# 1930 Punjab Legislative Council election

Legislative Council elections were held in Punjab Province in British India in 1930. They were the fourth and last legislative council elections held in the province under the Government of India Act 1919. The newly elected Council was constituted on 24 October 1930 when its first meeting was held.
Shahab-ud-Din Virk was re-elected as President on October 25, 1930. The Council was given the extension of about 3 years in its three years term and was dissolved on 10 November 1936. The Council held 197 meetings during its extended tenure.

## Distribution of seats

| Category | Urban | Rural | Total |
| General | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| Mohammadans | 5 | 27 | 32 |
| Sikh | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| Special^ | - | - | 7 |
| Total | 13 | 51 | 71 |
Special^ (Non-Territorial)
* Punjab Landholders - 3
** General - 1
** Mohammadan - 1
** Sikh - 1
* Baluch Tumandars - 1
* Punjab Universities - 1
* Punjab Commerce and Trade - 1
* Punjab Industry - 1

## Election schedule

| Event | Date |
| Filing of Nominations | 1 September 1930 |
| Scrutiny of Nominations | 2 September 1930 |
| Polling | 12 and 22 September 1930 |
| Counting | ? December 1930 |
* Election schedule in special constituencies were not same and the dates were different, unfortunately not available.

## Results

| Party | Party | Seats | +/– |
| | Unionist Party | 37 | +6 |
| | National Progressive Party | 20 | New |
| | Independents | 14 | +2 |
| Total | Total | 71 | 0 |
| Source: Ali ||||

## Constituency wise result

Candidate elected unopposed
General-Urban
| S. No. | Constituency | Winner |
| 1 | Lahore City | Chaudhary Bansi |
| 2 | Amritsar City | Ramji Das |
| 3 | South-Eastern Towns | Joti Prasad |
| 4 | North-Eastern Towns | Mohan Lal |
| 5 | East-Western Towns | Nihal Chand Aggarwal |
| 6 | North-Western Towns | Gokul Chand Narang |
| 7 | Western Punjab | Chetan Anand |
General-Rural
| S. No. | Constituency | Winner |
| 8 | Hissar | Sajjan Kumar Chaudhary |
| 9 | South-Eastern Rohtak | Chottu Ram |
| 10 | North-Eastern Rohtak | Ramsarup |
| 11 | Gurgaon | Balbir Singh |
| 12 | Karnal | Chaudhary Nathwa |
| 13 | Ambala-Simla | Manraj Singh |
| 14 | Kangra | Pancham Chand |
| 15 | Hoshiarpur | Nanak Chand |
| 16 | Jullundur-Ludhiana | Bhagat Ram |
| 17 | Lahore-Ferozpur-Sheikhupura | Gopal Das |
| 18 | Amritsar-Gurdaspur | Kesar Singh |
| 19 | Rawalpindi | Labh Singh |
| 20 | Multan | Sewak Ram |
Muhammadan-Urban
| S. No. | Constituency | Winner |
| 21 | Lahore City | Mohammed Din Malik |
| 22 | Amritsar City | Faqir Hussain Khan |
| 23 | Western Punjab Towns | Abdul Ghani |
| 24 | East West Central Towns | Din Mohammed |
| 25 | South-Eastern Towns | Mohammed Yusuf |
Muhammadan-Rural
| S. No. | Constituency | Winner |
| 26 | Gurgaon Hissar | Yasin Khan |
| 27 | Ambala | Allah Daad Khan |
| 28 | Hoshiarpur Ludhiana | Iman-ud-din |
| 29 | Ferozpur | Pir Akabar Ali |
| 30 | Jullundur | Abdur Rehman Khan |
| 31 | Kangra Gurdaspur | Shahad-ud-din |
| 32 | Lahore | Habibullah |
| 33 | Amritsar | Faqir Hussain Khan |
| 34 | Sialkot | Mohammed Zafrullah Khan |
| 35 | Gujranwala | Riasat Ali |
| 36 | Sheikhupura | Shah Mohammed |
| 37 | Gujarat East | Fazl Ali |
| 38 | Gujarat West | Nazir Husain Ranjha |
| 39 | Shahpur East | Firoz Khan Noon |
| 40 | Shahpur West | Mohammed Hayat Qureshi |
| 41 | Mianwali | Malik Muzaffar Khan |
| 42 | Attock | Mohammed Amin Khan |
| 43 | Rawalpindi | Nir Khan |
| 44 | Jehlum | Mohammed Sarfraz Khan |
| 45 | Lyallpur North | Rai Jagdev Khan |
| 46 | Lyallpur South | Mohammed Nurullah |
| 47 | Montgomery | Nur Ahmed Khan |
| 48 | Multan East | Mohammed Haibat Khan |
| 49 | Multan West | Raza Shah Gilani |
| 50 | Jhang | Mubarak Ali Shah |
| 51 | Muzaffargarh | Shah Mohammed Hasan |
| 52 | Dera Gazi Khan | Faiz Mohammed |
Sikh-Urban
| S. No. | Constituency | Winner |
| 53 | Sikh Urban | Ujjal Singh |
Sikh-Rural
| S. No. | Constituency | Winner |
| 54 | Ambala Division | Ram Singh |
| 55 | Hoshiarpur Kangara | Harbaksh Singh |
| 56 | Jullundur | Gurbachan Singh |
| 57 | Ludhiana | Mohinder Singh |
| 58 | Ferozpur | Jaswant Singh |
| 59 | Lahore | Jawahar Singh |
| 60 | Amritsar | Raghbir Singh |
| 61 | Sialkot Gurdaspur | Bishan Singh |
| 62 | Lyallpur | Sampuran Singh |
| 63 | Multan Shekhupura | Buta Singh |
| 64 | Rawalpindi Gujranwala | Narain Singh |
Special
| S. No. | Constituency | Winner |
| Landholders |||
| 65 | Punjab (General) | Raja Narendra Nath |
| 66 | Punjab (Muhammadan) | Mohammed Yakham Daultana |
| 67 | Punjab (Sikh) | Jogender Singh |
| Tumandars |||
| 68 | Baluch Tumandars | Jamal Khan Leghari |
| University |||
| 69 | Punjab Universities | Manohar Lal |
| Commerce and Trade |||
| 70 | Punjab Commerce and Trade | Pandit Mukherji |
| Industry |||
| 71 | Punjab Industries | Mukand Lal Puri |