Question

First general election of india after independence ias

Answer 1

Some key things about the first general elections in India:

• 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.