2. Cabinet Mission Plan & Interim Government

Provisions of Cabinet Mission Plan (Total Seats)

Total seats 389 - Handwritten note adds 15 women.

Cabinet Mission Plan Elected Members

296 (represented British India) - Out of 296, 292 members came from Governor's Provinces (11 provinces in total).

Cabinet Mission Plan Chief Commissioner's Provinces

4 members came from Chief Commissioner's Provinces (4 provinces) - Handwritten note specifies Delhi, Ajmer, Coorg, Brit. Baluchistan.

Cabinet Mission Plan Nominated Members

93 - Represented Princely States (members to be nominated by rulers of that princely state).

Seats Allocation details

Seats allocated to each British province were to be divided among three principal communities (Muslim, Sikh and General) - One seat was to be allotted per 1 million population - It was partly elected and partly nominated.

Method of election (Indirect Elections)

Proportional Representation + Single Transferable Vote - Elections held in July-August 1946.

Election Results & Post-Boycott

Majority Congress/INC (208 seats) - Muslim League (73 seats) - Independent (15 seats) - After boycott of Muslim League, Remaining seats were 299 (after partition).

Interim Government timeline

On 2nd September 1946 the Interim Government of India was formed - It lasted until India's independence on 15th August 1947, and the partition of the country into India and Pakistan - The 1st Interim National Government was announced on 24th Aug 1946.

President of the Executive Council (Interim Govt)

Viceroy and Governor-General of India - Viscount Wavell (till Feb 1947), Lord Mountbatten (from Feb 1947).

Commander-in-Chief (Interim Govt)

Sir Claude Auchinleck.

Vice President (Interim Govt)

Also in charge of External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations - Jawaharlal Nehru (INC).

Home Affairs, Information and Broadcasting (Interim Govt)

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (INC).

Agriculture and Food & Commerce (Interim Govt)

Agriculture and Food was Rajendra Prasad (INC) - Commerce was Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar (ML).

Defence & Finance (Interim Govt)

Defence was Baldev Singh (INC) - Finance was Liaquat Ali Khan (ML, 1st PM of Pakistan).

Health & Labour (Interim Govt)

Health was Ghazanfar Ali Khan (ML) - Labour was Jagjivan Ram (INC).

Law & Education and Arts (Interim Govt)

Law was Jogendra Nath Mandal (ML) - Education and Arts was C. Rajagopalachari (INC).

Railways, Communication, Post, Air & Industries (Interim Govt)

Railways/Communication/Post/Air was Abdur Rab Nishtar (ML) - Industries and Supplies was John Mathai (INC).