The result came as a rude awakening but also firmly established the Jana Sangh as the main Hindu party. The Hindu Mahasabha became a force which only mobilised Hindus on communal issues.
Though the party was far behind the Congress in the number of seats it won, its achievement was no small feat and set the tone for its future activities.
An electoral roll on the basis of universal franchise, prepared and maintained as accurately and as up-to-date as possible, was the plinth upon which the institutions of electoral democracy would rest.