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Genesis of Indian Elections

First General Election (1951-52)

The First General Elections were conducted by ECI in 1951-52 for 489 seats to Source: Report on the First General
the House of the People (The Lok Sabha) and about 3,283 seats of different State Elections in India (1951-52)
Assemblies. These elections were held under the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) System.
Allocation of seats to various States in the Lok Sabha and in the State Assemblies
was made by Parliament and determination of territorial extent of Parliamentary and
Assembly Constituencies was made by the President on the recommendations of the ECI.
This first General Election of 1951-52 was a milestone in laying a strong foundation of
democracy in independent India.

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