== APPENDIX XIII ==

Allocation of Seats under the Government of India Act, 1935, for the Lower House in each Provincial Legislature


Provinces
Total Seats
Total of General seats
General Seats reserved for Scheduled Castes
Seats for representatives of Backward areas and tribes
Sikh Seats
Mohameddan Seats
Anglo Indian Seats
European 
SeatsIndian Christian Seats
Seats for representatives of Commerce, Industry, mining and planting
Land holders seats
University Seats
Seats for representatives of labour
General
Sikh
Mohammedan
Anglo-Indian
Indian Christian
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
Madras'
216
146
30
1
  
28
2
3
8
6
0
1
0
6
  
1
  
1
Bombay 
175
114
15
1
  
29
2
3
3
7
2
1
7
5
  
1
    
Bengal 
250
78
30
    
117
3
11
2
19
5
2
8
2
  
2
1
  
United Provinces 
228
140
20
    
64
1
2
2
3
0
1
3
4
  
2
    
The Punjab
175
42
8
  
31
84
1
1
2
1
6
1
3
1
1
2
    
Bihar 
152
86
15
7
  
39
1
2
1
4
4
1
3
3
  
1
    
Central Provinces and Berar
112
84
20
1
  
14
1
1
  
2
3
1
2
3
        
Assam
108
47
7
0
  
34
  
1
1
11
    
4
1
        
North-West Frontier Province
60
0
    
3
30
        
2
              
Orissa
0
44
6
5
  
4
    
1
1
2
  
1
2
        
Sind
60
18
      
33
  
2
  
2
2
  
1
1
  
1
    
In Bombay seven of the general seats shall be reserved for Marathas.
In the Punjab one of the Land-holders seats shall be a seat to be filled by a Tumandar.
In Assam and Orissa the seats reserved for women shall be non-communal seats.


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