1952 భారతదేశపు తొలి ఎన్నికలు, చరిత్ర మాటాడుతోంది.

 Vote for “Jan Sangh” – was a slogan raised by supporters of this Party.

Young lady voters reading the poster of a Congress candidate.

A Polling Officers affixes indelible ink mark on the fore-finger of a voter before allowing her to cast the vote.

 Mir Mushtaq Ahmed, a Socialist candidate is seen here canvassing for himself in a Delhi Street. He contested for a seat in the State Assembly.

 A Communist Camp of Karol Bagh, Delhi.

 A large queue of Muslim voters at a polling station near Jama Masjid, Delhi.

 A Muslim lady at a Polling Booth near Jama Masjid.

 A refugee woman being given her ballot papers after identification, at a Polling Station in Lajpat Nagar.

 A view of the Polling Station at Town Hall, Delhi.

 A villager casting his vote according to his choice.

 A villager looking for the sign (election symbol) of a candidate of his choice, at a polling station.

 An Election Camp Office of Shri Durga Das, a candidate for the House of the People. Cycle was the symbol of this candidate.

 An election poster pasted on one of the pillars of Connaught Place, New Delhi a shopping centre of the elite of the town.

 An old Muslim woman being given a ballot paper at a Polling Station, near Jama Masjid, Delhi.

 An old Muslim woman on her way to polling station, near Jama Masjid.

 An old Muslim woman who came to vote at a polling booth near Jama Masjid, gets herself identified, before being issued with ballot papers.

 At Town Hall Polling Booth (Delhi) - A Polling Officer applies indelible ink mark in the forefinger of a woman voter.

 Mir Mushtaq Ahmed, a Socialist candidate of Delhi State canvassing votes for himself before a crowd near Jama Masjid, Delhi.

 Muslim Laides waiting outside a polling booth near Jama Masjid, to cast their votes.

 Muslim Pardahnishin women voters wait in a queue for their turn to cast their votes at a polling booth near Jama Masjid.

Through disabled, this old Muslim is anxious to cast his vote. He is being carried on his bed to the Polling Station, near Jama Masjid, Delhi.

Courtesy: Old indian photos. Photo division GOI