Challenges faced by the Election commission of India before first General elections: -
1. Delimitation of Electoral constituencies- free and fair elections
2. Absence of electoral rolls. Preparing the election rolls was a huge task as many citizens were eligible to vote.
3. Illiterate population- did not know details like wife of and daughter of…15% voters illiterate out of 17 crore eligible voters because of which special method of voting was needed.
4. Mistake in electoral rolls-Large population and voters to hold free and fair elections. Large number of staff and infrastructure for the first time
