FIRST GENRAL ELECTION

The Lok Sabha, which was constituted on April 17, 1952, lasted its full term till April 4, 1957.

The Speaker of the first Lok Sabha was Shri G.V. Mavalankar. The first Lok Sabha also witnessed 677 sittings (3,784 hours), the highest recorded count of the number of sittings. Lok Sabha lasted its full term from April 17, 1952 to April 4, 1957

Indian general election, 1951

→ 1957
All 489 seats in the Lok Sabha
1951
		First party	Second party
Leader		Jawaharlal Nehru	Shripat Amrit Dange
Party		Congress	CPI
Leader's seat		Phulpur	Bombay City North
Seats won		364	16