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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1930 Punjab Legislative Council election
| country = British India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| turnout =
| previous_election = 1926 Punjab Legislative Council election
| previous_year = 1926
| next_election =
| next_year =
| election_date = 1930
| seats_for_election = 71 seats in the [[Punjab Legislative Council (British India)|Punjab Legislative Council]]
| image1 =
| image1_size =
| leader1 =
| party1 = Unionist Party (Punjab)
| seats1 = 37
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 6
| party2 = [[National Progressive Party (India)|NPP]]
| color2 = 6a0dad
| seats2 = 20
| seat_change2 = ''New''
| party3 = [[Independent politician|Independents]]
| seats3 = 14
| seat_change3 = {{increase}} 2
| map = [[File:Punjab region.svg|200px]]
}}

'''Legislative Council elections''' were held in [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]] in [[British India]] in 1930. They were the fourth and last legislative council elections held in the province under the [[Government of India Act 1919]]. The newly elected Council was constituted on 24 October 1930 when its first meeting was held.<ref>The Punjab Parliamentarians 1897–2013, Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, Lahore - Pakistan, 2015</ref>

[[File:Members of Fourth Punjab Legislative Council.jpg|thumb|Group photo of Members of Fourth Punjab Legislative Council.]]
[[Shahab-ud-Din Virk]] was re-elected as President on October 25, 1930.<ref>Proceedings, Punjab Legislative Council, October 25, 1930. Page 5-6.</ref> The Council was given the extension of about 3 years in its three years term and was dissolved on 10 November 1936. The Council held 197 meetings during its extended tenure.<ref>Proceedings, Punjab Legislative Council, November 10, 1936. Pages 411.</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<ref>[http://panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/downloadPdf.jsp?file=BK-001213.pdf&docid=2769 Elections in Punjab 1920-1947 (Pdf)], Book by Kirpal C. Yadav. Retrieved 7 May 2021.</ref>
|}

'''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
==Election schedule==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Event
!Date
|-
!Filing of Nominations
|1 September 1930
|-
!Scrutiny of Nominations
|2 September 1930
|-
!Polling
|12 and 22 September 1930
|-
!Counting
|? December 1930
|}
* 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=37|sc1=+6
|party2=[[National Progressive Party (India)|National Progressive Party]]|seats2=20|sc2=New|color2=purple
|party3=Independents|seats3=14|sc3=+2
|total_sc=0
|source=Ali<ref>[http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download%3Fdoi%3D10.1.1.717.1331%26rep%3Drep1%26type%3Dpdf&ved=2ahUKEwiCxq2d-cfwAhVVQH0KHZ-mBuc4ChAWMAV6BAgJEAI&usg=AOvVaw2wY8OBb_-lob-N7V3uw1pR Political Development and Political Parties in Punjan 1849-1948], (p. 74), Pakistan Journal of Social Science Vol. 29, No. 1 (June 2009) pp. 65-78. Retrieved 25 June 2021.</ref>
}}

===By constituency===
{{colorbox|wheat}} Candidate elected unopposed

'''General-Urban'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!S. No.
!Constituency
!Winner
|-
!1
|Lahore City
|bgcolor="wheat"| Chaudhary Bansi
|-
!2
|Amritsar City
|Ramji Das
|-
!3
|South-Eastern Towns
|bgcolor="wheat"|Joti Prasad
|-
!4
|North-Eastern Towns
|Mohan Lal
|-
!5
|East-Western Towns
|Nihal Chand Aggarwal
|-
!6
|North-Western Towns
|bgcolor="wheat"|Gokul Chand Narang
|-
!7
|Western Punjab
|bgcolor="wheat"|Chetan Anand
|}

'''General-Rural'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!S. No.
!Constituency
!Winner
|-
!8
|Hissar
|bgcolor=wheat|Sajjan Kumar Chaudhary
|-
!9
|South-Eastern Rohtak
|Chottu Ram
|-
!10
|North-Eastern Rohtak
|Ramsarup
|-
!11
|Gurgaon
|Balbir Singh
|-
!12
|Karnal
|Chaudhary Nathwa
|-
!13
|Ambala-Simla
|Manraj Singh
|-
!14
|Kangra
|Pancham Chand
|-
!15
|Hoshiarpur
|Nanak Chand
|-
!16
|Jullundur-Ludhiana
|Bhagat Ram
|-
!17
|Lahore-Ferozpur-Sheikhupura
|bgcolor="wheat"|Gopal Das
|-
!18
|Amritsar-Gurdaspur
|bgcolor="wheat"|Kesar Singh
|-
!19
|Rawalpindi
|Labh Singh
|-
!20
|Multan
|bgcolor=wheat|Sewak Ram
|}

'''Muhammadan-Urban'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!S. No.
!Constituency
!Winner
|-
!21
|Lahore City
|Mohammed Din Malik
|-
!22
|Amritsar City
|bgcolor="wheat"|Faqir Hussain Khan
|-
!23
|Western Punjab Towns
|bgcolor="wheat"|Abdul Ghani
|-
!24
|East West Central Towns
|Din Mohammed
|-
!25
|South-Eastern Towns
|Mohammed Yusuf
|}

'''Muhammadan-Rural'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!S. No.
!Constituency
!Winner
|-
!26
|Gurgaon Hissar
|Yasin Khan
|-
!27
|Ambala
|Allah Daad Khan
|-
!28
|Hoshiarpur Ludhiana
|Iman-ud-din
|-
!29
|Ferozpur
|bgcolor="wheat"|Pir Akabar Ali
|-
!30
|Jullundur
|Abdur Rehman Khan
|-
!31
|Kangra Gurdaspur
|Shahad-ud-din
|-
!32
|Lahore
|Habibullah
|-
!33
|Amritsar
|bgcolor=wheat|Faqir Hussain Khan
|-
!34
|Sialkot
|bgcolor="wheat"|Mohammed Zafrullah Khan
|-
!35
|Gujranwala
|Riasat Ali
|-
!36
|Sheikhupura
|Shah Mohammed
|-
!37
|Gujarat East
|bgcolor=wheat|Fazl Ali
|-
!38
|Gujarat West
|Nazir Hussain
|-
!39
|Shahpur East
|bgcolor="wheat"|Firoz Khan Noon
|-
!40
|Shahpur West
|bgcolor=wheat|Mohammed Hayat Qureshi
|-
!41
|Mianwali
|bgcolor="wheat"|Malik Muzaffar Khan
|-
!42
|Attock
|bgcolor="wheat"|Mohammed Amin Khan
|-
!43
|Rawalpindi
|bgcolor="wheat"|Nir Khan
|-
!44
|Jehlum
|bgcolor="wheat"|Mohammed Sarfraz Khan
|-
!45
|Lyallpur North
|Rai Jagdev Khan
|-
!46
|Lyallpur South
|Mohammed Nurullah
|-
!47
|Montgomery
|bgcolor=wheat|Nur Ahmed Khan
|-
!48
|Multan East
|bgcolor="wheat"|Mohammed Haibat Khan
|-
!49
|Multan West
|bgcolor="wheat"|Raza Shah Gilani
|-
!50
|Jhang
|Mubarak Ali Shah
|-
!51
|Muzaffargarh
|bgcolor="wheat"|Shah Mohammed Hasan
|-
!52
|Dera Gazi Khan
|Faiz Mohammed
|}

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

'''Sikh-Rural'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!S. No.
!Constituency
!Winner
|-
!54
|Ambala Division
|Ram Singh
|-
!55
|Hoshiarpur Kangara
|Harbaksh Singh
|-
!56
|Jullundur
|Gurbachan Singh
|-
!57
|Ludhiana
|bgcolor="wheat"|Mohinder Singh
|-
!58
|Ferozpur
|Jaswant Singh
|-
!59
|Lahore
|Jawahar Singh
|-
!60
|Amritsar
|bgcolor="wheat"|Raghbir Singh
|-
!61
|Sialkot Gurdaspur
|bgcolor="wheat"|Bishan Singh
|-
!62
|Lyallpur
|bgcolor="wheat"|Sampuran Singh
|-
!63
|Multan Shekhupura
|bgcolor="wheat"|Buta Singh
|-
!64
|Rawalpindi Gujranwala
|bgcolor="wheat"|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)
|Mohammed Yakham Daultana
|-
!67
|Punjab (Sikh)
|bgcolor="wheat"|Jogender Singh
|-
!colspan=3|Tumandars
|-
!68
|Baluch Tumandars
|bgcolor=wheat|Jamal Khan Leghari
|-
!colspan=3 |University
|-
!69
|Punjab Universities
|bgcolor="wheat"|Manohar Lal
|-
!colspan=3 |Commerce and Trade
|-
!70
|Punjab Commerce and Trade
|bgcolor=wheat |Pandit Mukherji
|-
!colspan=3 |Industry
|-
!71
|Punjab Industries
|bgcolor=wheat|Mukand Lal Puri
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cite web |title=Pre Punjab Fourth synopsis |url=http://papmis.pitb.gov.pk/en/members/past-members/punjab-legislative-council-1921-to-1936/pre-punjab-fourth-synopsis |website=papmis.pitb.gov.pk |accessdate=25 June 2021}}

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