1937 Madras Presidency Legislative Assembly election
Results
Party wise break up of seats in the Madras Legislative Assembly: Total Number of Seats : 215 Note : The Nattukottai Nagarathar Association and Southern India Chamber of Commerce were seats reserved for Indian Commerce (businessmen).

1937 Madras Presidency Legislative Assembly election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: Party wise break up of seats in the Madras Legislative Assembly: Total Number of Seats : 215 Note : The Nattukottai Nagarathar Association and Southern India Chamber of Commerce were seats reserved for Indian Commerce (businessmen).

INC	SEATS	JUSP	SEATS	OTHERS	SEATS

Indian National Congress (INC)	159	Justice Party (JUSP)	18	Madras Province Muslim League (MPML)	11

Southern India Chamber of Commerce	1	Nattukottai Nagarathar Association	1	European Commerce	3

Justice Supported Parties	2	Anglo Indians	2

Muslim Progressive Party	1

People's Party of Madras	1

Others	1

Independents	15

TOTAL (1937)	160	TOTAL (1937)	21	TOTAL (1937)	34

Sentence(s)

In the 1937 Madras Presidency election, the Indian National Congress obtained a majority by winning 159 of 215 seats in the Legislative Assembly.

final_sentence: In the 1937 Madras Presidency election, the Indian National Congress obtained a majority by winning 159 of 215 seats in the Legislative Assembly.