<P> Jawaharlal Nehru INC </P> <P> Jawaharlal Nehru INC </P> <P> The Indian general election of 1951--52 elected the first Lok Sabha since India became independent in August 1947 . Until this point, the Indian Constituent Assembly had served as an interim legislature . See the' Durations' section below to find the time - range associated with these elections . </P> <P> The Indian National Congress (INC) won a landslide victory, winning 364 of the 489 seats and 45% of the total votes polled . This was over four times as many votes as the second - largest party . Jawaharlal Nehru became the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the country . In the first Lok Sabha polls held in 1951, India had around 173 million voters, out of an overall population of about 360 million . Voter turnout was 45.7% . </P>

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