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.
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
State wise Andhra Pradesh PartySeatsPopular voteContestedWon+/−Votes%±pp Indian National Congress 43 34 3 57,11,263 47.96% 3.51% Communist Party of India 20 7 5 25,05,619 21.04% 9.03% Swatantra Party 28 1 1 17,75,495 14.91%New Independents 44 1 1 16,53,436 13.89%5.37% Total43 1,19,08,021
Assam PartySeatsPopular voteContestedWon+/−Votes%±pp Indian National Congress 12 9 4 57,11,263 45.16% 6.52% Praja Socialist Party 8 2 4,78,099 19.16% 0.8% All Party Hill Leaders Conference 1 1New 91,850 3.68%New Communist Party of India4 0 5 1,76,098 7.06% 3.19% Independents 13 0 1 5,16,793 20.71% 2.6% Total12 24,95,311
Bihar PartySeatsPopular voteContestedWon+/−Votes%±pp Indian National Congress 53 39 243,65,148 43.89% 0.58% Praja Socialist Party 32 2 12,62,106 12.69% 8.95% Swatantra Party 437New 18,11.170 18.21%New Communist Party of India 161 5 6,34,516 6.38% 1.36% Independents 34 0 1 4,93,330 4.96% 10.88% Total53 99,46,244
Gujarat PartySeatsPopular voteContestedWon+/−Votes%±pp Indian National Congress 22 16 -27,76,327 52.56% - Swatantra Party 14 4 - 13,20,405 25.0% - Praja Socialist Party 6 1 -3,74,8137.1% - Nutan Maha Gujarat Janata Parishad 3 1 - 1,95,812 3.71% - Independents 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 Congress413156,23,01345.261.26% Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam187723,15,61018.64New Communist Party of India14212,72,31310.240.18% Swatantra Party160New13,00,52610.47NewIndependents46089,33,1507.5132.26% 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. 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".
See also List of members of the 3rd Lok Sabha
1962 Indian presidential election
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