Changes by the Indian Independence Act of 1947

It dissolved the Constituent Assembly.

It made the Constituent Assembly a fully sovereign body.

It excluded princely states from the Constituent Assembly.

It limited the scope of the Constituent Assembly to a consultative role.

Making laws and raising taxes.

Holding elections and conducting foreign affairs.

Drafting treaties and regulating trade.

Making a constitution and enacting ordinary laws.

389 seats

211 seats

100 seats

299 seats

After the adoption of the Objectives Resolution

In 1949

After the acceptance of the Mountbatten Plan in 1947

In 1942

389 seats

211 seats

70 seats

299 seats

Results