Vol. 1 · pages 456–460
Castes in India, Annihilation of Caste, Linguistic States and other essays
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STATES AND MINORITIES 441
IV. UNITED PROVINCES—Contd.
Constituency Total number of
voters in the
Constituency
Total number of
Scheduled Caste
voters in the
Constituency
Relative
proportion
of columns
2 and 3
1 2 34
9. Budaun District, East 46,966 7,087 1 : 6.6
10. Jalaun District .
.
68,815 14,611 1 : 4.7
11. Mirzapur District, North. 43,648 4,045 1 : 10.7
12. Gorakhpur District, North. 43,441 5,626 1 : 7.7
13. Basti District, South 37,084 4,194 1 : 8.8
14. Azamgarh District, West. 51,194 8,127 1 : 6.2
15. Almora District .
.
1,39,217 20,671 1 : 6.7
16. Rai Bareilli District,
North-East.
48,697 10,488 1 : 4.6
17. Sitapur District, NorthEast.
76,682 22,913 1 : 3.3
18. Fyzabad District, East. 57,154 9,988 1 : 5.7
19. Gonda District, NorthEast.
64,225 8,274 1 : 7.7
20. Bara Banki District,
North.
68,285 16,303 1 : 4.18
V. CENTRAL PROVINCES
Constituency Total number of
voters in the
Constituency
Total number of
Scheduled Caste
voters in the
Constituency
Relative
proportion
of columns
2 and 3
1 2 34
General Urban
1. Nagpur City .. 72,329 14,388 1 : 5.02
General Rural
2. Nagpur-Umrer .. 29,267 6,037 1 : 4.8
3. Hinghanghat-Wardha 35,201 4,011 1 : 9.02
4. Chanda-Brahmapuri 30,132 5,229 1 : 5.7
5. Chindwara-Sausar 37,942 3,914 1 : 9.7
6. Jubulpure-Patan .. 20,587 1,186 1 : 17.5
7. Saugor-Khurai .. 30,660 5,224 1 : 5.8
8. Damoh-Hatta .. 33,284 3,608 1 : 9.2
9. NarsinghpurGadarwara.
35,781 2,019 1 : 17.6
10. Raipur .. 33,053 11,041 1 : 2.9
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V. CENTRAL PROVINCES— contd.
Constituency Total number of
voters in the
Constituency
Total number of
Scheduled Caste
voters in the
Constituency
Relative
proportion
of columns
2 and 3
1 2 34
11. Baloda Bazar .. 46,943 15,636 1 : 3.06
12. Bilaspur . . 33,260 10,547 1 : 3.1
13. Mungeli . . 28,028 10,067 1 : 2.7
14. Janjgir . . 42,763 13,558 1 : 3.15
15. Drug . . 34,883 8,942 1 : 3.19
16. Bhandara-Sakoli . . 47,047 10,399 1 : 4.5
17. Ellichpur-DartapurNelghat
30,094 2,885 1 : 13.8
18. Akola-Belapur . . 25,912 3,233 1 : 9.81
19. Yeotmal-Darwha . . 20,327 2,020 1 : 10.06
20. Chikhli-Mehkar . . 37,936 3,468 1 : 1.09
VI. BIHAR
Constituency Total number
of voters in
the
Constituency
Total number of
Scheduled Caste
voters in the
Constituency
Relative
proportion
of columns
2 and 3
1 2 34
1. East Bihar .. 35,631 4,618 1 : 7.7
2. South Gaya .. 49,363 10,360 1 : 4.7
3. Nawada .. 41,432 7,684 1 : 5.3
4. East Central Shahabad. .. 41,707 5,984 1 : 6.9
5. West Gopalganj .. 33,395 3,415 1 : 9.7
6. North Bettiah .. 25,760 2,831 1 : 9.09
7. East Muzaffarpur-Sadr. 27,271 3,133 1 : 8.7
8. Darbhanga Sadr .. 26,864 2,116 1 : 12.6
9. South-East Samastipur 37,291 2,672 1 : 13.9
10. South Sadr-Monghyr 54,229 6,465 1 : 8.5
11. Madhipura .. 26,523 1,284 1 : 20.6
12. South-West Purnea 44,232 2,938 1 : 15.05
13. Giridih-cum-Ghatra 55,246 4,667 1 : 11.8
14. North-East Palamnu 23,072 4,237 1 : 5.3
15. Central Manbhum 39,626 5,617 1 : 7.05
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STATES AND MINORITIES 443
VII. ASSAM
Constituency Total number of
voters in the
Constituency
Total number of
Scheduled
Caste
voters in the
Constituency
Relative
proportion
of columns
2 and 3
1 2 34
1. Nowgong, NorthEast
26,618 3,569 1 : 7.2
2. Kamrup Sadr, South 33,234 2,117 1 : 15.6
3. Silchar .. 38,647 4,201 1 : 9.2
4. Karimganj, East .. 25,701 10,132 1 : 2.5
5. Jorhat, North .. 26,733 1,360 1 : 19.6
6. Jonamganj .. 39,045 11,603 1 : 3.3
7. Habibganj, North 31,511 9,996 1 : 3.1
VIII. PUNJAB
Constituency Total number
of voters
in the
Constituency
Total number of
Scheduled Caste
voters in the
Constituency
Relative
proportion
of columns
2 and 3
1 2 34
1. South-East Gurgaon 37,815 6,049 1 : 6.2
2. Karnal, North 31,967 5,120 1 : 6.2
3. Ambala and Simla 47,403 17,507 1 : 3.27
4. Hoshiarpur, West 51,084 7,281 1 : 7.0
5. Jullundur 36,570 20,521 1 : 1.8
6. Ludhiana and Ferozepur 52,009 27,354 1 : 1.8
7. Amritsar and Sialkot 38,046 10,328 1 : 3.68
8. Lyallpur and Jhang 32,703 7,602 1 : 4.2
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Fourth Series
COMPARISON OF PRIMARY ELECTION AND FINAL ELECTION
I. MADRAS
Constituency Scheduled Caste candidate who was
successful in Final election
His rank among
candidates who
fought the general
election
His position in
the Primary
election treating
the Constituency
as a single
member
Constituency
Votes
obtained
in the
Primary
election
What his success
in
Primary election
due to bare or
absolute majority
or split vote
His name His
party
affiliation
Number
of votes
secured
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1. Amalapuram .. Pandu Lakshmanaswami.
Congress 48,524 1st among 3 3rd (failed) 2,683 ....
2. Cocanada .. B. S. Murthy Congress 28,544 2nd among 4
(beating 2 Hindus)
4th (failed) 1,411 ....
3. Bandar .. Vemula Kurmayya Congress 70,931 1st among 6
(beating 4 Hindus)
2nd (failed) 4,914 ....
4. Cuddapah .. Swarna Nagayya Congress .... .... 1st 3,482 Absolute
majority.
5. Penukonda .. D. Kadrippa Congress 18,125 1st among 4
(beating 1 Hindu
and 2 Sch. Caste)
1st 2,564 Bare majority.
6. Tiruvannamali R. Thangavelu Congress 32,132 1st among 5
(beating 2 Hindus
and 2 Sch. Caste)
1st 1,960 Bare majority.
7. Tindivanam .. K. Kulashekhardas Congress 25,442 2nd among 4
(beating 2 Hindus)
1st 2,785 Split vote.
8. Mannargudi Thiagoo Voikarar Congress 30,116 1st among 5
(beating 5 Hindus)
1st 2,895 Split vote.
9. Pollachi .. C. Krishna Kudumban Congress .... .... 1st 2,430 Absolute majority.
10. Namakkal .. M. P. Periyaswami Congress 15,085 2nd among 5
(beating 2 Hindus
and 1 Sch. Caste)
1st 2,355 Bare majority.
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II. BOMBAY
Constituency Scheduled Caste candidate who was
successful in Final election
His rank among
candidates who
fought the general
election
His position in
the Primary
election treating
the Constituency
as a single
member
Constituency
Votes
obtained
in the
Primary
election
Was his success
in
Primary election
due to bare or
absolute majority
or split vote
His name His
party
affiliation
Number
of votes
secured
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1. Bombay City,
North.
Savlaram Gundaji
Songaoker.
Congress 59,646 1st among 3
(standing above 2
Hindus)
2nd (failed) 2,038 ....
2. Bombay City,
Byculla and
Parel.
N. S. Kajrolkar Congress 43,251 1st among 3
(standing above 2
general candidates)
2nd (failed) 2,098 ....
3. East Khandesh,
East.
Hiralal Kalyani Congress 36,136 2nd among 4
(beating 2)
2nd (failed) 1,147 ....
III. CENTRAL PROVINCES
Constituency Scheduled Caste candidate who was
successful in Final election
His rank among
candidates who
fought the general
election
His position in
the Primary
election treating
the Constituency
as a single
member
Constituency
Votes
obtained
in the
Primary
election
Was his success in
Primary election
due to bare or
absolute majority
or split vote
His name His
party
affiliation
Number
of votes
secured
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1. Nagpur-Umrer L e l e n d r a R a m chandra.
Congress 7,847 2nd 3rd (failed) 112 ....
2. HinghanghatWardha.
Shanker Vithal Congress 10,781 2nd 4th (failed) 56 ....
3. Bhandra-Sakoli Harnuji Isram Congress 10,491 2nd 3rd (failed) 471 ....
4. Yeotmal-Darwha Daulat-Luxman Congress 4,719 2nd 3rd (failed) 126 ....