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DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Table 11
Analysis of Circumstances which helped Congress to Win the Seats it has Captured
| Province | Number of Seats won by The Congress By want of Due to interest shown Splitting With Without by Scheduled of Hindu Hindu Castes in the Total Scheduled Votes Votes Election to Castes Scheduled Votes Castes Seats (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) | Col3 | Col4 | Col5 | Col6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| With Hindu Votes (1) | Without Hindu Votes (2) | Due to Splitting of Scheduled Castes Votes (3) | By want of interest shown by Scheduled Castes in the Election to Scheduled Castes Seats (4) | ||
| United Provinces … Madras … … Bengal … … Central Provinces … Bombay … … Bihar … … Punjab … … Assam … … Orissa … … Total … … | 3 5 — 1 1 1 — 1 1 | 6 15 4 5 1 3 — 2 2 | 3 4 — — 1 — — — — | 4 2 2 1 1 7 — 1 1 | 16 26 6 7 4 11 — 4 4 |
| 13 | 38 | 8 | 19 | 78 |
These are the facts revealed by a study of the Election Returns. They are incontrovertible and must be accepted. Judged by the test of voting the Congress far from representing the Untouchables, the Untouchables are proved to have repudiated the Congress. Judged by the test of seats, the Congress has only won 38 seats out of the total of 151. The account shows that
73 seats it failed to win, 13 it won by Hindu Votes, 8 as a result of split due to too many Untouchables standing against the Congress Untouchable candidate and 19 on account of the foolishness of the Untouchables in not taking sufficient interest in the election to the seats reserved for them.
The following table specifies the Constituencies where such phenomena have occurred. They are classified under three heads and shown Province-wise and referred to by their serial number as shown in the Appendices.