The first general election was postponed twice. Give two reasons for the same.

Ans.6. The first general election was a mammoth exercise-
(a) 17 crore eligible voters were to elect about 3,200 MLAs and
489 members of Lok Sabha.
(b) Only 15% of the voters were literate.
(c) In the first draft of the rolls, names of nearly 40 lakh women
were not recorded in the list. (Any two points)