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196 than 6 million women received the vote۔While the Montford Reforms had enfranchised only 3 percent of the total population, the Act of 1935 gave the vote to 14 per cent of the total population or 27 per cent of the total adult population۔" آل انڈیا نیشنل کانگرس اور احرار نے متفقہ سازش کر کے ملک کا تختہ الٹنے اور مکمل آزادی کا جو مطالبہ امن شکنی کی صورت میں کر رکھا تھا، وہ بھی رڈی کی ٹوکری میں ڈال دیا گیا اور انڈیا ایکٹ میں ہوم گورنمنٹ کے قیام سے عملاً تحریک پاکستان کی راہ ہموار ہو گئی۔چنانچہ بھارتی ودان کتاب کے صفحہ 250 پر لکھتے ہیں: Franchise and Electorate "Under the Act of 1935, as under the Montford Reforms, the electoral system of India was based on the principle of "communities, classes and interests"۔To the existing separate communal and class electorates, special electorates for Labour and Women were added for the first time۔The system of weightage in representation also continued۔Thus, Muslims received 13 per cent seats in Madras and 27 percent in U۔P۔as against 7۔1 percent and 14۔8 percent of population respectively۔Europeans were particularly favoured۔With a population under: 1/35th of one percent, they were given 3 percent seats in the provincial Legislation۔Home Government The Act of 1935 made only a few formal changes in the Home Government۔No explicit mention was made of the Secretary of State's power of superintendence, direction and control" over the administration of India۔This power