Congress Conquest to Modi Wave: A Brief History of Lok Sabha Elections Since Independence

 Congress Conquest to Modi Wave: A Brief History of Lok Sabha Elections Since IndependenceThe Election Commission of India has announced the dates for the 2024 Loksabha elections. This year, the elections will be held in seven phases from 19 April to June 1. The results will be annunced on June 4.

India will witness the 18th Lok Sabha election starting April 19 in seven phases in which 97 crore people will elect their representatives from 543 constituencies. The data shows 6 per cent increase in registered voters from the 2019 general elections, and an addition of 2 crore young electors in the age group of 18 to 29.

With over 70 countries holding elections and more than two billion people

 casting ballots this year, 2024 is the "year of democracy".Holding elections in the world’s biggest democracy is not a small feat. Let’s look at the history of national elections since the time of Independence, and who were the top leaders who shaped the future of the Indian democracy.

India, the largest democracy in the world, will also hold the general elections this year.In the upcoming elections, the National Democractic alliance led by Prime MInister Narendra Modi's BJP and the INDIA bloc will put out a tight fight to win the elections.The first ever election in Independent India was held for 489 seats, representing 26 states, with over 17.3 crore eligible voters. The Congress won 364 seats, securing 45% of the total votes polled. The CPI and Socialist Party bagged 16 and 12 seats, respectively, and the Bharatiya Jan Sangh won only 3 seats. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became the first elected Prime Minister. 

The Lok Sabha, which was constituted on April 17, 1952, lasted its full term till April 4, 1957. The first Lok Sabha also witnessed 677 sittings (3,784 hours), the highest recorded count of the number of sittings, with GV Mavalankar as the first Speaker. Lok Sabha lasted its full term from April 17, 1952 to April 4, 1957. Before the elections, Nehru’s two former colleagues, Shyama Prasad Mookherjee found Jana Sangh in October 1951, while BR Ambedkar revived the Scheduled Castes Federation, which was later named as Republican Party.

During the past 75 years, the election process in India has evolved a lot. 

From ballot boxes to Electronic voting machines, the Indian democracy keeps evolving.The Indian National Congress again won with 371 seats in its kitty out of the total 494 seats, divided across 17 states and Union Territories. Its vote share increased to 48% of the total votes polled. Other parties such as CPI, Praja Socialist Party and BJS won 27, 19 and 4 seats, respectively. Nehru was again elected the Prime Minister while

 there was no official Leader of Opposition during the second Lok Sabha. The 1957 election was the first one to be held after the enactment of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 under which states were reorganised and new boundaries were drawn along linguistic lines. On May 11, 1957, M Ananthasayanam Iyengar was unanimously elected the Speaker of the second Lok Sabha.

Since the inception of the Election Commission of India in January 25, 1950, the electoral body has conducted 17 general elections. The poll body is now all gearing upto hold the Loksabha elections 2024, which will happen in April 19 2024.

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