<p>India spent 9.6 annas (1 anna equalled 1/16th of a rupee) per voter for the first general elections in 1951.</p>.<p>Overall, expenditure of elections incurred from 1948 till the completion of the polls in 1952 was around Rs 10.4 crore.</p>.<p>Of this, approximately Rs 5 crore represented the Centre’s share. Expenditure of the erstwhile Mysore state was Rs 24,11,079 and Coorg Rs 47,628.</p>
<p>India spent 9.6 annas (1 anna equalled 1/16th of a rupee) per voter for the first general elections in 1951.</p>.<p>Overall, expenditure of elections incurred from 1948 till the completion of the polls in 1952 was around Rs 10.4 crore.</p>.<p>Of this, approximately Rs 5 crore represented the Centre’s share. Expenditure of the erstwhile Mysore state was Rs 24,11,079 and Coorg Rs 47,628.</p>
