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233DOES THE INDIAN . . . . . . OF INDIA ? 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 by each Congress Scheduled Castes Federation Hindu Maha Sabha No-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. Jessore .. 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 I 1

234 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES TABLE II PART IV—UNITED PROVINCES Parties which fought the election and the number of candidates put up by each Constituency in which Primary Election was Contested Total of Candidates who took part in the contest Congress Scheduled Castes Federation Harijan League Hindu Maha Sabha No-Party Candidates (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 5 9 1 1 9 PART V--CENTRAL PROVINCES Parties which fought the election and the number of candidates put up by each Constituency in which Primary Election was contested Total of Candidates who took part in the contest Congress Scheduled Castes Federation Harijan League No-Party Candidates (Independents) Nagpur-cum 5 121 1 Sakoli Hinganghat 6 1 2 1 2 Bhandara 5 1 3 1 none Yeotmal 6 1 2 none 3 Chikhli 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 Candidates (Independents) 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

235DOES THE INDIAN . . . . . . OF INDIA ? TABLE III Showing Province-wise the Votes obtained by different Parties which contested the Primary Elections Name of the Party Votes secured by each Party in 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 .. 83,499 37,636 1,72,655 9.789 10,480 46,437

236 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES TABLE IV Distribution of Total Votes polled in Primary Elections all through India and their distribution between Congress and Non-Congress Parties Total Votes Polled throughout India in Primary Election In favour of Congress Parties In favour of Congress Parties Congress Harijan League Total PC. Sche- duled Castes Federa- tion Independents Hindu Maha Sabha Commu- nists Unionists Radical Demo- cratic Party Total P.C. 3,59,532 1,03,449 483 1,03,932 28 91,595 1,19,273 1,212 30,863 13,521 136 2,56,600 72

237DOES THE INDIAN . . . . . . OF INDIA ? TABLE V Number of Candidates who became successful in Primary Elections in different Provinces classified according to their Party Affiliations Name of the Party Madras Bombay Bengal U. P. C. P. Punjab Total 1. Congress .. 10 3 12 4 5 4 38 2. Scheduled Castes Federation .. 24 5 6 5 11 none 51 3. Independents .. 3 4 36 2 3 21 69 4. Hindu Maha Sabha .. none none 1 1 1 …. 3 5. Harijan League .. none none none none None …. …. 6. Communists .. 3 none 1 none None …. 4 7. Radical Democratic Party .. none none none none None …. …. 8. Unionists .. none none none none None 3 3 Total .. 40 12 56 12 20 28 168 zz