Appreciate the conduction of first general elections in India
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The first general elections were held between October 25, 1951 and March 27, 1952
About 1874 candidates and 53 parties contested for the elections
The parties contested for 489 seats
INC won the elections with 364 seats as the people voted for the party which was led by Jawaharlal Nehru
CPI is the party which finished second with 16 seats as they got about 3.29 per cent votes
SOC finished third in the elections with 10.59 per cent votes and winning 12 seats
Approximately 45 per cent of the total votes were polled for INC in the first Lok Sabha elections
The population of India was 36 crore, out of which, 17.32 crore population was eligible to vote
The voter turnout for the elections was 45.7 per cent
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