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First General Election
the biggest gamble
Reference: India after Gandhi by Ramcharndra Guha
Background
 26 Jan 1950: India became republic
 Accepted parliamentary democracy
 First-past-the-post system
 Universal adult suffrage
 Election Commission
 Crazy, stupid idea
Political Parties
 Indian National Congress
 Socialist Party
 Kisan Majdoor Praja Party
 Jan Sangh
 Scheduled Caste Federation
 Communist Party of India
Challenges
 Number of voters and electoral
 Illiteracy
 Concurrent elections
 Geographical problems
 Social problems
 Multi-party election
Preparations
 Sukumar Sen: Chief Election Commissioner in March 1950
 224,000 polling booths
 Pictorial symbols
 Multiple ballot boxes
 Developed a variety of indelible ink
 Film and radio to educate the public
Election Campaign
 Public meetings, speeches, posters
 Door-to-door canvassing
 Moscow radio used by CPI
 Nehru’s magnificent election campaign
 9 weeks, 25000 miles, 2 crore people
 Travelled more than he slept and talked more than he travelled
First General Election - Highlights
 Duration: 4 months
 25th Oct 1951: The first Indians to cast votes in a general election
 Voter turnout: 45.7%
 Election offences: 1250
 Winning party: Indian National Congress
 Some striking defeats
Achievements
 Achievement:
 The biggest successful experiment of democracy in human history
 Turkish delegates visited to study the process
 The process of election was gradually improved
 Criticism:
 Universal adult franchise
 First-past-the-post system
Next in this series
 Nehru’s foreign policy
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First general election

  • 1. First General Election the biggest gamble Reference: India after Gandhi by Ramcharndra Guha
  • 2. Background  26 Jan 1950: India became republic  Accepted parliamentary democracy  First-past-the-post system  Universal adult suffrage  Election Commission  Crazy, stupid idea
  • 3. Political Parties  Indian National Congress  Socialist Party  Kisan Majdoor Praja Party  Jan Sangh  Scheduled Caste Federation  Communist Party of India
  • 4. Challenges  Number of voters and electoral  Illiteracy  Concurrent elections  Geographical problems  Social problems  Multi-party election
  • 5. Preparations  Sukumar Sen: Chief Election Commissioner in March 1950  224,000 polling booths  Pictorial symbols  Multiple ballot boxes  Developed a variety of indelible ink  Film and radio to educate the public
  • 6. Election Campaign  Public meetings, speeches, posters  Door-to-door canvassing  Moscow radio used by CPI  Nehru’s magnificent election campaign  9 weeks, 25000 miles, 2 crore people  Travelled more than he slept and talked more than he travelled
  • 7. First General Election - Highlights  Duration: 4 months  25th Oct 1951: The first Indians to cast votes in a general election  Voter turnout: 45.7%  Election offences: 1250  Winning party: Indian National Congress  Some striking defeats
  • 8. Achievements  Achievement:  The biggest successful experiment of democracy in human history  Turkish delegates visited to study the process  The process of election was gradually improved  Criticism:  Universal adult franchise  First-past-the-post system
  • 9. Next in this series  Nehru’s foreign policy © Discussion is Solution Comment For more discussions