Chapter 4 : Making of the Constitution (Part 2)

 Chapter 4 : Making of the Constituion (Part 2 )

Part 2 : Structure and Elections of Constituent Assembly

1. Structure of the Constituent Assembly :
• In the Constituent Assembly, initially there were 389 members but later due to the partition of India and Pakistan the number was reduced to 296 members.
2. Elections of the Constituent Assembly :
• Took place in July-August 1946
• For 296 members of the Constituent Assembly.
• Election results party wise were
• Congress = 208 
• Muslim League = 73 
• Opposition = 8
• Parties which could win only 1 seat = 7
• Parties winning only one seat were :
• Unionist Party
• Unionist Muslim
• Unionist Scheduled Caste
• Schedule Caste Federation
• Krushak Praja |Party
• Sikh (Non-Congress)
• Communist
• In the first election, 15 female members were elected :
• Sucheta Kriplani --- 1st Woman CM in India ------State = UP(Uttar Pradesh)
• Sarojini Naidu ---- 1st Woman Governor
• Begum Rasool --- Only Muslim woman as a member
• Dakshayani Velaydoon ----Dalit member ----Madras
• Malati Chaudhary --- Odisha
• Kamala Chaudhary --- UP
• Renuka Roy --- Bengal
• Leela Roy --- Bengal
• Vijayalaxmi Pandit --- UP --- 1st Woman to be elected President of United Nations General Assembly.
• Durgabai Deshmukh --- Madras
• Hansaben Mehta --- Bombay