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Jawaharlal Nehru won another landslide victory in his third and final election campaign. The Indian National Congress received 44.7% of the vote and won 361 of the 494 elected seats. This was only slightly lower than in the previous two elections and they still held over 70% of the seats in the Lok Sabha.
Phulpur is a historic constituency and two Indian Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and V P Singh have been elected from this constituency. [1] The first Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru died in office in 1964 while holding this seat. Hence it is also called "Nehru's constituency". [2] [3]
After the adoption of the constitution, the Constituent Assembly continued to act as the interim parliament, while an interim cabinet was headed by Jawaharlal Nehru. An Election Commission was created in 1949 and in March 1950 Sukumar Sen was appointed as the first Chief Election Commissioner.
Nehru with Albert Einstein in Princeton, New Jersey, 1949 Nehru with Indonesian president Sukarno in Jakarta in 1950 Nehru playing with a tiger cub at his home in 1955 To date, Nehru is considered the most popular prime minister, winning three consecutive elections with around 45% of the vote. [ 163 ]
Election year Lok Sabha Total seats Turnout The ruling party Seats won by the ruling party Margin of majority Percentage in the Lok Sabha Seats controled by coalition Margin of majority of coalition Percentage in the Lok Sabha by coalition Prime Minister 1951–52: First: 489 44.87% Indian National Congress: 364 120 74.48% Jawaharlal Nehru ...
Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1962 [3] Party Contestants Seats won Popular vote % Indian National Congress: 154 90 29,46,209 43.72 Shiromani Akali Dal: 46 16 7,99,925 11.87 Communist Party of India: 47 12 4,78,333 7.10 Bharatiya Jana Sangh: 80 8 6,55,160 9.72 Socialist Party: 8 4 93,801 1.39 Swatantra Party: 42 3 2,61,276 3.88
General elections were held in India between 24 February and 14 March 1957, the second elections to the Lok Sabha after independence. Elections to many state legislatures were held simultaneously. Under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Indian National Congress easily won a second term in power, taking 371 of the 494 seats. They gained an ...
During Jawaharlal Nehru's premiership, he rarely held the Presidency of INC, even though he was always head of the Parliamentary Party. Despite being a party with a structure, Congress under Indira Gandhi did not hold any organisational elections after 1978. [5]