Question

Who was the first person to vote in the first general election of independent India?

• A. Anil Kumar Dubey
• B. Shyam Saran Negi
• C. Ravi Prakash Jaiswal
• D. Upendra Narayan Pandey

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Shyam Saran Negi

• Shyam Saran Negi was an Indian school teacher in Kalpa, Himachal Pradesh, who cast the first vote in the 1951 general election in India.

• He voted in every general election from 1951 until his death, and is believed to be India's oldest voter as well as the first.