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The 2024 Lok Sabha elections are around the corner. Let’s take a look at the first Lok Sabha elections in India.
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The Indian parliament follows a bicameral system. It has two houses, namely the Rajya Sabha (Upper House) and the Lok Sabha (Lower House). The party (or a coalition) that gets a majority in the Lok Sabha forms the government in Delhi.
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The first Lok Sabha election in the Indian Republic were held in 1952.
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Elections were held for 489 seats. The total number of eligible voters was about 17.3 crore.
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The Indian National Congress (INC) won 364 seats and got majority. The CPI and the Socialist Party were the only parties with double-digit seats with 16 and 12 seats respectively. Jawaharlal Nehru was elected the Prime Minister.
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Independents won the second-highest number of seats after Congress.
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BJP was formed in 1980 but the Bharatiya Jan Sangh (BJS), seen as the previous avatar of the BJP, won only 3 seats.
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