GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

INDIAN POLITICS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When was the first general election held in India?
A
1947
B
1950
C
1952
D
1991
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -General elections were held in the Gold Coast (soon to become Ghana) on 17 July 1956. The result was a victory for Kwame Nkrumah’s Convention People’s Party, which won 71 of the 104 seats.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kwame Nkrumah’s Convention People’s Party won 34 of the 38 elected seats in the assembly, claiming all five seats and nearly 95% of the vote in urban areas; Nkrumah himself winning the Accra Central seat with 22, 780 of the 23, 122 votes cast. In rural areas the CPP won 29 of the 33 seats, taking around 72% of the vote.

Detailed explanation-3: -The First Lok Sabha was constituted on 17 April 1952 after India’s first general election. The 1st Lok Sabha lasted its full tenure of five years and was dissolved on 4 April 1957. The First Session of this Lok Sabha commenced on 13 May 1952. Total Lok Sabha seats were 489 and total eligible voters were 17.3 crores.

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