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The Representation of the People Act, 1951 is an act of Parliament of India to provide for the conduct of election of the Houses of Parliament and to the House or Houses of the Legislature of each State, the qualifications and disqualifications for membership of those Houses, what constitute corrupt practices and other offences at or in connection with such elections and the determination of ...
The year 1951 is often misleadingly associated with the election for first Lok Sabha. That is because polling for 3-4 constituencies was held in late 1951 before snow would cover that region. Polling for rest of the seats (97-98%) was conducted in December 1951 and January 1952, a few seats voted in February 1952, and Lok Sabha was constituted ...
General elections were held in India between 25 October 1951 and 21 February 1952, the first national elections after India attained independence in 1947. [1] [2] [3] Voters elected 489 members of the first Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India. Elections to most of the state legislatures were held simultaneously. [4]
General elections to the first Lok Sabha since independence were held in India between 25 October 1951 and 21 February 1952. The Indian National Congress (INC) stormed into power, winning 364 of the 489 seats. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the country. [1]
1951: 30 Finance Commission (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act: 1951: 33 Scheduled Areas (Assimilation of Laws) Act: 1951: 37 Marking of Heavy Packages Act: 1951: 39 Rajghat Samadhi Act: 1951: 41 Representation of the People Act: 1951: 43 Assam (Alteration of Boundaries) Act: 1951: 47 Companies (Donations to National Funds) Act: 1951: 54 All India ...
Lok Sabha Total seats Turnout The ruling party Seats won by the ruling party Margin of majority Percentage in the Lok Sabha Seats controled by coalition Margin of majority of coalition Percentage in the Lok Sabha by coalition Prime Minister 1951–52: First: 489 44.87% Indian National Congress: 364 120 74.48% Jawaharlal Nehru: 1957: Second: 494 ...
Total Lok Sabha seats were 489 and total eligible voters were 17.3 crores. The Indian National Congress (INC) won 364 seats. They were followed by Independents, winning a total of 37 seats. The Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Socialist Party (India) followed with 16 and 12 seats respectively. Indian National Congress got 45% of the total ...
This is a category of articles concerning acts of Parliament (laws enacted by the Parliament of India in 1951). For more general discussion of Indian legal topics, see Category:Law of India and its other subcategories.