Vol. 10 · pages 551–555

530 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES TABLE I Parties which contested the Primary Election for seats reserved for Scheduled Castes shown Province-wise The Number of Candidates put up by each Party in— Total number of Candidates put up by the party in all the Provinces Name of the party which put up Candidates to contest primary elections Madras Bombay Bengal United Provinces Central Provinces Punjab 1. Congress … 10 3 13 11 5 4 46 2. Scheduled Castes Federation … 35 6 8 9 12 none 70 3. Harijan League … none none none 1 3 none 4 4. No-Party Candidates (Independents) … 5 9 76 3 8 52 153 5. Hindu Maha Sabha … none none 1 1 none none 2 6. Communists … 6 none 1 none none none 7 7. Radical Democratic Party … none none 1 none none none 1 Total … 56 18 100 25 28 56 283

531CRITIQUE OF THE PROPOSALS........ TABLE II Parties which contested the Primary Election for seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes shown constituency-wise PART I—MADRAS Constituency in which Primary Election was contested Total of Candidates who took part in the contest Parties which fought the election and the number of candidates put up by each Congress Scheduled Castes Federation Commu- nists No-Party Candidates (Indepen- dents) 1. Amlapuram 7 1 4 2 none 2. Coconada 5 1 4 none none 3. Bandar 5 1 1 3 none 4. Cuddappa 5 1 4 none none 5. Penukonda 5 1 4 none none 6. Tirnvannamali 6 1 5 none none 7. Tindivanam 6 1 5 none none 8. Mannergudi 5 1 none 1 3 9. Pollachi 7 1 4 none 2 10. Nammakal 5 1 4 none none Total … 56 10 35 6 5 PART II—BOMBAY Constituency in which Primary Election was contested Total of Candidates who took part in the contest Parties which fought the election and the number of candidates put up by each Congress Scheduled Castes Federation No-Party Candidates (Indepen- dents) Bombay City (North) 7 1 1 5 Bombay City (Byculla & Parel) 6 1 1 4 East Khandesh (East) 5 1 4 none Total ... 18 3 6 9

532 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES TABLE II PART III — BENGAL Constituency in which Primary election was contested Total Candidates who took part in the contest Parties which fought the election and the number of Candidates put up by each Congress Scheduled Castes Federation Hindu Maha Sabha Non-Party Candidates (Independents) Communists Radical democratic Party 1. Hoogly ... 5 1 none none 3 ... 1 2. Howrah ... 7 3 none none 4 ... ... 3. Nadia ... 12 1 none none 11 ... ... 4. Jcssore ... 7 1 2 none 4 ... ... 5. Khulna ... 11 none none none 11 ... ... 6. Dinajpur ... 16 2 none none 13 1 ... 7. Bogra ... 6 1 none none 5 ... ... 8. Mymansing ... 7 1 none none 6 ... ... 9. Faridpur ... 18 2 3 none 13 ... ... 10. Bakergunj ... 6 none 3 1 2 ... ... 11. Tipperah ... 5 1 none none 4 ... ... Total ... 100 13 8 1 76 1 1

533CRITIQUE OF THE PROPOSALS........ TABLE II PART IV—UNITED PROVINCES Constituency in which Primary Election was contested Total of Candidates who took part in the contest Parties which fought the election and the number of candidates put up by each Congress Scheduled Castes Federation Harijan League Hindu Maha Sabha No-Party Candidate: (Indepen- dents) Agra City 11 1 5 1 1 3 Allahabad City 6 1 4 none none 3 Almora 8 3 none none none 3 Total 25 11 9 1 1 3 PART V—CENTRAL PROVINCES Constituency in which Primary Election was contested Total of Candidates who took part in the contest Parties which fought the election and the number of candidates put up by each Congress Scheduled Castes Federation Harijan League No-Party Candidate: (Indepen- dents) Nagpur-cum Sakoli 5 1 2 1 1 Hinganghat 6 1 2 1 2 Bhandara 5 1 3 1 none Yeotmal 6 1 2 none 3 Chikliali 6 1 3 none 2 Total 28 5 12 3 8 PART VI—PUNJAB Constituency in which Primary Election was contested Total of Candidates who took part in the contest Parties which fought the election and the number of candidates put up by each Congress Unionists No-Party Candidate: (Indepen- dents) Gurgaon 10 ... 1 9 Kurnal 10 1 ... 9 Ambala 8 ... ... 8 Hoshiyarpur 9 1 1 7 Jullunder 6 1 1 4 Ludhiyana 10 1 ... 9 Lyalpur 6 ... ... 6 Total 59 4 3 52

534 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES TABLE III Showing Province-wise the Votes obtained by different Parties which contested the Primary Elections Votes secured by each Party in Name of the Party Madras Bombay Bengal United Provinces Central Provinces Punjab aggregate p.c. aggregate p.c. aggregate p.c. aggregate p.c. aggregate p.c. aggregate p.c. 1. Congress ... 27,838 33 5,333 14 56,848 32.7 4,101 41.8 1,131 10.7 8,298 17.6 2. Scheduled Castes Federation 30,199 36 28,489 74 21,129 12.2 3,093 30.5 8,685 82.8 nil .53 3. Independents ... 4,648 4.5 3,814 10 83,869 47 1,773 18.8 551 24,618 4. Harijan League ... nil nil nil 370 113 nil 5. Hindu Maha Sabha ... nil nil 760 452 nil nil 6. Unionists ... nil nil nil nil nil 13,521 7. Communists ... 20,814 25 nil 10,049 5.8 nil nil nil Total ... 83,409 37,586 1,72,791 9,789 10,480 46,337