1937 Punjab Provincial Assembly election
First Provincial assembly election was held in Punjab in the winter of 1936-37 as mandated by the Government of India Act 1935. Background. After the passing of Government of India act 1935, Provincial assembly was set up in Punjab. It consisted 175 constituencies. Out of these 159 were single-member constituencies and 8 were double-members constituencies. In double-members constituencies one was reserved for the Schedule Caste according to Poona Pact. In double constituencies each voter had two votes to cast his vote, one for SC candidate and one for general candidate but  considered as one vote to calculate voter turnout. All 175 constituencies were reserved on the bases of religion. It was as follows:- ^Special constituencies (non-territory constituency) were further divided into Categories and sub-categories as follow:- Election schedule. The election schedule was as follows:- Voter Statistics. During 1937 election there were total 27,84,646 voters. Out of these 64.23% voters cast their votes. 26,66,149 voters were in Territorial Constituencies and 1,18,497 were in Non-Territorial Constituencies. In territorial constituencies the highest number of voters (39,290) were in '24-Hoshiarpur West (General-Rural)' and lowest number of voters (5,496) were in  '62-Tarn Taran (Muhammadan-Rural)'. The highest vote turnout (89.87%) registered in '81-Shahpur (Muhammadan-Rural)' and lowest (3.93%) registered in '122-Ambala North (Sikh-Rural)'. In Non-Territorial Constituencies the highest number of voters (58,106) were in '153-Amritsar (Women-Sikh)' and lowest number of voters (10) were in '163-Baluch Tumandars (Landholders)'. Highest vote turnout (98.35%) was registered in '158-Punjab Commerce and Industry (Commerce and Industry)' and lowest (40.53%) registered in '151-Inner Lahore (Women-Mohammadan)'. Category wise result. Special (18) Constituency wise result. Color key for the Party of Candidates Other color keys General Urban General  Rural Muhammadan Urban Muhammadan Rural Sikh Urban Sikh Rural Special Government formation. After the result Unionist party got majority in the assembly on its own. Unionist Party leader Sikandar Hayat Khan claimed the formation of Government in the State. Khalsa National Board and Hindu Election Board also joined the government. On 5 April 1937 Sikandar Hayat Khan formed the Government and 5 other members also took oath. The ministers and their ministries were as follows:- On 2 April 1941 after the death of Sundar Singh Majithia, the ministry of Development was handed over to Dasaundha Singh (KNP) from Jagraon (Sikh -Rural) constituency. In 1942 after Sikandar-Baldev Pact KNP leader and minister Dasaundha Singh was removed from the cabinet and Baldev Singh joined the cabinet. On 26 December 1945 Sikandar Hayat Khan was died due to Heart attack. Malik Khizar Hayat Tiwana succeeded him on 30 December 1945.