Indian general election, 1962

Indian general election, 1962

19–25 February 1962
All 494 seats in the Lok Sabha 248 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Jawaharlal Nehru Shripat Amrit Dange Party INC CPI Leader's seat Phulpur Bombay City Central South Seats won 361 29 Seat change 10 2 Percentage 44.72% 9.94% Swing 3.06% 1.02%
Prime Minister before election Jawaharlal Nehru INC Elected Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru INC

The Indian general election of 1962 elected the 3rd Lok Sabha of India and was held from 19 to 25 February. Unlike the previous two elections but as with all subsequent elections, each constituency elected a single member.

Jawaharlal Nehru won another landslide victory in his third and final election campaign. The Indian National Congress took 44.7% of the vote and won 361 of the 494 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

Results by Party

Lok Sabha elections 1962 Electoral participation: 55.42%		%	Won (total 494)
Bharatiya Jana Sangh	BJS	6.44	14
Communist Party of India	CPI	9.94	29
Indian National Congress	INC	44.72	361
Praja Socialist Party	PSP	6.81	12
Socialist Party	SSP	2.69	6
Swatantra Party	SP	7.89	18
Akali Dal	AD	0.72	3
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha	ABHM	0.65	1
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad	RRP	0.6	2
All India Forward Bloc	AIFB	0.72	2
All Party Hill Leaders Conference	APHLC	0.08	1
Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party	CNSPJP	0.41	3
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	DMK	2.01	7
Ganatantra Parishad	GP	0.3	4
Indian Union Muslim League	IUML	0.36	2
Peasants and Workers Party of India	PWPI	0.1	0
Republican Party of India	RPI	2.83	3
Haryana Lok Samiti	HLS	0.1	1
Lok Sevak Sangh	LSS	0.24	2
Nutan Maha Gujarat Janata Parishad	NMGJP	0.17	1
Revolutionary Socialist Party	RSP	0.39	2
Independents	-	11.05	20
Nominated Anglo-Indians	-	-	2

See also

• Election Commission of India
• Indian presidential election, 1962