Election.Facts: Which Party Emerged As Key Challenger To Congress In First Lok Sabha Polls? | India News

In the watershed Lok Sabha elections of 1952, a seismic shift in Indian politics unfolded because the Congress secured unprecedented victory decimating opposition events. The inaugural common elections in India happened from twenty fifth October 1951 to twenty first February 1952, marking the primary such occasion following India’s independence in 1947. During this historic interval, voters elected the 489 members of the primary Lok Sabha, the decrease home of the Parliament of India. 

Historical information from the Election Commission of India sheds mild on the exceptional presence of the political events in India at the moment. There have been greater than 50 political events in India that contested the Lok Sabha polls. Of them, the highest six have been the Congress, Communist Party of India, Socialist Party, Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party, People’s Democratic Front and All India Ganatantra Parishad.

The outcomes from the 1952 Lok Sabha elections confirmed individuals’s belief within the Congress and Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru to guide India however on the identical time, in addition they gave the opposition a great variety of seats regardless of a pro-Congress wave as a consequence of independence. While the Congress received 364 seats, the Communist Party of India stood second by bagging 16 seats.

The Socialist Party received 12 seats, the Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 9 seats, the People’s Democratic Front seven and All India Ganatantra Parishad six. Hindu Mahasabha, Shiromani Akali Dal and Tamil Nadu Toilers’ Party bagged 4 seats every.  The Bharatiya Jana Sangh, now generally known as the Bharatiya Janata Party, simply received three seats at the moment. Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad, Jharkhand Party, Revolutionary Socialist Party and Commonweal Party bagged three seats every.

In a stunning flip of occasions, the primary Law Minister B. R. Ambedkar confronted defeat within the Bombay (North Central) constituency. He ran because the Scheduled Castes Federation candidate however was overtaken by his lesser-known former assistant and Congress Candidate, Narayan Sadoba Kajrolkar. Kajrolkar secured 138,137 votes, surpassing Ambedkar’s tally of 123,576 votes.