin Ahmed (Rajshahi), Sir Darcy Lindsay (Europeans), Arthur Moore (Europeans), Col. J. D. Crawford (Europeans), Dhirendra Kanta Lahiri Chaudhury (Landholders), Rai Bahadur Tarit Bhushan Roy (Marwari Association), J. F. Fyfe (Bengal Chamber of Commerce) *Bihar & Orissa: Nilakantha Das (Orissa General), Bhabananda Das (Orissa General), Rajivarandan P. Sinha (Patna-cum-Shahabad General),

Anugrah Narayan Sinha Anugrah Narayan Sinha (18 June 1887 – 5 July 1957), known as ''Honorary titles of Indian leaders, Bihar Vibhuti'', was an Indian nationalist politician, participant in Champaran Satyagraha, Gandhian & one of the architects of modern Bihar, wh ...

(Patna-cum-Shahabad General), Siddheswar Prasad Singh (Gaya-cum-Monghyr General), Ganganand Sinha (Bhagalpur, Purnea & Santhal Parganas), Ramnarayan Singh (Chota Nagpur General), Khan Bahadur Sarfaraz Hussain Khan (Patna & Chota Nagpur cum Orissa Muslim), Moulvi Badl-us-zaman (Bhagalpur Muslim), Maulvi Muhammad Shafee (Tirhut Muslim), Raja Raghunandan Parshad Singh (Landholders), Gaya Prasad Singh (Muzaffarpur-cum-Champaran General), Hari Prasad Lal *Bombay: M. R. Jayakar (Bombay City General), Jamnadas Mehta (Bombay City General), Lalchand Navalrai (Sind Rural General), Seth Harchandrai Vishandas (Sindh General), Vithalbhai Patel (Bombay Northern General), N. C. Kelkar (Bombay Central General), Sarabhai Nemchand Haji (Bombay Central General),

Muhammad Ali Jinnah Muhammad Ali Jinnah (born Mahomedali Jinnahbhai; 25 December 187611 September 1948) was a barrister, politician, and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the inception of Pa ...

(Bombay City Muslim), Fazal I Rahimtoola (Bombay Central Muslim), Abdullah Haroon (Sindh Muslim),

Shah Nawaz Bhutto Shah Nawaz Bhutto (, , ), 8 March 1888 – 19 November 1957, was a politician and a member of the Bhutto family hailing from Larkana in the Sind region of the Bombay Presidency of British India, which is now Sindh, Pakistan. Early life and ...

(Sindh Muslim), Wadero Mohomed Panah Ghulam Kadirkhan Dakhan (Sind Muslim), Sir Hugh Cocke (Europeans), E. F. Sykes (Europeans),

Homi Mody Sir Hormasji Pherozeshah Mody Order of the British Empire, KBE (23 September 1881 – 9 March 1969), generally known as Sir Homi Mody was a noted Parsi businessman associated with the Tata Group and an administrator of India. Business career He ...

(Bombay Millowners Association), Purshotamdas Thakurdas (Indian Merchants' Chamber and Bureau), Wahid Baksh Bhutto (Sindh Jagirdars & Zamindars), Joseph Baptista, Sir Jehangir Cowasji, Kikabhai Premchand *Burma: Jehangir K. Munshi (General), U. Tok Kyi (General), U. Hla Tun Pru (General), W. Stenhouse Lamb (European) *Central Provinces: B. S. Moonje (Nagpur General),

Hari Singh Gour Sir Hari Singh Gour (26 November 1870 – 25 December 1949) was a distinguished lawyer, jurist, educationist, social reformer, poet, and novelist. Gour was the First Vice-Chancellor of the University of Delhi and Nagpur University, found ...

(Hindi Divisions General), Dwarka Prasad Misra (Hindi Divisions General), Dr. Abdul Qadir Siddiq (Muslim), Seth Jamnadass (Landholders) *Delhi: Lala Rang Behari Lal *Madras: S. Srinivasa Iyengar (Madras City General),

Tanguturi Prakasam Tanguturi Prakasam popularly known as Prakasam Pantulu (23 August 1872 – 20 May 1957), was an Indian jurist, political leader, social reformer, and anti-colonial nationalist who served as the Premier of the Madras Presidency. Prakasam subseq ...

(East and West Godavari cum Krishna General), Battena Perumalla Nayudu (Guntur-cum-Nellore General), Chetluru Doraiswamy Ayyangar (Madras ceded districts & Chittoor General), R. K. Shanmukham Chetty (Salem and Coimbatore cum North Arcot General), M. K. Acharya (South Arcot General), A. Rangaswami Iyengar (Tanjore cum Trichinopoly General), M. R. Ry. Mudumbi Srinivasachariar Seshayyangar (Madura and Ramnad-cum-Tinnevelly General), M. R. Ry. G. Sarvothama Rao Avargal (West Coast & Nilgiris General), Abdul Latif Sahib Farookhi (North Madras Muslim), Maulvi Syed Murtuza Sahab Bahadur (South Madras Muslim), Khan Bahadur Haji Abdullah Haji Kassim (West Coast & Nilgiris Muslim), William Alexander (European), K. V. Rangaswami Ayyangar (Landholders), Vidya Sagar Pandya (Madras Indian Commerce), T. Rangachari, Rama Iyengar, P. S. Sivaswami Iyer, T. N. Ramakrishna Reddi, Bhupatiraju Venkatapatiraju *NWFP:

Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Nawab Khan Bahadur Sahibzada Sir Abdul Qayyum Khan KCIE (12 December 1863 – 4 December 1937), hailing from Topi, Swabi District, British India (modern day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan) was an educationist and politician. Qayyum Khan h ...

*Punjab: Pandit Thakur Das Bhargava (Ambala General),

Lala Lajpat Rai Lala Lajpat Rai (28 January 1865 — 17 November 1928) was an Indian revolutionary, politician, and author, popularly known as ''Punjab Kesari (Lion of Punjab).'' He was one of the three members of the Lal Bal Pal trio. He died of severe tra ...

(Jullundur General), Diwan Chaman Lall (West Punjab General), Abdul Haye (East Punjab Muslim), Sir Zulfiqar Ali Khan (East Central Punjab Muslim), Mian Sir Muhammad Shah Nawaz (West Central Punjab Muslim), Ghazanfar Ali Khan (North Punjab Muslim), Sayyed Hussain Shah (North-West Punjab Muslim), Makhdum Syed Rajan Baksh Shah (South-West Punjab Muslim), Sardar Gulab Singh (West Punjab Sikh), Sardar Kartar Singh (East Punjab Sikh) *United Provinces:

Motilal Nehru Motilal Nehru (6 May 1861 – 6 February 1931) was an Indian lawyer, activist, and politician affiliated with the Indian National Congress. He served as the Congress President twice, from 1919 to 1920 and from 1928 to 1929. He was a patriarch ...

(UP Cities General), Chaudhri Mukhtar Singh (Meerut General), Pandit Shamlal Nehru (Meerut General), H. N. Kunzru (Agra General), Lala Girdharilal Agarwala (Agra General), C. S. Ranga Iyer (Rohilkhand & Kumaon General),

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(Allahabad & Jhanshi General), Ghanshyam Das Birla (Benares and Gorakpur General), Pandit Krishna Kant Malaviya (Benares and Gorakpur General), Munshi Iswar Saran (Lucknow General), Sankata Prasad Bajpai (Lucknow General), Kuar Rananjay Singh (Fyzabad General), Tasadduq Ahmad Khan Sherwani (UP Cities General), Dr. L. K. Hyder (Agra Rural Muslim), Sir Muhammad Yakub (Rohilkhand & Kumaon Muslim), Lala Tirloki Nath (Landholders), Tracey Gavin Jones (European), J. Ramsay Scott (European), Rafi Ahmed Kidwai

Elected Members of Council of State

* John William Anderson Bell (Bengal Chamber of Commerce) * Mahmood Suhrawardy (West Bengal : Muhammadan) * Maulvi Abdul Karim (East Bengal: Muhammadan) * Lokenath Mukherjee (West Bengal: Non-Muhammadan), Swaraj * Rai Bahadur Nalini Nath Sett (West Bengal : Non-Muhammadan) * Sir Arthur Froom (Bombay Chamber of Commerce) * Mian Ali Baksh Muhammad Hussain (Sind : Muhammadan) * Ebrahim Haroon Jaffer (Bombay Presidency : Muhammadan) * Manmohandas Ramji Vora (Bombay : Non-Muhammadan) * Pheroze Sethna (Bombay: Non-Muhammadan) * Ratansi D. Morarji (Bombay: Non-Muhamaddan) * Maneckji Dadabhoy (Bombay: Non-Muhamaddan) * Nawab Sahibzada Sayad Mohammad Mehr Shah (East and West Punjab: Muhammadan) * Lala Ram Saran Das (Punjab: Non-Muhammadan) * Saiyed Mohamad Padshah Sahib Bahadur (Madras : Muhammadan) * Dr. U. Rama Rao (Madras: Non-Muhammadan), Swaraj * V. Ramadas Pantulu (Madras: Non-Muhammadan) * Sir

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(Madras: Non-Muhammadan) * Pundi Chetlur Desika Chari (Burma: General) * Sir Edgar Holberton (Burma Chamber of Commerce) * Maulvi Golam Mostafa Chaudhury (Assam : Muhammadan) * Seth Govind Das (Central Provinces: General) * Shah Muhammad Zubair (Bihar and Orissa: Muhammadan) *

(Bihar and Orissa: Non-Muhammadan) *

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(Bihar and Orissa: Non-Muhammadan) * Saiyid Alay Nabi (United Provinces West: Muhammadan) * Raja Moti Chand (United Provinces Southern: Non-Muhammadan) * Raja Sir Rampal Singh (United Provinces Central : Non-Muhamrnudan)

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