1951 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

Election in Pakistan

For the election in India, see 1952 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.

1951 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

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All 192 seats in the Legislative Assembly
96 seats needed for a majority
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Leader  | Mumtaz Daultana | Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot
Party  | ML | JAML
Leader's seat  | Multan-XIII  | Lahore-I
Seats won  | 143 | 32
Seat change  | 143  | 32
Percentage  | 51.1 | 22.7%

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| Prime Minister before election

Governor Rule
Muslim League

| Elected Prime Minister

Mumtaz Daultana
Muslim League

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Provincial Assembly elections were held in West Punjab on 31 March 1951[1] to elect all 192 members of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab, Pakistan along with other provincial election in North-West Frontier Province.

It was Pakistan's one of the first provincial assembly elections. Pakistan Muslim League won the election.[2]

## Background

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After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, the the Punjab Province was divided and West Punjab was given to the Dominion of Pakistan which became muslim majority region soon after the partition of India. Nawab Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot became the premier of that province after independence and a ministry was formed by him. His ministry was accused of corruption and nepotism and the legislative assembly of West Punjab was dissolved in 1949. Later in 1950 governor Abdur Rab Nishtar announced election to be held.[3]

## Results

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The election was for 197 seats. There were 44 additional two-seat constituency with 50% for Muhajir. 4 seats were reserved for Christians and Anglo-Indians.[4]

Party| Seats| +/–

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| Muslim League| 143| New
| Jinnah Awami Muslim League| 32| New
| Jamaat-e-Islami and Azad Pakistan Party| 1| New
| Islami League| 0| New
| Communist Party| 0| New
| Independent| 16| –
Total| 192| 0
Source: Kokab[5]

## Aftermath

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In 1951, after elections in West Punjab, Mumtaz Daultana was chosen as parliamentary leader of the Muslim League in the Punjab Assembly and invited to form a government.[6]

## References

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1. ^ "The Punjab Legislative Assembly 1951-55". Provincial Assembly of the Punjab.
2. ^ Paracha, Nadeem F. (19 June 2018). "Elections in Pakistan: A visual history". Naya Duar TV.
3. ^ Asif, Nusrat. "Electoral Politics during 1951 Provincial Elections in the Punjab: A Progression of Authoritarian Legacy". Bulletin of Business and Economics. 12 (3): 692-698. doi:10.61506/01.00098.
4. ^ Kamran, Tahir (July–December 2009). "Early phase of electoral politics in Pakistan: 1950s". South Asian Studies. 24 (2): 257–282.
5. ^ Kokab, Rizwan Ullah. "Electoral Politics in Punjab Legislature's Election 1951" (PDF). Journal of Historical Studies. 6 (2): 228-256.
6. ^ Qasmi, Ali Usman (15 Mar 2015). The Ahmadis and the Politics of Religious Exclusion in Pakistan. Anthem Press. p. 74.

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