History Headline: How EC prepared electoral rolls for free India’s first polls
Published on: July 13, 2025, 6:50 a.m. | Source: The Indian Express
In July 1947 itself, the Constituent Assembly had decided to grant voting rights to every citizen aged 21 or older, a bold commitment to universal adult suffrage for a young nation. By March 1948, the Assembly Secretariat issued detailed directions to states for preparing draft electoral rolls.
