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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1923 Punjab Provincial Legislative Council election
| country = British India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| turnout = 52.82% ({{increase}} 18.01%)
| previous_election = 1920 Punjab Legislative Council election
| previous_year = 1920
| next_election = 1926 Punjab Legislative Council election
| next_year = 1926
| election_date = 1923
| seats_for_election = 71 seats in the [[Punjab Legislative Council (British India)|Punjab Legislative Council]]
| image1 =
| image1_size =
| leader1 =
| party1 = Unionist Party (Punjab)
| seats1 = 33
| seat_change1 = ''New''
| party2 = Swaraj Party
| seats2 = 12
| seat_change2 = ''New''
| party4 = Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee
| seats4 = 9
| seat_change4 = ''New''
| party5 = Independent politician
| seats5 = 17
| seat_change5 = {{decrease}} 54
| map = [[File:Punjab region.svg|200px]]
}}

'''Legislative Council elections''' were held in [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]] in [[British India]] in late 1923. They were the second legislative council elections held in the province under the Government of India Act 1919. The newly elected Council was constituted on 2 January 1924 when its first meeting was held.<ref>The Punjab Parliamentarians 1897–2013, Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, Lahore - Pakistan, 2015</ref>

Sheikh Abdul Qadir was elected as its president. He resigned from the office when he was appointed as Minister of Education<ref>Punjab Legislative Council proceedings, 30 November 1925. Page 1370.</ref> and was succeeded by Shahab-ud-din.<ref>Punjab Legislative Council proceedings, 3 December 1925. Page 1389.</ref> The Council held its last meeting on 25 October 1926 and was dissolved on 27 October. It held 102 meetings.<ref>Punjab Legislative Council proceedings, 25 October 1926. Page 1810.</ref>

==Distribution of seats==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Category
!Urban
!Rural
!Total
|-
!General
|7
|13
!20
|-
!Mohammadans
|5
|27
!32
|-
!Sikh
|1
|11
!12
|-
!Special^
| -
| -
!7
|-
!Total
!13
!51
!71
|}

'''Special^''' (Non-Territorial)

* Punjab Landholders - 3
** General - 1
** Mohammadan - 1
** Sikh - 1
* Baluch Tumandars - 1
* Punjab Universities - 1
* Punjab Commerce and Trade - 1
* Punjab Industry - 1
==Voter Statistics==
*'''Total Voters = 6,15,503'''
*'''Vote Turnout = 52.82%'''
*Territorial Constituencies voters - 6,10,199
**Highest Number of voters - 21,309 in Jehlum (Muhammadan-Rural)
**Lowest Number of voters - 1,652 in Gurgaon (General-Rural)
**Highest Turnout - 72.8% in East West Central Towns (General-Urban)
**Lowest Turnout - 14.6% in Lahore (Sikh-Rural)
*Non-Territorial Constituencies voters - 5,304
**Highest Number of voters - 2,398 in Punjab Universities
**Lowest Number of voters - 11 in Baluch Tumandars
**Highest Turnout - 84.4% in Punjab Universities
**Lowest Turnout - 72.4% in Punjab Landholders (Sikh)

==Office bearer==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Post
!Holder
!colspan=2|Tenure
|-
!rowspan=3|President
|[[Herbert Alexander Casson]]
|2 January 1924
|16 January 1925
|-
|[[Abdul Qadir (Muslim leader)|Sheikh Abdul Qadir]]
|16 January 1925
|4 September 1925
|-
|[[Shahab-ud-Din Virk]]
|3 December 1925
|27 October 1926
|-
!rowspan=2|Deputy President
|Sheikh Abdul Qadir
|5 January 1924
|16 January 1925
|-
|Mohinder Singh
|5 March 1925
|27 October 1926
|}

'''Ex-Officio Members'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Name
!Member of Department
|-
|John Maynard
|Finance
|}

'''Ministers'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Name
!Member of Department
|-
|[[Chottu Ram]]
|Agriculture and Education
|-
|Chaudhary Lal Chand
|Agriculture
|-
|[[Sundar Singh Majithia]]
|Revenue
|-
|[[Fazl-i-Hussain|Mian Fazl-i-Husain]]
|Education
|-
|[[Jogendra Singh]]
|Agriculture
|}

==Election Schedule==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Event
!Date
|-
!Filing of Nominations
|1 November 1923
|-
!Scrutiny of Nominations
|6 November 1923
|-
!Polling
|20 and 28 November 1923
|-
!Counting
|? December 1923
|}
* Election schedule in special constituencies were not same and the dates were different, unfortunately not available.

==Results==
{{Election results
|party1=[[Unionist Party (Punjab)|Unionist Party]]|seats1=33|sc1=New
|party2=[[Swaraj Party]]|seats2=12|sc2=New
|party3=[[Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee]]|seats3=9|sc3=New
|party4=Independents|seats4=17|sc4=–54
|total_sc=0
|source=[http://panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/downloadPdf.jsp?file=BK-001213.pdf&docid=2769 Yadav]
}}
==Constituency wise result==
{{colorbox|wheat}} Candidate Elected Unopposed

'''General-Urban'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!S. No.
!Constituency
!Winner
|-
!1
|Lahore City
|Nihal Chand
|-
!2
|Amritsar City
|Diwan Chand
|-
!3
|South-Eastern Towns
|Banke Rai
|-
!4
|North-Eastern Towns
|bgcolor=wheat|Mohan Lal
|-
!5
|East-Western Towns
|Dhan Raj
|-
!6
|North-Western Towns
|Gokul Chand
|-
!7
|Western Punjab
|Bodh Raj
|}

'''General-Rural'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!S. No.
!Constituency
!Winner
|-
!8
|Hissar
|bgcolor=wheat|Sham Lal
|-
!9
|South-Eastern Rohtak
|Chottu Ram
|-
!10
|North-Eastern Rohtak
|Lal Chand
|-
!11
|Gurgaon
|Pohap Singh
|-
!12
|Karnal
|Duli Chand
|-
!13
|Ambala-Simla
|Ganga Ram
|-
!14
|Kangra
|Ram Singh
|-
!15
|Hoshiarpur
|Nanak Chand
|-
!16
|Jullundur-Ludhiana
|Bhagat Ram
|-
!17
|Lahore-Ferozpur-Sheikhupura
|Mohan Lal Bhagat
|-
!18
|Amritsar-Gurdaspur
|Kesar Singh
|-
!19
|Rawalpindi
|Narain Das
|-
!20
|Multan
|bgcolor=wheat|Sewak Ram
|}

'''Muhammadan-Urban'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!S. No.
!Constituency
!Winner
|-
!21
|Lahore City
|Abdul Aziz Marwada
|-
!22
|Amritsar City
|Mohammed Sharif
|-
!23
|Western Punjab Towns
|Abdul Qadir
|-
!24
|East West Central Towns
|Mazhar Ali Azhar
|-
!25
|South-Eastern Towns
|Feroz-ud-Din
|}

'''Muhammadan-Rural'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!S. No.
!Constituency
!Winner
|-
!26
|Gurgaon Hissar
|Shahid Daad Khan
|-
!27
|Ambala
|Shafi Ali Khan
|-
!28
|Hoshiarpur Ludhiana
|Afzal Haq
|-
!29
|Ferozpur
|Nasib-ud-Din Khan
|-
!30
|Jullundur
|Sadaullah Khan
|-
!31
|Kangra Gurdaspur
|Ali Akbar
|-
!32
|Lahore
|Mohammed Shah Nawaz
|-
!33
|Amritsar
|bgcolor=wheat|Maqbool Mahmud
|-
!34
|Sialkot
|Shahab-ud-Din
|-
!35
|Gujranwala
|Karam Illahi
|-
!36
|Sheikhupura
|Khan Mohammed Khan
|-
!37
|Gujarat East
|bgcolor=wheat|Fazl Ali
|-
!38
|Gujarat West
|bgcolor=wheat|Ghulam Mohammed
|-
!39
|Shahpur East
|Firoz Khan Noon
|-
!40
|Shahpur West
|bgcolor=wheat|Mohammed Khan Tiwana
|-
!41
|Mianwali
|Saifullah Khan
|-
!42
|Attock
|Sikandar Hayat Khan
|-
!43
|Rawalpindi
|Farman Ali Khan
|-
!44
|Jehlum
|Mohammed Mehar Shah
|-
!45
|Lyallpur North
|Shahadat Khan
|-
!46
|Lyallpur South
|Nur-ud-Dim
|-
!47
|Montgomery
|bgcolor=wheat|Husaini Shah
|-
!48
|Multan East
|Mohammed Haibat Khan
|-
!49
|Multan West
|Raza Shah Gilani
|-
!50
|Jhang
|Hussain Shah
|-
!51
|Muzaffargarh
|Abdullah Khan
|-
!52
|Dera Gazi Khan
|Faiz Mohammed
|}

'''Sikh-Urban'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!S. No.
!Constituency
!Winner
|-
!53
|Sikh Urban
|bgcolor=wheat |Jodh Singh
|}

'''Sikh-Rural'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!S. No.
!Constituency
!Winner
|-
!54
|Ambala Division
|bgcolor=wheat |Gurbaksh Singh
|-
!55
|Hoshiarpur Kangara
|Narinder Singh
|-
!56
|Jullundur
|Partap Singh
|-
!57
|Ludhiana
|Mohinder Singh
|-
!58
|Ferozpur
|Tara Singh
|-
!59
|Lahore
|Sangat Singh
|-
!60
|Amritsar
|Dhan Singh
|-
!61
|Sialkot Gurdaspur
|Randhir Singh
|-
!62
|Lyallpur
|Harchand Singh
|-
!63
|Multan Shekhupura
|Buta Singh
|-
!64
|Rawalpindi Gujranwala
|Narain Singh
|}

'''Special'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!S. No.
!Constituency
!Winner
|-
!colspan=3| Landholders
|-
!65
|Punjab (General)
|bgcolor=wheat |Raja Narendra Nath
|-
!66
|Punjab (Muhammadan)
|bgcolor=wheat|Fazl-i-Husain
|-
!67
|Punjab<br> (Sikh)
|Mangal Singh
|-
!colspan=3|Tumandars
|-
!68
|Baluch Tumandars
|bgcolor=wheat|Jamal Khan Leghari
|-
!colspan=3 |University
|-
!69
|Punjab <br>Universities
|Ruchi Ram
|-
!colspan=3 |Commerce and Trade
|-
!70
|Punjab Commerce and Trade
|bgcolor=wheat |V. F. Gray
|-
!colspan=3 |Industry
|-
!71
|Punjab <br>Industries
|bgcolor=wheat|Dhanpat Rai
|}
==See also==
[[Punjab legislative council (British India)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Punjab (India) elections}}

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[[Category:1923 elections in India|Punjab]]
[[Category:State Assembly elections in Punjab, India]]
==External links==
*{{cite web |title=Pre Punjab Second Synopsis |url=http://papmis.pitb.gov.pk/en/members/past-members/punjab-legislative-council-1921-to-1936/pre-punjab-second-synopsis |website=papmis.pitb.gov.pk |accessdate=17 June 2021}}

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