Describe the First General Elections in India. 8marks question
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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
SOC finished third in the elections with 10.59 per cent votes and winning 12 seats
5)Approximately 45 per cent of the total votes were polled for INC in the first Lok Sabha elections
6)The population of India was 36 crore, out of which, 17.32 crore population was eligible to vote
7)The voter turnout for the elections was 45.7 per cent.