1951 Indian general election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1951_Indian_general_election
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gptkbp:age 21
gptkbp:chiefElectionCommissioner gptkb:Sukumar_Sen
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:district 401
gptkbp:endDate 1952-02-21
gptkbp:firstElection true
gptkbp:firstTimeUniversalSuffrage true
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1951 Indian general election
gptkbp:mainCandidate 1,949
gptkbp:majoritySeats 245
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:1957_Indian_general_election
gptkbp:notableFor First election with universal adult franchise in India
First general election after Indian independence
gptkbp:numberOfMultiMemberConstituencies 86
gptkbp:numberOfSingleMemberConstituencies 314
gptkbp:officeLocation gptkb:Lok_Sabha
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:Election_Commission_of_India
gptkbp:party gptkb:Bharatiya_Jana_Sangh
gptkb:Socialist_Party
gptkb:Indian_National_Congress
gptkb:Kisan_Mazdoor_Praja_Party
gptkb:Communist_Party_of_India
gptkbp:previousEdition none
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Jawaharlal_Nehru
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 489
gptkbp:seatsWonByBJS 3
gptkbp:seatsWonByCPI 16
gptkbp:seatsWonByINC 364
gptkbp:seatsWonByKMPP 9
gptkbp:seatsWonBySocialistParty 12
gptkbp:startDate 1951-10-25
gptkbp:totalVoters 173,212,343
gptkbp:type parliamentary
gptkbp:voterTurnout 44.87%
gptkbp:votesCast 74,120,980
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Indian_National_Congress
gptkb:Jawaharlal_Nehru
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kisan_Mazdoor_Praja_Party
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7