India’s First General Election!

• The first Independence Election were held in India 25 october 1951 to 21 february 1952, the indian national congress winning 364 of the 489 seats and 45% of the total votes polled over four times as many as the second-largest party.
• Jawaharlal Nehru became the first prime minister in India, the first votes of this election were cast in the tehsil of chini in himachal pradesh on 25 october 1951.

• The second party of that general election cpi, this party won 16 lok sabha seats.
• The 16^th lok sabha elections which are due later this year are surely going to be one of the most crucial elections in recent history.
• In 2014, india will be a 67-year-old democratic country still very young and tender, but one that has managed to stay a democratic country since independence.
• There is a huge pressure on india and its financial markets.Various indian and foreign companies all over the world have already estimated their targets for post-election period.
• Since independence till now we have seen a total of 15 lok sabha elections but there is something unique about the ongoing 16th lok sabha election 2014, which is for the first time witnessing the largest number of young voters.

• The youth of the country became a vote-bank themselves with 149.36 million first-time voters, who constitute about 20 per cent of the electorate.
• It also fascinating to see how indian voters view option button called ‘none of the above’ (nota) on the voting machine, which is being used for the first time in this lok sabha election.