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.[1]
1962 Indian general election Registered 216,361,569 Turnout 55.42% (pp ) First party Second party Third party Leader Jawaharlal Nehru Shripad Amrit Dange C. Rajagopalachari Party INC CPI SWA Last election 47.78%, 371 seats 8.92%, 27 seats New Seats won 361 29 18 Seat change New Popular vote 51,509,084 11,450,037 9,085,252 Percentage 44.72% 9.94% 7.89% Swing pp pp New Fourth party Fifth party Leader Deendayal Upadhyaya Jayaprakash Narayan Party ABJS PSP Last election 5.97%, 4 seats 10.41%, 19 seats Seats won 14 12 Seat change Popular vote 7,415,170 7,848,345 Percentage 6.44% 6.81% Swing pp pp
Results by constituency
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 Party Votes % Seats +/– Indian National Congress 51,509,084 44.72 361 –10 Communist Party of India 11,450,037 9.94 29 +2 Swatantra Party 9,085,252 7.89 18 New Praja Socialist Party 7,848,345 6.81 12 –7 Bharatiya Jana Sangh 7,415,170 6.44 14 +10 Republican Party of India 3,255,985 2.83 3 New Socialist Party 3,099,397 2.69 6 New Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2,315,610 2.01 7 New Shiromani Akali Dal 829,129 0.72 3 New All India Forward Bloc 826,588 0.72 2 0 Hindu Mahasabha 747,861 0.65 1 0 Peasants and Workers Party of India 703,582 0.61 0 –4 Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 688,990 0.60 2 +2 Jharkhand Party 467,338 0.41 3 –3 Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)451,717 0.39 2 +2 Indian Union Muslim League 417,761 0.36 2 New All India Ganatantra Parishad 342,970 0.30 4 –3 Lok Sewak Sangh 281,755 0.24 2 New Nutan Maha Gujarat Janata Parishad 195,812 0.17 1 New Haryana Lok Samiti 118,667 0.10 1 New Tamil National Party 92,389 0.08 0 New All Party Hill Leaders Conference 91,850 0.08 1 New Socialist Labour Party 80,227 0.07 0 New Revolutionary Socialist Party (RCP)60,813 0.05 0 New Gorkha League 46,127 0.04 0 New Eastern Indian Tribal Union 12,574 0.01 0 New We Tamil 11,372 0.01 0 New Independents 12,722,488 11.05 20 –22 Appointed members[a] 14 +3 Total 115,168,890 100.00 508 +3 Valid votes 115,168,890 96.05 Invalid/blank votes 4,735,394 3.95 Total votes 119,904,284 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 216,361,569 55.42
State wise
Andhra Pradesh Party Seats Popular vote Contested Won +/− Votes % ±pp Indian National Congress 43 34 57,11,263 47.96% Communist Party of India 20 7 25,05,619 21.04% Swatantra Party 28 1 17,75,495 14.91% New Independents 44 1 16,53,436 13.89% 5.37% Total 43 1,19,08,021
Assam Party Seats Popular vote Contested Won +/− Votes % ±pp Indian National Congress 12 9 57,11,263 45.16% Praja Socialist Party 8 2 4,78,099 19.16% All Party Hill Leaders Conference 1 1 New 91,850 3.68% New Communist Party of India 4 0 1,76,098 7.06% Independents 13 0 5,16,793 20.71% Total 12 24,95,311
Bihar Party Seats Popular vote Contested Won +/− Votes % ±pp Indian National Congress 53 39 43,65,148 43.89% Praja Socialist Party 32 2 12,62,106 12.69% Swatantra Party 43 7 New 18,11.170 18.21% New Communist Party of India 16 1 6,34,516 6.38% Independents 34 0 4,93,330 4.96% Total 53 99,46,244
Gujrat Party Seats Popular vote Contested Won +/− 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 - 3,74,813 7.1% - Nutan Maha Gujarat Janata Parishad 3 1 - 1,95,812 3.71% - Independents 14 0 - 4,69,020 8.88% - Total 22 52,82,558
Gujrat was formed a new state in 1961 after separation from Bombay state.
Madras Party Seats Popular vote Contested Won +/− Votes % ±pp Indian National Congress 41 31 56,23,013 45.26 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 18 7 23,15,610 18.64 New Communist Party of India 14 2 12,72,313 10.24 Swatantra Party 16 0 New 13,00,526 10.47 New Independents 46 0 9,33,150 7.51 Total 41 1,24,24,036
By-elections In 1963 a by-election was held for the Bilaspur Lok Sabha seat , which was at the time in Madhya Pradesh . The election was won by the Indian National Congress candidate C. Singh, with 86,229 votes, against M. L. Shukla of Jana Sangh with 54,156 votes.[2] 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".[3]
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