with the passing of the government of India act of 1935, the history of indian nationalism underwent a subtle change . though not noticeable immediately.after the introduction of the act,the provincial elections, held under its provisions in 1937 and the results therefore,made this change more apparent and clear. the indian national Congress party secured a sweeping victory in five provinces and was in a position to form coalition ministers in two other provinces- victory which revealed the efficiency and capability of the party so far as the election machine was concerned. it proved it's claim of being a national party. the Muslim league on the other hand,did not fare well at all,especially in the Muslim majority provinces of punjab and begal . all though it did better in the non Muslim,yet that was not enough to enable the league to boast of being the sole representative organisation of the Muslims. the successful of the provincial parties like the krishak look party in begal in the unionist party in the punjab showed that the Muslim electorates still though in terms of provincial or local considerations and we're not moved all so much by all india issues what was true of the league was also true about the Congress so far as the Muslims were concerned the latter,too,was not able to capture Muslim seats in numbers adequate enough to demonstrate it's popularity among muslims
