1951 – 1952 CE · election democracy
India Holds Its First General Elections
India's first general elections under the Constitution were held from October 1951 to February 1952 under the supervision of the Election Commission. The exercise elected 489 members of the first Lok Sabha alongside thousands of members of state legislative assemblies and implemented universal adult suffrage on an unprecedented scale.
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