1st Lok Sabha

Old Parliament House, Sansad Marg, New Delhi, India

OverviewLegislative bodyIndian ParliamentTerm17 April 1952 – 4 April 1957Election1951–52 Indian general electionGovernmentSecond Nehru GovernmentSovereignPresident Rajendra Prasad Vice President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan House of the People

Members499Speaker of the House Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
M. A. Ayyangar Leader of the House Jawaharlal NehruParty controlIndian National Congress

The First Lok Sabha was constituted on 17 April 1952 after India's first general election. The 1st Lok Sabha lasted its full tenure of five years and was dissolved on 4 April 1957. The First Session of this Lok Sabha commenced on 13 May 1952.

Total Lok Sabha seats were 499 and total eligible voters were 17.3 crores. The Indian National Congress (INC) won 364 seats. They were followed by Independents, winning a total of 37 seats. The Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Socialist Party (India) followed with 16 and 12 seats respectively. Indian National Congress got 45% of the total votes in this election and won nearly 75% of the 489 contested seats.