Communist Party of India CPI has a long drawn history of electoral participation in the countr...........

Indian Polity NCERT

Communist Party of India (CPI) has a long drawn history of electoral participation in the country. Consider the following statements and choose correct statements.

1. CPI formed government in Kerala in 1952 and it was for the first time in the world that a Communist Party came to power through democratic process.

2. Communist government in Kerala was dismissed under Article 356 in the year 1959.

1 only

2 only

Both1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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Explanation:

1st state election in 1952 Travancore-Cochin (part of today’s Kerala), Congress did not get majority but formed governments. CPI formed government in Kerala in 1957 elections. Dismissal of Communist government in Kerala was first use of article 356 in India.