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Describe the various steps taken to hold the first General Elections in India. How far these elections were successful? |
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Answer» The first general elections had to be postponed twice and finally held from October 1951 to February 1952: • These elections were referred to as 1952 elections because most parts of country voted in January 1952. • It took six months for campaigning, polling and counting to be completed. • Elections were competitive because there were on an average more than four candidates for each seat. • The level of participation was encouraging to vote out in the election. • The results were declared and accepted as fair even by losers to prove critics wrong. These elections were successful : • The losing of the parties was also accepted as fair. • These elections became a landmark in the history of democracy. • It was no longer possible to argue that democratic elections could not be held in conditions of poverty or lack of education. Instead, it can be practised anywhere in the world. |
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