• In the first election, Congress won 364/489 seats as per expectations.
• The Communist Party next to Congress won only 16 seats.
• The Congress scored higher in state elections also except Travancore-Cochin (Kerala), Madras and Orissa.
• Hence, country ruled at national and state level both by declaring Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru as the first Prime Minister of India.
• In second and third elections also, Congress maintained the same position in the Lok Sabha by winning the three fourth seats in the years 1957 and 1962 respectively
