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The Basic

Date of Election Aug 15, 1947
Date of First Session Jan 5, 1948 to Jan 29, 1948
First Sitting Presided by Muhammad Jamal Khan Leghari
Total Number of Members 103
Members who took Oath on First Day 45
Date of Last Session Mar 15, 1948 to Apr 9, 1948
Total Sessions 2
Actual Working Days 29

Speaker

Date of Election/Oath Jan 5, 1948.
Total candidates/Nominations Unopposed
Elected Speaker Sheikh Faiz Muhammad
Proposed by Mian Mumtaz Muhammad Khan Daultana
Tenure Jan 5, 1948 to May 7, 1951

Deputy Speaker

Date of Election/Oath Jan 9, 1948
Total candidates/ Nominations Unopposed
Elected Deputy Speaker Fazal Elahi
Tenure Jan 9, 1948 to Jan 25, 1949

Chief Minister

Nawab Iftikhar Hussain Khan of Mamdot
Date of Oath Aug 15, 1947
Tenure Aug 5, 1947 to Nov 6, 1948
Nawab Iftikhar Hussain Khan of Mamdot
Date of Oath Nov 15, 1948
Tenure Nov 15, 1948 to Jan 25, 1949

Secretaries

Hakim Ahmad Shuja Aug 15, 1947 to oct 15, 1958

Miscellaneous

Dissolution Governor R. F. Mudie dissolved the West Punjab Legislative Assembly on Jan 25, 1949.