Describe the First General Elections in India.
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Indian general election of 1951–52, held from 25 October 1951 to 21 February 1952, was the first election to the Lok Sabha since India became independent in August 1947. Leader Jawaharlal Nehru Ajoy Ghosh
Party INC CPI
Leader's seat Phulpur Did not contest
Seats won 364 16
Popular vote 47,665,875 3,484,401
Percentage 44.99% 3.29%
It was conducted under the provisions of the Indian Constitution, which was adopted on 26 November 1949. Elections to most of the state legislatures took place simultaneously.
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The part results of the first general elections of India were announced on February 10, 1952, 64 years ago. The day is also celebrated as India's first democratic leap as these were the first general elections in India. Indian National Congress (INC) had won the elections with 364 seats out of 489 seats.
1)The first general elections were held between October 25, 1951 and March 27, 1952
2) About 1874 candidates and 53 parties contested for the elections
3)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
4)CPI is the party which finished second with 16 seats as they got about 3.29 per cent votes
5)SOC finished third in the elections with 10.59 per cent votes and winning 12 seats
6)Approximately 45 per cent of the total votes were polled for INC in the first Lok Sabha elections
7)The population of India was 36 crore, out of which, 17.32 crore population was eligible to vote
8)The voter turnout for the elections was 45.7 per cent.