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General elections were held in India between 25 October 1951 and 21 February 1952. They were the first elections to the Lok Sabha after independence in August 1947.[1][2][3] 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.

1951 Indian general election

← 1945 25 October 1951 – 21 February 1952 1957 →

489 of the 499 seats in the Lok Sabha

245 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

45.70%

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Leader Jawaharlal Nehru Ajoy Ghosh Jayaprakash Narayan

Party INC CPI Socialist

Leader's seat Phulpur Did not contest

Seats won 364 16 12

Popular vote 47,665,951 3,487,401 11,216,719

Percentage 44.99% 3.29% 10.59%

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Prime Minister before election

Jawaharlal Nehru

INC

Subsequent Prime Minister

Jawaharlal Nehru

INC

A total of 1,949 candidates competed for 489 seats in the Lok Sabha. More than 173 million people out of an overall population of about 360 million were eligible to vote,[4] making it the largest election conducted at the time. Voter turnout was 45.7%.[5]

The Indian National Congress (INC) won a landslide victory, winning 364 of the 489 seats and 45% of the total votes polled. This was over four times as many votes as the second-largest party. Jawaharlal Nehru became the first democratically ELECTED Prime Minister of the country.