1951 Indian general election in Madras

Indian general election in Madras, 1951

November 1951 1957 →
75 (of 489) seats to the Lok Sabha
First party Second party   Leader Jawaharlal Nehru Shripat Amrit Dange Party INC CPI Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest Seats won 35 8 Popular vote 7,253,452 1,783,407 Percentage 36.39% 8.95%
Tamil Nadu

The 1951 Indian general election was the first democratic national election held in India after Independence, and the polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 62 seats. This state had the second largest number of seats, after Uttar Pradesh, because part of current Andhra Pradesh was part of the state of Madras. The result was a victory for Indian National Congress winning 35 out of the 75 seats. While the remaining seats were won by left and independent parties, opposed to Congress.

Voting and results[]

Results by Alliance[]

• Independent parties are local state parties, that are unrecognised nationally

List of Elected MPs[]

See also[]

• Elections in Tamil Nadu

Bibliography[]

• Volume I, 1951 Indian general election, 1st Lok Sabha

External links[]

• Website of Election Commission of India
• CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History