1951–52 Indian general election

General elections were held in India between 25 October 1951 and 21 February 1952, the first national elections after India gained independence in 1947. 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. It was the first Indian election with full universal franchise.

Contesting parties

A total of 53 parties and 533 independents contested the 489 seats. Several ministers resigned from their posts and formed their own parties to contest the elections. Syama Prasad Mukherjee established the Jana Sangh in October 1951 and Law Minister B. R. Ambedkar revived the Scheduled Castes Federation (which was later named the Republican Party). Congress party president Purushottam Das Tandon resigned from his post because of differences with Nehru. ==Results==

Results

Results by state Assam {{Election results Bihar {{Election results Bombay {{Election results Madhya Pradesh {{Election results Madras Orissa Punjab Uttar Pradesh West Bengal Hyderabad Madhya Bharat Mysore Patiala and East Punjab States Union Rajasthan Saurashtra Travancore Cochin Ajmer Bhopal Bislaspur Bilaspur constituency was uncontested Coorg Delhi Himachal Pradesh Kutch Manipur Tripura Vindhya Pradesh ==Government formation==

Government formation

The speaker of the first Lok Sabha was Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar. The first Lok Sabha also witnessed 677 sittings (3,784 hours), the highest recorded count of the number of sitting hours. The Lok Sabha lasted its full term from 17 April 1952 until 4 April 1957. ==Notable losses==

Notable losses

First Law Minister B. R. Ambedkar was defeated in the Bombay (North Central) constituency as Scheduled Castes Federation candidate by his little-known former assistant and Congress Candidate Narayan Sadoba Kajrolkar, who polled 138,137 votes compared to Ambedkar's 123,576 votes. ==See also==

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