1962 Indian general election

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1962 Indian general election
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  1957 19–25 February 1962 1967  

494 of the 508 seats in the Lok Sabha [lower-alpha 1]
248 seats needed for a majority
Registered216,361,569
Turnout55.42% (Increase2.svg 9.98 pp)
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
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Leader Jawaharlal Nehru Shripad Amrit Dange C. Rajagopalachari
Party INC CPI SWA
Last election47.78%, 371 seats8.92%, 27 seatsNew
Seats won3612918
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 10Increase2.svg 2New
Popular vote51,509,08411,450,0379,085,252
Percentage44.72%9.94%7.89%
SwingDecrease2.svg 3.06pp Increase2.svg 1.02pp New

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
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Leader Deendayal Upadhyaya Jayaprakash Narayan
Party ABJS PSP
Last election5.97%, 4 seats10.41%, 19 seats
Seats won1412
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 10Decrease2.svg 7
Popular vote7,415,1707,848,345
Percentage6.44%6.81%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.47pp Decrease2.svg 3.60pp

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Results by constituency

Prime Minister before election

Jawaharlal Nehru
INC

Prime Minister after election

Jawaharlal Nehru
INC

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]

Contents

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

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress 51,509,08444.72361–10
Communist Party of India 11,450,0379.9429+2
Swatantra Party 9,085,2527.8918New
Praja Socialist Party 7,848,3456.8112–7
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 7,415,1706.4414+10
Republican Party of India 3,255,9852.833New
Socialist Party 3,099,3972.696New
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2,315,6102.017New
Shiromani Akali Dal 829,1290.723New
All India Forward Bloc 826,5880.7220
Hindu Mahasabha 747,8610.6510
Peasants and Workers Party of India 703,5820.610–4
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 688,9900.602+2
Jharkhand Party 467,3380.413–3
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)451,7170.392+2
Indian Union Muslim League 417,7610.362New
All India Ganatantra Parishad 342,9700.304–3
Lok Sewak Sangh 281,7550.242New
Nutan Maha Gujarat Janata Parishad 195,8120.171New
Haryana Lok Samiti 118,6670.101New
Tamil National Party 92,3890.080New
All Party Hill Leaders Conference 91,8500.081New
Socialist Labour Party80,2270.070New
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RCP)60,8130.050New
Gorkha League46,1270.040New
Eastern Indian Tribal Union 12,5740.010New
We Tamil11,3720.010New
Independents12,722,48811.0520–22
Appointed members [lower-alpha 2] 14+3
Total115,168,890100.00508+3
Valid votes115,168,89096.05
Invalid/blank votes4,735,3943.95
Total votes119,904,284100.00
Registered voters/turnout216,361,56955.42
  1. 14 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.
  2. 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.

State wise

Andhra Pradesh

PartySeatsPopular vote
ContestedWon+/−Votes%±pp
Indian National Congress 4334Decrease2.svg 457,11,26347.96%Decrease2.svg 3.51%
Communist Party of India 207Increase2.svg 525,05,61921.04%Increase2.svg 9.03%
Swatantra Party 281Increase2.svg 117,75,49514.91%New
Independents 441Decrease2.svg 116,53,43613.89%5.37% Decrease2.svg
Total431,19,08,021

Assam

PartySeatsPopular vote
ContestedWon+/−Votes%±pp
Indian National Congress 129Decrease2.svg 457,11,26345.16%Decrease2.svg 6.52%
Praja Socialist Party 82Steady2.svg4,78,09919.16%Decrease2.svg 0.8%
All Party Hill Leaders Conference 11New91,8503.68%New
Communist Party of India 40Increase2.svg 51,76,0987.06%Decrease2.svg 3.19%
Independents 130Decrease2.svg 15,16,79320.71%Increase2.svg 2.6%
Total1224,95,311

Bihar

PartySeatsPopular vote
ContestedWon+/−Votes%±pp
Indian National Congress 5339Decrease2.svg 243,65,14843.89%Decrease2.svg 0.58%
Praja Socialist Party 322Steady2.svg12,62,10612.69%Decrease2.svg 8.95%
Swatantra Party 437New18,11.17018.21%New
Communist Party of India 161Increase2.svg 56,34,5166.38%Increase2.svg 1.36%
Independents 340Decrease2.svg 14,93,3304.96%Decrease2.svg 10.88%
Total5399,46,244

Gujrat

PartySeatsPopular vote
ContestedWon+/−Votes%±pp
Indian National Congress 2216-27,76,32752.56%-
Swatantra Party 144-13,20,40525.0%-
Praja Socialist Party 61-3,74,8137.1%-
Nutan Maha Gujarat Janata Parishad 31-1,95,8123.71%-
Independents 140-4,69,0208.88%-
Total2252,82,558
  • Gujrat was formed a new state in 1961 after separation from Bombay state.

Madras

PartySeatsPopular vote
ContestedWon+/−Votes%±pp
Indian National Congress 4131Steady2.svg56,23,01345.26Decrease2.svg1.26%
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 187Increase2.svg723,15,61018.64New
Communist Party of India 142Steady2.svg12,72,31310.24Increase2.svg0.18%
Swatantra Party 160New13,00,52610.47New
Independents 460Decrease2.svg89,33,1507.51Decrease2.svg32.26%
Total411,24,24,036

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] 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". [3]

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References

  1. "Statistical Report On General Elections, 1962 To The Third Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  2. "Details of Bye Elections from 1952 to 1995". ECI, New Delhi. Archived from the original on 19 July 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. P. Dixit; K. Pandey (22 April 1963). "Satya Prakash vs Bashir Ahmed Qureshi". Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 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.