INDIAN ELECTIONS
AMUSING SIDELIGHTS
(British Official Wlretess.l
(Received February 24, 11.30 a.m.) i RUGBY, February .23.
The provincial elections produced remarkable and amusing results, showing the solidity of the Congress Party, especially in the United Provinces. In two constituencies Congress Party candidates have five-figure totals and their opponents nil. In Lahore a returning officer had to announce the success of a candidate whom later, as a Magistrate, he tried for a bank fraud. A tie at Assam was decided on the toss of a coin. •
A Sikh candidate defeated his own father at Ambala. .
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 46, 24 February 1937, Page 11
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