There are 543 elected MPs and 2 nominated Anglo-Indians in the Lok Sabha. So for a political party to form the government, the party should have at least half the number i.e. 272 members or more.

“We urge the Centre to render justice to our community by setting right these deficiencies and restore the provision of nominating Anglo-Indian members to Parliament and State Assemblies,” M ...

Then there were the two nominated Anglo-Indian members—Frank Anthony and ... In any case, the result of the first Lok Sabha election was a landslide victory for the Indian National Congress ...

Overseas Indians showed great enthusiasm in registering as electors, with nearly 1.2 lakh enrolling in the voter list, but a minuscule turned up to exercise their franchise in the Lok Sabha ...