HistoryModern India: Framing the Constitution

Who chose the representatives to the Constituent Assembly?

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → Provincial Legislatures

The members of the Constituent Assembly were not elected on the basis of universal franchise: after the provincial elections of the winter of 1945-46, the Provincial Legislatures chose the representatives to the Constituent Assembly.

NCERT (2026-27): “1.1 The making of the Constituent Assembly … The members of the Constituent Assembly were not elected on the basis of universal franchise. In the winter of 1945-46 provincial elections were held in India. The Provincial Legislatures then chose the representatives to the Constituent Assembly. The Constituent Assembly that came into being was dominated by one party: the Congress.…”