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1st Lok Sabha
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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.

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Total Lok Sabha seats were 489 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 76% of the 479 contested seats.

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Lok Sabha officers

As per Article 93 of Constitution of India, the Lok Sabha must have elected and non-elected officers. The elected members are Speaker and the Deputy Speaker whereas the non-elected members are the Secretariat staff.[1] Following were the 1st Lok Sabha officers and other important members.[2][3]

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a. ^ (Not Officially Declared) The position of Leader of the Opposition only got recognition in 1977 post Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act.[4]

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Members

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List of members as published by the Election Commission of India[5] and Parliament of India:[6]

Members by political party in 1st Lok Sabha are given below:


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Members of the 1st lok sabha , 4th Sep 1956
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Loksabha Seats by States and Union Territories

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Assam

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Bihar

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Bombay

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Madhya Pradesh

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Madras State

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Orissa

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Punjab

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Uttar Pradesh

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West Bengal

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Hyderabad State

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Madhya Bharat

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Mysore State

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Patiala and East Punjab States Union

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Rajasthan

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Saurashtra

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Travancore Cochin

Ajmer State

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Bhopal State

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Bilaspur State

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Coorg State

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Delhi

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Himachal Pradesh

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Kutch State

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Manipur

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Tripura

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Vindhya Pradesh

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