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Explain the provincial election of 1937 with special reference to the performance of the Muslim League.

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(i) In 1937, under the Act of 1935 elections to the provincial legislatures were held first time. The congress did well winning an absolute majority in five out of 11 provinces. 

(ii) The Congress formed government in seven out of eleven provinces. The Congress and Muslim League performed badly in constituencies reserved for the Muslims. 

(iii) In NWFP, Bengal, Punjab, and Sind the Muslim league fared poorly. Only 4.4% of the total muslim vote cast in this election. Its social support was weak. 

(iv) The league failed to win a single seat in NWFP. It captured only two out of 84 reserved constituencies in Punjab and three out of thirty three in Sind.



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