How many percent of the eligible voters of the first general election held from October 1951 to February 1952, were literate?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → 15%
At the first general election there were 17 crore eligible voters, and only 15 per cent of them were literate.
NCERT (2026-27): “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. The Election Commission trained over 3 lakh officers and polling staff to conduct the elections.” |