Jawaharlal Nehru became the first officially democratically elected Prime Minister of India as a result of the Indian general election in 195152.
 Congress won the majority of seats in the assembly and headed the interim government, with Nehru as the prime minister
=== Subsequent elections: 1957, 1962 ===In the 1957 elections, Under the leadership of Nehru, the Indian National Congress easily won a second term in power, taking 371 of the 494 seats

