During the first general election, there were _________ crore eligible voters, who had to elect about ________ MLAs and _________ Members of Lok Sabha.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → 17; 3200 and 489
At the time of the first general election there were 17 crore eligible voters, who had to elect about 3,200 MLAs and 489 Members of Lok Sabha.
NCERT (2025-26): “Challenge of building democracy … Preparing for the first general election was a mammoth exercise. No election on this scale had ever been conducted in the world before. At that time there were 17 crore eligible voters, who had to elect about 3,200 MLAs and 489 Members of Lok Sabha. Only 15 per cent of these eligible voters were literate. Therefore the Election Commission had to think of some special method of voting.…” |