1937 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

Election in British India The 1937 Bihar Legislative Assembly election was held in January 1937 as part of the broader 1937 Indian provincial elections introduced under the Government of India Act 1935. It marked the establishment of the Bihar Legislative Assembly with expanded powers and provincial autonomy. The election resulted formation of Dr. Sri Krishna Singh led Congress governments after briefly Mohammad Yunus led interim government.Mishra Law Kumar 2013-03-22 First Bihar assembly: Down memory lane https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/first-bihar-assembly-down-memory-lane/articleshow/19118657.cms 2026-09-06 Times Of India In the province of Bihar, the Act established a bicameral legislature, comprising the Legislative Assembly (lower house) and the Legislative Council (upper house). The Legislative Assembly consisted of 152 members, elected through a system of separate electorates that reflected the communal and socio-economic divisions in colonial Bihar. Result Party wise resultTaylor David Denis 1971 Indian Politics and the Elections of 1937 https://soas-repository.worktribe.com/OutputFile/389306 10.25501/SOAS.00033670 PhD University of London 8 September 2026 File:1937 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Result Arch.svg Indian National Congress 92 Depressed Classes League #4971ED 3 Independent Party 16 United Party #C9CABA 6 Ahrar Party #C1322E 3 Independent Hindu #FF9933 15 Independent Muslim #009000 11 Others 6 Constituency wise leads ZoneConstituency Elected CandidateTHE BIHAR CIVIL LISTS https://ia601409.us.archive.org/25/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.96947/2015.96947.The-Bihar-Civil-List_text.pdf 1937 Superintendent of Government printing Patna, BiharMembers Of The Legislative Assembly Bihar 1937 https://archive.org/details/members-of-the-legislative-assembly-bihar-1937/ 7 September 2026 No. Name Type Patna Division 1 Patna Division Landholders Landholders Sir Ganesh Datta Singh 2 Patna City General Sarangdhar Sinha 3 Patna Division General Jagat Narayan Lal 4 Patna Central General Indra Dewan Saran Singh 5 Dinapore General Shyam Nandan Sinha 6 Barh General Sheel Bhadra Yajee 7 Bihar East General Shyam Narayan Singh 8 Bihar East General (reserved for Scheduled Castes) Ram Prashad 9 Gaya South General Birendra Bahadur Sinha 10 Gaya South General (reserved for Scheduled Castes) Sukhari Ram Madhubarat 11 Aurangabad General Anugrah Narayan Sinha 12 Nawadah General Jamuna Prashad Sinha 13 Nawadah General (reserved for Scheduled Castes) Bundi Ram 14 Gaya North General Jugal Kishor Narayan Sinha 15 Buxar General Hargovind Misra 16 Bhabua General Gupteshwar Pandey 17 Shahabad North-East General Harinandan Singh 18 Shahabad Central East General Budhan Rai Varma 19 Shahabad Central East General (reserved for Scheduled Castes) Jagjiwan Ram 20 Sasaram General Harihar Sinha 21 Patna City Muhammadan Saiyid Abdul Aziz 22 Patna Division Muhammadan Hafiz Zafar Hasan 23 Patna West Muhammadan Muhammad Yunus 24 Patna East Muhammadan Sharfuddin Hasan 25 Gaya East General Saiyid Najmul Hasan 26 Gaya West Muhammadan Muhammad Latifur Rahman 27 Shahabad Muhammadan Chaudhuri Sharafat Hussain 28 Patna Women General Kamakhya Devi 29 Patna City Women Muhammadan Anis Imam Tirhut Division 30 Tirhut Division Landholders Landholders Chandreshwar Prasad Narayan Sinha 31 Tirhut Division General Vindhyeshwari Prasad Varma 32 Saran Sadr West General Birendh Dutta Sinha 33 Saran Sadr East General Dwarka Nath Tiwari 34 Siwan North-East General Narayan Prasad Sinha 35 Siwan South-West General Shiveshvar Prashad Narayan Sinha Sharma 36 Gopalganj-cum-Mashrakh and Marhaura East General Prabhunath Sinha 37 Gopalganj West General Gobindpati Tiwari 38 Gopalganj West General (reserved for Scheduled Castes) Ram Basawan Rabidas 39 Champaran Sadr North-West General Ganesh Prashad 40 Champaran Sadr East General Gorakh Prashad 41 Champaran Sadr South-West General Haribans Sahay 42 Bettiah South General Baidyanath Misra 43 Bettiah North General Vishwanath Singh 44 Bettiah North General (reserved for Scheduled Castes) Balgobind Bhagat 45 Muzaffarpur Sadr East General Mahesh Prashad Sinha 46 Muzaffarpur Sadr East General (reserved for Scheduled Castes) Shivanandan Pasban 47 Muzaffarpur Sadr West General Brijnandan Sahi 48 Sitamarhi-cum-Katra and Minapore East General Ramdayalu Sinha 49 Hajipur South-West General Rameshvar Prashad Sinha 50 Hajipur North-East General Dip Narayan Sinha 51 Sitamarhi North General Thakur Ramnandan Sinha 52 Sitamarhi West General Ramasis Thakur 53 Madhubani North General Rajendra Narayan Chaudhuri 54 Madhubani South General Chaturanan Das 55 Madhubani-cum-Bahera East General Jamuna Karjee 56 Darbhanga Sadr General Suraj Nandan Thakur 57 Samastipur South-East General Ramcharan Sinha 58 Darbhanga Sadr General (reserved for Scheduled Castes) Keshwar Ram 59 Samastipur North-West General Rajeshwar Prashad Narayan Sinha 60 Samastipur South-East General (reserved for Scheduled Castes) Sundar Mahto 61 Tirhut Muhammadan Abdul Jalil 62 Saran Sadr Muhammadan Nur Hasan 63 Siwan Muhammadan Muhammad Qasim 64 Gopalganj Muhammadan Khan Bahadur Sagshirul Haqq 65 Champaran Sadr North Muhammadan Saiyid Mahmud 66 Champaran Sadr South Muhammadan Muhammad Abdul Majid 67 Bettiah Muhammadan Hafiz Shaikh Muhammad Sani 68 Muzaffarpur Sadr Muhammadan Khan Sahib Muhammad Yakub 69 Hajipur Muhammadan Badrul Hasan 70 Sitamarhi Muhammadan Tajamul Husain 71 Darbhanga North-West Muhammadan Ahmad Ghafoor 72 Darbhanga North-East Muhammadan Muhammed Shafi 73 Darbhanga South Muhammadan Muhammad Salim 74 Darbhanga Central Muhammadan Sayeedu Haq 75 Muzaffarpur Town Women General Sharda Kumari Devi Bhagalpur Division 76 Bhagalpur Landholders Landholders Surya Mohan Thakur 77 Bhagalpur Division General Upendra Nath Mukharji 78 Bhagalpur Sadr South General Mewalal Jha 79 Bhagalpur Sadr-cum-Kishanganj North General Shivadhari Sinha 80 Banka General Harkishore Prashad 81 Supaul General Rajendra Misra 82 Madhipura General Shivanandan Prashad Mandal 83 Madhipura General (reserved for Scheduled Castes) Ram Baras Das 84 Monghyr Sadr South General Shri Krishna Sinha 85 Monghyr Sadr South General (reserved for Scheduled Castes) Raghunandan Prashad 86 Monghyr Sadr North General Nirapada Mukharji 87 Begusarai West General Ramcharitra Sinha 88 Begusarai East General Brahmadeo Narayan Singh 89 Jamui General Kalika Prashad Singh 90 Purnea North-West General Ramdin Tiwari 91 Purnea East General Kishori Lal Kundu 92 Purnea South-West General Dheer Narayan Chand 93 Purnea South-West General (reserved for Scheduled Castes) Jaglal Chaudhuri 94 Deoghar-cum-Jamtara General Binodanand Jha 95 Godda General Budhinath Jha 96 Santal Parganas Sadr General Bhagwan Chandra Das 97 Santal Parganas Sadr General (reserved for Scheduled Castes) Charan Murmu 98 Pakaur-cum-Rajmahal General Brijlall Dokania 99 Pakaur-cum-Rajmahal General (reserved for Scheduled Castes) Debu Murmu 100 Monghyr North Muhammadan Chaudhuri Muhammad Nasirul Hasan 101 Monghyr South Muhammadan Saiyid Rafiuddin Ahmad Rizvi 102 Bhagalpur Sadr-cum-Banka Muhammadan Muhammad Mahmud 103 Madhipura-cum-Supaul Muhammadan Saiyid Muhammad Minatullah 104 Araria Muhammadan Shaikh Ziaur Rahman 105 Kishanganj South Muhammadan Zainuddin Hasan Mirza 106 Kishanganj North-East Muhammadan Muhammad Islamuddin 107 Kishanganj North-West Muhammadan Shaikh Fazlur Rahman 108 Purnea Sadr North Muhammadan Muhammad Tahir 109 Purnea Sadr South-East Muhammadan Shaikh Shafiqul Haqq 110 Santal Parganas South Muhammadan Saiyid Ali Mansur 111 Santal Parganas North Muhammadan Abdul Bari 112 Bhagalpur Town Women General Saraswati Devi 113 Bhagalpur Division Muhammadan Khan Bahadur Nawab Abdul Wahab Khan Chota Nagpur Division 114 Chota Nagpur Division Landholders Landholders Maharaj Kumar Rajkishore Nath Shah Deo 115 Chota Nagpur Division General Jimut Bahan Sen 116 Hazaribagh Central General Krishna Ballabh Sahay 117 Hazaribagh Central General (reserved for Scheduled Castes) Hopna Santal 118 Giridih-cum-Chatra General Sukhlal Singh 119 Giridih-cum-Chatra General (reserved for Scheduled Castes) Karu Dusadh 120 Ranchi Sadr General Devaki Nandan Prashad 121 Ranchi Sadr General (reserved for Scheduled Castes) Ram Bhagat 122 Gumla-cum-Simdega General Bara Lal Kandarp Nath Shah Deo 123 Gumla-cum-Simdega General (reserved for Scheduled Castes) Boniface Lakra 124 Khunti General Purna Chandra Mitra 125 Palamau North-East General Rajkishore Sinha 126 Palamau North-East General (reserved for Scheduled Castes) Jitu Ram 127 Palamau South-West General Jadubans Sahay 128 Manbhum South General Upendra Mohan Das Gupta 129 Manbhum South General Tika Ram Manjhi 130 Manbhum Central General Kumar Ajit Prashad Singh Deo 131 Manbhum Central General (reserved for Scheduled Castes) Gulu Dhopa 132 Manbhum North General Ambika Charan Mallik 133 Singhbhum General Pramatha Bhattasali 134 Singhbhum General Devendra Nath Samanta 135 Singhbhum General (reserved for Scheduled Castes) Rasika Ho 136 Hazaribagh Muhammadan Abdul Majid 137 Ranchi-cum-Singhbhum Muhammadan Shaikh Ramzan Ali 138 Palamau Muhammadan Shaikh Muhammad Hussain 139 Manbhum Muhammadan Qazi Muhammad Ilyas 140 Chota Nagpur Muhammadan Mohi-ud-din Ahmad Special 141 Anglo-Indian Anglo-Indian A. M. Hayman 142 Patna and Tirhut-cum-Bhagalpur European European E. C. Danby 143 Chota Nagpur European European J. Richmond 144 Indian Christian Indian Christian Ignace Beck 145 The Bihar Chamber of Commerce Commerce and Industries Chakreshwar Kumar Jain 146 The Bihar Planters' Association Commerce and Industries W. H. Meyrick 147 The Indian Mining Association Commerce and Industries E. A. Paterson 148 The Indian Mining Federation Commerce and Industries Manindra Nath Mukharji 149 Jamshedpur Factory Labour Labour Natha Ram 150 Monghyr-cum-Jamalpur Factory Labour Labour Harendra Bahadur Chandra 151 Hazaribagh Mining Labour Labour Kshetra Nath Sen Gupta 152 University University Sachchidananda Sinha Reference Category:1937 elections in India