1962 Indian general election

none gov Parlamentswahl in Indien 1957 May 2026 July 2016 July 2026 India parliamentary 1957 Indian general election 1957 1967 Indian general election 1967 19–25 February 1962 494 of the 508 seats in the Lok Sabha14 members were appointed, including six representing Jammu and Kashmir, two representing Anglo-Indians, one representing the Amindive, Laccadive and Minicoy Islands, one representing the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, one representing Dadra and Nagar Haveli, one representing Goa, Daman and Diu, one representing the North-East Frontier Agency and one representing the Tuensang and Naga Hills districts in Nagaland. 248 216,361,569 55.42% ( 9.98 pp) 130x130px Jawaharlal Nehru 1957 crop.jpg 130 120 150 05 0 Jawaharlal Nehru Indian National Congress 47.78%, 371 seats 361 10 51,509,084 44.72% 3.06pp S.A. Dange.jpg 145 120 150 15 05 Shripad Amrit Dange Communist Party of India 8.92%, 27 seats 29 2 11,450,037 9.94% 1.02pp Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari.jpg 120 120 150 0 0 C. Rajagopalachari Swatantra Party New 18 New 9,085,252 7.89% New Deendayal Upadhyaya 2018 stamp of India (cropped).jpg Deendayal Upadhyaya Bharatiya Jana Sangh 5.97%, 4 seats 14 10 7,415,170 6.44% 0.47pp Jawaharlal Nehru with Jayaprakash Narayan (cropped).jpg Jayaprakash Narayan Praja Socialist Party 12 7,848,345 6.81% 3.60pp 10.41%, 19 seats 7 Wahlergebnisse in Indien 1962.svg Results by constituency Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Jawaharlal Nehru Indian National Congress Jawaharlal Nehru Indian National Congress List of members of the 2nd Lok Sabha List of members of the 3rd Lok Sabha General elections were held in India between 19 and 25 February 1962 to elect members of the third Lok Sabha. Unlike the previous two elections, each constituency elected a single member. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf Statistical Report On General Elections, 1962 To The Third Lok Sabha Election Commission of India PDF 30 April 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185518/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf 18 July 2014 Jawaharlal Nehru won another landslide victory in his third and final election campaign. The Indian National Congress received 44.7% of the vote and won 361 of the 494 elected seats. This was only slightly lower than in the previous two elections and they still held over 70% of the seats in the Lok Sabha. Results 350px Indian National Congress 51509084 361 –10 Communist Party of India 11450037 29 +2 Swatantra Party 9085252 18 New Praja Socialist Party 7848345 12 –7 Bharatiya Jana Sangh 7415170 14 +10 Republican Party of India 3255985 3 New Socialist Party 3099397 6 New Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2315610 7 New Shiromani Akali Dal 829129 3 New All India Forward Bloc 826588 2 0 Hindu Mahasabha 747861 1 0 Peasants and Workers Party of India 703582 0 –4 Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 688990 2 +2 Jharkhand Party 467338 3 –3 Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) 451717 2 +2 Indian Union Muslim League 417761 2 New All India Ganatantra Parishad 342970 4 –3 Lok Sewak Sangh 281755 2 New Nutan Maha Gujarat Janata Parishad 195812 1 New Haryana Lok Samiti 118667 1 New Tamil National Party 92389 0 New All Party Hill Leaders Conference 91850 1 New Tamilnad Socialist Labour Party 80227 0 New Revolutionary Communist Party of India (RCP) 60813 0 New Gorkha League 46127 0 New Eastern Indian Tribal Union 12574 0 New We Tamil 11372 0 New Independents 12722488 20 –22 Appointed membersSix representing Jammu and Kashmir, two representing Anglo-Indians, one representing the Amindive, Laccadive and Minicoy Islands, one representing the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, one representing Dadra and Nagar Haveli, one representing Goa, Daman and Diu, one representing the North-East Frontier Agency and one representing the Tuensang and Naga Hills districts in Nagaland. 14 +3 4735394 216361569 +3 State wise Andhra Pradesh PartySeatsPopular voteContestedWon+/−Votes%±pp Indian National Congress Indian National Congress 43 34 3 57,11,263 47.96% 3.51% Communist Party of India Communist Party of India 20 7 5 25,05,619 21.04% 9.03% Swatantra Party Swatantra Party 28 1 1 17,75,495 14.91%New IndependentsIndependents 44 1 1 16,53,436 13.89%5.37% Total43 1,19,08,021 Assam PartySeatsPopular voteContestedWon+/−Votes%±pp Indian National Congress Indian National Congress 12 9 4 57,11,263 45.16% 6.52% Praja Socialist Party Praja Socialist Party 8 2 4,78,099 19.16% 0.8% All Party Hill Leaders Conference All Party Hill Leaders Conference 1 1New 91,850 3.68%New Communist Party of India Communist Party of India4 0 5 1,76,098 7.06% 3.19% IndependentsIndependents 13 0 1 5,16,793 20.71% 2.6% Total12 24,95,311 Bihar PartySeatsPopular voteContestedWon+/−Votes%±pp Indian National Congress Indian National Congress 53 39 243,65,148 43.89% 0.58% Praja Socialist Party Praja Socialist Party 32 2 12,62,106 12.69% 8.95% Swatantra Party Swatantra Party 437New 18,11.170 18.21%New Communist Party of India Communist Party of India 161 5 6,34,516 6.38% 1.36% IndependentsIndependents 34 0 1 4,93,330 4.96% 10.88% Total53 99,46,244 Gujarat PartySeatsPopular voteContestedWon+/−Votes%±pp Indian National Congress Indian National Congress 22 16 -27,76,327 52.56% - Swatantra Party Swatantra Party 14 4 - 13,20,405 25.0% - Praja Socialist Party Praja Socialist Party 6 1 -3,74,8137.1% - Nutan Maha Gujarat Janata Parishad Nutan Maha Gujarat Janata Parishad 3 1 - 1,95,812 3.71% - IndependentsIndependents 14 0 - 4,69,020 8.88% - Total22 52,82,558 Gujarat was formed a new state in 1961 after separation from Bombay state. Madras PartySeatsPopular voteContestedWon+/−Votes%±pp Indian National Congress Indian National Congress413156,23,01345.261.26% Dravida Munnetra KazhagamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam187723,15,61018.64New Communist Party of IndiaCommunist Party of India14212,72,31310.240.18% Swatantra PartySwatantra Party160New13,00,52610.47NewIndependentIndependents46089,33,1507.5132.26% Total41 1,24,24,036 By-elections In 1963 a by-election was held for the Bilaspur Lok Sabha seat. The by-election was won by the Indian National Congress candidate Chandrabhan Singh, with votes, against M. L. Shukla of Jana Sangh with votes.Details of Bye Elections from 1952 to 1995 http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/Bye-ele-results52-95.xlsx ECI, New Delhi 13 September 2017 19 July 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170719012759/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/Bye-ele-results52-95.xlsx live This by-election was needed because the original election for this seat was declared void by the Madhya Pradesh High Court, which judged that the nomination papers of one of the candidates, Bashir Ahmed Qureshi, "was improperly and illegally rejected by the Returning Officer".https://indiankanoon.org/doc/48774/ Satya Prakash vs Bashir Ahmed Qureshi 22 April 1963 P. Dixit K. Pandey 15 October 2021 our conclusion is that the respondent's nomination was improperly and illegally rejected by the Returning Officer and the Election Tribunal rightly declared the appellant's election as void. 27 October 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211027175348/https://indiankanoon.org/doc/48774/ live See also List of members of the 3rd Lok Sabha 1962 Indian general election by state or union territory 1962 Indian presidential election Notes References General Category:General elections in India India India