Vol. 9 · pages 391–395

362 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES APPENDIX XIV (6) BIHAR Name of Constituency Total Number of Seats in the Constituency Total Number of Candidates Total Number of Voters in the Constituency For General For Scheduled Castes For General Seat For Scheduled Caste Seat General Scheduled Castes Percentage of Scheduled Caste Voters to General (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) East Bihar … … … … … 1 1 2 2 23,966 3,944 16 South Gaya … … … … … 1 1 2 1 35,104 9,675 28 Nawada ... … … … … … 1 1 3 2 28,149 7,060 25 East Central Shahabad … … … … 1 1 4 1 34,138 6,491 19 West Gopalganj … … … … … 1 1 3 1 25,419 3,361 13 North Bettiah East … … … … … 1 1 2 1 22,596 2,985 13 Muzaffarpur Sadr … … … … 1 1 2 1 23,007 3,382 15 Darbhanga Sadr … … … … … 1 1 3 1 22,189 2,018 9 South East Samastipur … … … … 1 1 2 1 29,595 2,642 9 South Sadr Monghyr … … … … 1 1 3 1 38,772 5,739 15 Madhipura … … … … … 1 1 2 2 21,251 1,383 6 South West Purnea … … … … 1 1 2 2 33,071 2,440 7 Giridih-cum-Chatra … … … … 1 1 2 1 39,670 4,528 11 North East Palamau … … … … 1 1 2 2 13,853 4,174 30 Central Manbhum … … … … 1 1 2 2 22,930 5,075 22

363 WHAT CONGRESS AND GANDHI HAVE DONE TO THE UNTOUCHABLES : APPENDIX XIV APPENDIX XIV (7) C. P. & BEBAR Name of Constituency Total Number of Seats in the Constituency Total Number of Candidates Total Number of Voters in the Constituency For General For Scheduled Castes For General Seat For Scheduled Caste Seat General Scheduled Castes Percentage of Scheduled Caste Voters to General (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) Nagpur City … … … … … 1 1 2 4 34,816 8,574 24 Nagpur-Umrer … … … … … 1 1 3 4 20,795 5,451 26 Hinganghat-Wardha … … … … 1 1 3 4 25,275 3,088 12 Chanda-Brahmapuri … … … … 1 1 3 4 21,747 4,582 21 Chhindwara-Sausar … … … … 1 1 3 4 32,040 3,929 12 Jubbulpore Patan … … … … 1 1 3 4 23,667 1,519 6 Saugor-Khurai … … … … … 1 1 3 2 23,487 4,679 20 Damoh-Hatta … … … … … 1 1 3 2 29,069 3,461 12 Narsinghpur-Gadarwara … … … … 1 1 4 2 31,873 1,927 6 Raipur … … … … … 1 1 2 2 20,209 10,885 54 Baloda Bazar … … … … … 1 1 2 3 27,045 14,386 53 Bilaspur … … … … … 1 1 2 3 22,343 10,963 49 Mungeli … … … … … 1 1 2 3 17,412 10,032 58 Jangir … … … … … 1 1 2 3 28,303 13,641 48 Drug … … … … … 1 1 3 1 23,493 8,663 37 Bhandara-Sakoli … … … … … 1 1 2 4 68,889 8,591 13 Ellichpur-Daryapur-Melghat … … … 1 1 3 4 21,862 2,183 10 Akola-Balapur … … … … … 1 1 3 4 20,529 2,761 13 Yeotmal-Darwha … … … … 1 1 3 3 31,052 1,954 6 Chikhli-Mehkar … … … … … 1 1 5 3 28,971 2,792 10

364 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES APPENDIX XIV (8) A SSAM Name of Constituency Total Number of Seats in the Constituency Total Number of Candidates Total Number of Voters in the Constituency For General For Scheduled Castes For General Seat For Scheduled Caste Seat General Scheduled Castes Percentage of Scheduled Caste Voters to General (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) Kamrup Sadr (South), General … … 2 1 2 4 17,501 1,203 7 Nowgong (North East), General … … 1 1 3 4 13,173 1,825 14 Jorhat (North), General … … … 1 1 6 2 12,785 657 5 Sunamganj, General … … … … 1 1 2 1 15,907 6,502 41 Habiganj (North), General … … … 1 1 3 3 12,628 7,615 60 Karimganj (East), General … … … 1 1 4 2 9,611 7,323 76 Silchar, General … … … … 1 1 2 3 15,459 1,587 10

365 WHAT CONGRESS AND GANDHI HAVE DONE TO THE UNTOUCHABLES : APPENDIX XIV APPENDIX XIV (9) ORISSA Name of Constituency Total Number of Seats in the Constituency Total Number of Candidates Total Number of Voters in the Constituency For General For Scheduled Castes For General Sea For Scheduled Caste Seat General Scheduled Castes Percentage of Scheduled Caste Voters to General (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) North- Cuttack Sadr … … 1 1 2 1 17,288 4,159 24 East Jajpur … … 1 1 3 2 15,338 4,808 31 North Puri Sadr … … … 1 1 4 2 13,803 3,182 23 East Bargarh … … … 1 1 3 1 22,849 1,237 5 West Bhadrak … … … 1 1 2 3 16,187 5,152 32 Aska-Surada … … … 1 1 2 4 24,914 1,475 6

366 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES APPENDIX XV Particulars regarding Election to seats reserved for Scheduled Castes Province by Province : Appendix XV: (1) Madras ” ” (2) Bombay ” ” (3) Bengal ” ” (4) U. P. ” ” (5) Punjab ” ” (6) Bihar ” ” (7) C. P. & Berar ” ” (8) Assam ” ” (9) Orissa N.B.—All figures except those in column 8 are actuals. Those in column 8 are calculated as actuals are not obtainable. They are calculated on the assumption that the percentage of Scheduled Caste Voters and of Hindu Voters who went to the polls was the same. How far the assumption is justified, it is not possible to say