How India held its 1st Lok Sabha election?
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On October 25, 1951, hundreds of people carrying ballot papers queued up in the small town of Chini, Himchal Pradesh, to cast their first-ever votes in independent India. The first in line was Shyam Saran Negi, a school teacher. This first Lok Sabha election, held from 1951-1952, marked the start of the democratic process that gave the people of the country power to elect their representatives.