1946 Indian Constituent Assembly election

First Indian Constituent Assembly Election
July 1946 (1946-07)
296 seats in the Constituent Assembly of India
151 seats needed for a majority
Registered1585
  First party Second party
 
Leader Jawaharlal Nehru Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Party INC AIML
Leader since 1946 1937
Seats won 208 73
Seat change 151 33
Head of Government before election

Lord Archibald Wavell

 Elected Head of Government

Jawaharlal Nehru
INC

In 1946, prior to the independence of India, members of the Constituent Assembly of India were selected through an indirect election by the elected legislators of the 1946 Indian provincial elections, conducted under the British government's Cabinet Mission plan.

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