Elections to the Legislative Assembly of

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were held in January and February 1937. These were the first elections in the province after its creation in 1936. The

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of 1932 had allocated sixty assembly seats to Sind, based on which it now formed an assembly of its own. The seats were divided amongst the following electoral colleges; Muslims Rural 31 seats, Muslims Urban 2 seats, Women Muslim Urban 1 seat, General Rural 15 seats, General Urban 3 seats, Women General Urban 1 seat, Europeans 2 seats, Landowners 2 seats, Commerce and Industry 2 seats and Labour 1 seat.Ansari, Sarah F. D.
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'. Cambridge South Asian studies, 50. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. pp. 115-116 In total, there were 639,043 eligible voters.Afzal, Nasreen.
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won twenty-two of the Muslim seats, the Sind Muslim Political Party won four seats 4 whilst the Sind Azad Party won three seats. The party identity of one Muslim delegate was unclear.

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candidates won the remaining nine seats from the Muslim constituencies. In the General constituencies, the Sind Hindu Mahasabha won eleven seats, the

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eight seats, Independent Hindus two seats and

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one seat. From the European and Commercial and Industry constituencies, non-party candidates were elected. However, whilst the Sind United Party had emerged as the winner of the election its two most prominent leaders (Haji Abdullah Haroon and

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) had failed to win the seats they contested. Haroon had contested the Lyari constituency, in northern

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. The Lyari seat was won by Sardar Allah Baksh Gabol. The

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seat, which Bhutto had contested, was won by Sheikh Abdul Majid Sindhi. After the election the governor of Sind asked the leader of the Sind Muslim Political Party to form a cabinet. Largescale defections took place from the ranks of the Sind United Party and the Sind Azad Party in the assembly. United Party senior leader

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later served as Premier of Sindh from 23 March 1938 – 18 April 1940 until a no-confidence motion was passed against him by the Indian National Congress and Muslim League. He was briefly elected back to power and served briefly from 27 March 1942 – 14 October 1942, but was dismissed by the Governor due to his support for the Quit India Movement.

Winning members

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