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.
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. Following were the 1st Lok Sabha officers and other important members.
# Position Name From To Days in office01SpeakerGanesh Vasudev Mavlankar 8 May 1952 27 Feb 1956 1390M.A. Ayyangar 8 Mar 1956 10 May 1957 428 02 Deputy SpeakerM. A. Ayyangar 30 May 1952 20 Mar 1956 1377 Sardar Hukam Singh 7 Mar 1956 4 Apr 1957 380 03 Secretary-General M. N. Kaul 17 Apr 1952 4 Apr 1957 1813 04 Leader of the House Jawaharlal Nehru 17 Apr 1952 4 Apr 1957 1813 05 Leader of the Opposition A. K. Gopalan 17 Apr 1952 4 Apr 1957 1813 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.
Members
List of members as published by the Election Commission of India and Parliament of India:
Members by political party in 1st Lok Sabha are given below: Party name Code Number of MPs Leader of Lok SabhaIndian National CongressINC364Jawaharlal NehruCommunist Party of IndiaCPI16 A K GopalanSocialist PartySP12Jayaprakash NarayanKisan Mazdoor Praja PartyKMPP9Sucheta KripalaniPeoples Democratic FrontPDF7Ravi Narayan ReddyGanatantra ParishadGP6Rajendra Narayan Singh DeoShiromani Akali DalSAD4Tamil Nadu Toilers PartyTNTP4N.D.Govindaswamy KachirayarAkhil Bharatiya Hindu MahasabhaABHM4Commonweal PartyCWP3A KrishnaswamiAkhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya ParishadRRP3Chandra SenBharatiya Jana SanghBJS3Syama Prasad MukherjeeRevolutionary Socialist PartyRSP3Tridib ChaudhuriJharkhand PartyJKP3Jaipal Singh MundaScheduled Caste FederationSCF2Pandurang Nathuji RajbhojLok Sevak SanghLSS2Bhajahari MahatoPeasants and Workers Party of IndiaPWPI2Shankar Shantaram MoreForward Bloc (Marxist)FB(M)1U. Muthuramalinga ThevarKrishikar Lok PartyKLP1Manak ChandChota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata PartyCNSPJP1Ram Narayan SinghMadras State Muslim League PartyMSMLP1B. PockerTravancore Tamil Nadu Congress PartyTTNC1A. NesamonyIndependents37Nominated Anglo-Indians2Total489
Lok Sabha Seats by States and Union Territories Assam No.ConstituencyWinnerRunner UpMargin1 Cachar Lushal Hills Suresh Chandra Deb 192847 Satyendra Kishore Ghose 84160108687 1 Nibaran Chandra Laskar 182692 Nitai Chand Patni 71704110988 2 Autonomous Districts Bonily Khongmen 59326 Wilson Reade 3298726339 3Goalpara Garo Hills Amjad Ali 182093 Rani Manjula Devi 15865123442 3 Sitanath Chowdhury 165144 Satish Chandra Basumatari 11662948515 4 BarpetaBeliram Das76293Bipin Pal Das 6395012343 5 Gauhati Rohini Kumar Chaudhury96122Lakshya Dhar Chaudhury 7255323569 Debendra Nath Sharma (Bypoll 1956) 45057Hem Barua 2911215945 6 Darrang Kamakhya Prasad Tripathi 81775Hem Barua 4729834477 7 Nowgong Deb Kanta Barooah 79673 Goswami Lakshmi Prasad 4682932844 8 Golaghat Jorhat Debeswar Sarmah 93002 Bhabesh Chandra Barua 4232750675 9Sibsagar North Lakhimpur Surendranath Buragohain 90279 Lalit Barbarua 3161658663 Bimala Prasad Chaliha (Bypoll 1952) 61127 K. N. Barbarua 3981621311 10 Dibrugarh Jogendra Nath Hazarika 93554 Parasuram Sonowal 2284470710
Bihar No. Constituency Name of elected M.P.Party affiliation 1 Pataliputra Sarangdhar SinghIndian National Congress 2 Patna Central Kailash Pati SinhaIndian National Congress 3 Patna East Tarkeshwari DeviIndian National Congress 4 Patna cum Shahabad Bali Ram BhagatIndian National Congress 5Gaya East Brajeshwar PrasadIndian National Congress 6 Ramdhari DasIndian National Congress 7Gaya North Brijeshwar MissirSocialist Party 8Gaya WestSatyendra Narayan SinhaIndian National Congress 9Shahabad SouthJagjivan Ram 10Ram Subhag Singh 11Shahabad North WestKamal SinghIndependent 12Saran NorthJhulan SinhaIndian National Congress 13Saran CentralMahendra Nath Singh 14Saran EastSatya Narayan Singh15Saran South Dwarkanath Tiwari16Saran cum ChamparanBibhuti Mishra17Bhola Raut18Champaran NorthBipin Bihari Verma19Champaran EastSyed Mahmud20Muzaffarpur North WestThakur Jugal Kishore Sinha21Muzaffarpur North EastDigvijay Narain Singh22Muzaffarpur CentralShyam Nandan Sahay23Muzaffarpur EastAwadheshwar Sinha24Muzaffarpur cum DarbhangaRameshwar Sahu25Rajeshwara Patel26Samastipur East Satya Narayan Sinha27Darbhanga CentralShree Narayan Das28Darbhanga East Anirudha Sinha29Darbhanga NorthShyam Nandan Mishra30Darbhanga cum Bhagalpur Lalit Narayan Mishra31Monghyr Sadar cum JamuiBanarasi Sinha32Nayan Tara Das33Monghyr North WestMathura Prasad Mishra34Monghyr North EastSuresh Chandra MishraSocialist Party35Bhagalpur cum PurneaAnup Lal MehtaIndian National Congress36Kirai MushaharSocialist Party37Bhagalpur CentralBanarasi JhunjhunwalaIndian National Congress38Bhagalpur SouthSushama Sen39Purnea North EastMuhammad Islamuddin40Purnea Central Phani Gopal Sen Gupta41Purnea cum Santal ParganasJughar Soren PaulJharkhand Party42Bhagat JhaIndian National Congress43Santal Parganas cum HazaribagLal Hembrom44Ram Raj Jajware45Hazaribag EastNageshwar Sinha46Hazaribag West Ram Narayan SinghChota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party47Ranchi North EastAbdul IbrahimIndian National Congress48Ranchi WestJaipal SinghJharkhand Party49Palamau cum Hazaribag cum RanchiGajendra Prasad Sinha Indian National Congress50Jithan Kherwar51Manbhum NorthPrabhat Chandra BoseMohan Hari52Manbhum South cum DhalbumBhajahari MahatoLok Sevak SanghChaitan Manjhi53ChailbassaKanu Ram DeogamJharkhand Party
Bombay
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Orissa