press clipping
Elections to the Central Legislative Assembly
Extracted from "The Times of India"
1945
2 pages
Summary
This two-page English newspaper extract, attributed to The Times of India, reports the 1945 election to the Central Legislative Assembly from Bombay City’s urban non-Muhammadan constituency. It states that the two Congress nominees, M. R. Masani and Dr. G. V. Deshmukh, were declared elected after voting on November 26 and announcement of results on December 4. Masani received 21,630 votes and Deshmukh 19,934, while the Hindu Sabha nominee, K. H. Dhandhare, received 4,667 votes and forfeited his deposit.
Key points
- The extract records voting on November 26, 1945, with results announced on December 4, 1945.
- M. R. Masani and Dr. G. V. Deshmukh, both Congress nominees, won the Bombay City urban non-Muhammadan constituency.
- Masani received 21,630 votes and Deshmukh received 19,934 votes.
- K. H. Dhandhare, the Hindu Sabha candidate, received 4,667 votes and forfeited his deposit.
- Masani described the contest as clean but not difficult and attributed the result to public sentiment against Dhandhare.
- The extract presents the election as evidence of wider support for Congress and its pursuit of the national demand.
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