Assertion: The Indian National Congress held dominance in the first three general elections.
Reason: Apart from the exceptions of Kerala, West Bengal, and Jammu Kashmir, Congress controlled the national and all the state governments between the period 1950-65.

The Assertion is correct but the Reason is incorrect.

The state elections were held with the Lok Sabha elections. Congress scored a big victory in those elections as well. It won a majority of seats in all the states except Travancore-Cochin (part of today’s Kerala), Madras, and Orissa. Finally, even in these states, Congress formed the government. So the party ruled all over the country at the national and the state level. Sabha elections. The Congress scored a big victory in those elections as well. It won a majority of seats in all the states except Travancore-Cochin (part of today’s Kerala), Madras, and Orissa. Finally, even in these states, Congress formed the government. So the party ruled all over the country at the national and the state level.