The 1937 Bihar Legislative Assembly election was held in January 1937 as part of the broader 1937 Indian provincial elections introduced under the Government of India Act 1935. It marked the establishment of the Bihar Legislative Assembly with expanded powers and provincial autonomy. The election resulted formation of Dr. Sri Krishna Singh led Congress governments after briefly Mohammad Yunus led interim government.
In the province of Bihar, the Act established a bicameral legislature, comprising the Legislative Assembly (lower house) and the Legislative Council (upper house). The Legislative Assembly consisted of 152 members, elected through a system of separate electorates that reflected the communal and socio-economic divisions in colonial Bihar.
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Constituency Constituency Type Elected Candidate Patna City General Sarangdhar Sinha Patna Division Jagat Narayan Lal Patna Central Indra Dewan Saran Singh Dinapore Shyam Nandan Sinha Barh Sheel Bhadra Yajee Bihar East Shyam Narayan Singh Gaya South Birendra Bahadur Sinha Aurangabad Anugrah Narayan Sinha Nawadah Jamuna Prashad Sinha Gaya North Jugal Kishor Narayan Sinha Gaya East Saiyid Najmul Hasan Buxar Hargovind Misra Bhabua Gupteshwar Pandey Shahabad North-East Harinandan Singh Shahabad Central East Budhan Rai Varma Jagjiwan Ram Sasaram Harihar Sinha Tirhut Division Vindhyeshwari Prasad Varma Saran Sadr West Birendh Dutta Sinha Saran Sadr East Dwarka Nath Tiwari Siwan North-East Narayan Prasad Sinha Siwan South-West Shiveshvar Prashad Narayan Sinha Sharma Gopalganj-cum-Mashrakh and Marhaura East Prabhunath Sinha Gopalganj West Gobindpati Tiwari Champaran Sadr North-West Ganesh Prashad Champaran Sadr East Gorakh Prashad Champaran Sadr South-West Haribans Sahay Bettiah South Baidyanath Misra Bettiah North Vishwanath Singh Muzaffarpur Sadr East Mahesh Prashad Sinha Muzaffarpur Sadr West Brijnandan Sahi Sitamarhi-cum-Katra and Minapore East Ramdayalu Sinha Hajipur South-West Rameshvar Prashad Sinha Hajipur North-East Dip Narayan Sinha Sitamarhi North Thakur Ramnandan Sinha Sitamarhi West Ramasis Thakur Madhubani North Rajendra Narayan Chaudhuri Madhubani South Chaturanan Das Madhubani-cum-Bahera East Jamuna Karjee Darbhanga Sadr Suraj Nandan Thakur Samastipur North-West Rajeshwar Prashad Narayan Sinha Samastipur South-East Ramcharan Sinha Bhagalpur Division Upendra Nath Mukharji Bhagalpur Sadr South Mewalal Jha Bhagalpur Sadr-cum-Kishanganj North Shivadhari Sinha Banka Harkishore Prashad Supaul Rajendra Misra Madhipura Shivanandan Prashad Mandal Sadr Monghyr South Shri Krishna Sinha Sadr Monghyr North Nirapada Mukharji Begusarai West Ramcharitra Sinha Begusarai East Brahmadeo Narayan Singh Jamui Kalika Prashad Singh Purnea North-West Ramdin Tiwari Purnea East Kishori Lal Kundu Purnea South-West Dheer Narayan Chand Deoghar-cum-Jamtara Binodanand Jha Godda Budhinath Jha Santal Parganas Sadr Bhagwan Chandra Das Pakaur-cum-Rajmahal Brijlall Dokania Chota Nagpur Division Jimut Bahan Sen Hazaribagh Central Krishna Ballabh Sahay Giridih-cum-Chatra Sukhlal Singh Ranchi Sadr Devaki Nandan Prashad Gumla-cum-Simdega Bara Lal Kandarp Nath Shah Deo Khunti Purna Chandra Mitra Palamau North-East Rajkishore Sinha Palamau South-West Jadubans Sahay Manbhum South Upendra Mohan Das Gupta Manbhum South Tika Ram Manjhi Manbhum Central Kumar Ajit Prashad Singh Deo Manbhum North Ambika Charan Mallik Singhbhum Pramatha Bhattasali Devendra Nath Samanta Bihar East General (reserved for Scheduled Castes) Ram Prashad Gaya South Sukhari Ram Madhubarat Nawadah Bundi Ram Gopalganj West Ram Basawan Rabidas Bettiah North Balgobind Bhagat Muzaffarpur Sadr East Shivanandan Pasban Darbhanga Sadr Keshwar Ram Samastipur South-East Sundar Mahto Madhipura Ram Baras Das Sadr Monghyr South Raghunandan Prashad Purnea South-West Jaglal Chaudhuri Santal Parganas Sadr Charan Murmu Pakaur-cum-Rajmahal Debu Murmu Hazaribagh Central Hopna Santal Giridih-cum-Chatra Karu Dusadh Ranchi Sadr Ram Bhagat Gumla-cum-Simdega Boniface Lakra Palamau North-East Jitu Ram Manbhum Central Gulu Dhopa Singhbhum Rasika Ho Patna City Muhammadan Saiyid Abdul Aziz Patna Division Hafiz Zafar Hasan Patna West Muhammad Yunus Patna East Sharfuddin Hasan Gaya West Muhammad Latifur Rahman Shahabad Chaudhuri Sharafat Hussain Tirhut Abdul Jalil Saran Sadr Nur Hasan Siwan Muhammad Qasim Gopalganj Khan Bahadur Sagshirul Haqq Champaran Sadr North Saiyid Mahmud Champaran Sadr South Muhammad Abdul Majid Bettiah Hafiz Shaikh Muhammad Sani Muzaffarpur Sadr Khan Sahib Muhammad Yakub Hajipur Badrul Hasan Sitamarhi Tajamul Husain Darbhanga North-West Ahmad Ghafoor Darbhanga North-East Muhammed Shafi Darbhanga South Muhammad Salim Darbhanga Central Sayeedu Haq Monghyr North Chaudhuri Muhammad Nasirul Hasan Monghyr South Saiyid Rafiuddin Ahmad Rizvi Bhagalpur Sadr-cum-Banka Muhammad Mahmud Madhipura-cum-Supaul Saiyid Muhammad Minatullah Araria Shaikh Ziaur Rahman Kishanganj South Zainuddin Hasan Mirza Kishanganj North-East Muhammad Islamuddin Kishanganj North-West Shaikh Fazlur Rahman Purnea Sadr North Muhammad Tahir South-East Purnea Sadr Shaikh Shafiqul Haqq Santal Parganas South Saiyid Ali Mansur Santal Parganas North Abdul Bari Bhagalpur Division Khan Bahadur Nawab Abdul Wahab Khan Hazaribagh Abdul Majid Ranchi-cum-Singhbhum Shaikh Ramzan Ali Palamau Shaikh Muhammad Hussain Manbhum Qasi Muhammad Ilyas Chota Nagpur Mohi-ud-din Ahmad Patna Women General Kamakhya Devi Muzaffarpur Town Sharda Kumari Devi Bhagalpur Town Saraswati Devi Patna City Women Muhammadan Anis Imam Anglo-Indian Anglo-Indian A. M. Hayman Patna and Tirhut-cum-Bhagalpur European European E. C. Danby Chota Nagpur European J. Richmond Indian Christian Indian Christian Ignace Beck The Bihar Chamber of Commerce Commerce and Industries Chakreshwar Kumar Jain The Bihar Planters' Association W. H. Meyrick The Indian Mining Association E. A. Paterson The Indian Mining Federation Manindra Nath Mukharji Jamshedpur Factory Labour Labour Natha Ram Monghyr-cum-Jamalpur Factory Labour Harendra Bahadur Chandra Hazaribagh Mining Labour Kshetra Nath Sen Gupta Patna Division Landholders Landholders Sir Ganesh Datta Singh Kt. Tirhut Division Landholders Chandreshwar Prasad Narayan Sinha C.I.E. Bhagalpur Landholders Surya Mohan Thakur Chota Nagpur Division Landholders Maharaj Kumar Rajkishore Nath Shah Deo University University Sachchidananda Sinha
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