Q. With reference to Parliamentary Elections after Independence, consider the following statements:
1. The highest number of seats ever in any election to Lok Sabha was won by the Janta party in 1984.
2. Seventeenth Lok Sabha of 2019 has the highest percentage of women Member of Parliaments since Independence.
3. The 10th Lok Sabha election of 1991 recorded the highest voter participations since independence.
4. The first ever coalition government in Centre was formed by Communist Party of India (M) in 1977.
How many of the above given statements are correct?
Exp) Option a is the correct answer.
Statement 1 is incorrect: Congress party under the leadership of Rajiv Gandhi won the highest seat ever (Congress 415) in the general election of Eighth Lok Sabha (1984).
Statement 2 is correct: In the general election of seventeenth Lok Sabha (2019) election, out of the 716 women candidates who contested elections, 78 have been elected, which is 14% of the house. This is highest ever since independence.
Statement 3 is incorrect: The general election of 17th Lok Sabha (2019) elections registered a record voter turnout of 67.11%, highest since the independence. Statement 4 is incorrect: Janta party (not the Communist Party of India (M)) formed the first ever coalition government in Centre under the leadership of Morarji Desai (1977-1977). But the first coalition government to complete its full-term was the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led National Democratic Alliance from 1999.
