Election Name: | 1946 Bengal Legislative Assembly election |
Country: | Bengal Presidency |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1937 Bengal Legislative Assembly election |
Previous Year: | 1937 |
Next Year: | 1952 (West Bengal) → |
Election Date: | 1946 |
Seats For Election: | All 250 seats in the Bengal Legislative Assembly |
Image1: | File:Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy.png |
Leader1: | Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy |
Party1: | All-India Muslim League |
Last Election1: | 43 |
Seats1: | 113 |
Seat Change1: | 70 |
Leader2: | Sarat Chandra Bose |
Party2: | Indian National Congress |
Last Election2: | 54 |
Seats2: | 86 |
Seat Change2: | 32 |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Governor's rule |
After Election: | Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy |
After Party: | All-India Muslim League |
Image3: | File:Jyoti_Basu_-_Calcutta_1996-12-21_089_Cropped.png |
Image3 Size: | 100px |
Leader3: | Jyoti Basu |
Party3: | Communist Party of India |
Seats3: | 3 |
Last Election3: | 32 |
Seat Change3: | 29 |
Image1 Size: | 100px |
Image2 Size: | 100px |
Legislative assembly elections for the Bengal Legislative Assembly were held in January 1946 as part of the 1946 Indian provincial elections.
The allocation of 250 seats in the assembly was based on the communal award. It is illustrated in the following.[1]