<Tr> <Th> Seats won </Th> <Td> 707 </Td> <Td> 106 </Td> <Td> 101 </Td> </Tr> <P> Provincial elections were held in British India in the winter of 1936 - 37 as mandated by the Government of India Act 1935 . Elections were held in eleven provinces - Madras, Central Provinces, Bihar, Orissa, United Provinces, Bombay Presidency, Assam, NWFP, Bengal, Punjab and Sindh . </P> <P> The final results of the elections were declared in February 1937 . The Indian National Congress emerged in power in eight of the provinces - the three exceptions being Bengal, Punjab, and Sindh . The All - India Muslim League failed to form the government in any province . </P> <P> The Congress ministries resigned in October and November 1939, in protest against Viceroy Lord Linlithgow's action of declaring India to be a belligerent in the Second World War without consulting the Indian people . </P>

Which party formed government in nwfp after the elections of 1937