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Describe the various steps taken to hold the first general elections in India. How far these elections were successful?

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The first general elections had to be postponed twice and finally held from October 1951 to February 1952: 

• These elections were referred to as 1952 elections because most parts of country voted in January 1952. 

• It took six months for campaigning, polling and counting to be completed. 

• Elections were competitive because there were on an average more than four candidates for each seat. 

• The level of participation was encouraging to vote out in the election. 

• The results were declared and accepted as fair even by losers to prove critics wrong. 

These elections were successful : 

• The losing of the parties was also accepted as fair. 

• These elections became a landmark in the history of democracy. 

• It was no longer possible to argue that democratic elections could not be held in conditions of poverty or lack of education. Instead, it can be practicised anywhere in the world.

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