6. The first general election was postponed twice. Give two reasons for 2 the same

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Answer:

1 = 17 crore eligible votes were to elect about 3,200 MLAs ans 489 member of lok sabha

2 = only 15% of votes were literate

3 = in the first draft of the rolls names of nearly 40 lakh women were not recorded in the list.

The first General Election which was held in 1951 was postponed twice because of the following reasons:

About 3,200 MLAs and 489 Lok Sabha MPs were to be elected by 17 crore eligible voters.
Only 15% of the electorate was literate.
Nearly 40 lakh women's names were not captured in the first draught of the rolls.

First General Election in India:

India's first general elections took place on October 25, 1951, and lasted until February 21, 1952.
The Indian National Congress won by a landslide, and Jawaharlal Nehru became India's first democratically elected Prime Minister.
In the first general elections after India became independent, the first Lok Sabha was elected.
Since August 1947, the Indian Constituent Assembly has served as the country's temporary legislature.
Elections were held based on universal adult suffrage, which meant that anybody over the age of 21 could vote.
For 489 seats, 53 political parties competed. There were approximately 1874 candidates representing various political parties. There were 401 electoral districts, some of which had several seats.