Question

How many staff did the election commission of India train to conduct the first election in India?
A)4 lakh officers and polling staff
B)3 lakh officers and polling staff
C)10 lakh officers and polling staff
D)None of the Above

Answer 1

Hint: India’s first election was a landmark in Indian History it was the first time that the nation came together in-order to elect its own representative, the entire nation had the right to vote and elect a person of their choice. We witnessed a land-slide victory in the favor of Indian national Congress.

Complete answer:
India’s first election was the most difficult election as we had to establish a certain system that guaranteed a safe and justified system of casting votes and also had to ensure that the election commission could not be tampered by anyone in power.

The development of the Election Commission of India was strengthened from here-on. The development of ECI is the main idea that upholds the integrity of elections and ensures that they are fair and there is no bias.

Many rules and laws regarding transferring officials, tenure of officials and police force during elections have come out subsequently so that the one in power does not have an advantage.

There were several steps taken to set up the Election Commission of India.
But the setting up of the Election Commission of India required a lot of trained staff and government officials to work in coordination and hence the ECI had to decide training camps and trains staff and officials for the first general elections in India.

There were different grades of people who were supposed to be trained and there were 3 lakh officers and polling staff from different grades that undertook training and were reinstated at different positions during the first general elections.
The Indian National Congress won the first general elections and Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru was appointed the Prime Minister of India.

Hence, the correct answer is option (B)

Note: There were different general elections conducted in different periods one after independence and one before independence so do not be confused with their statistics it is for the elections after independence that EIC had trained different staff and members to take positions during the elections.