The Indian general election of 1962 elected the 3rd Lok Sabha of India and first election after formation of "Gujarat", was held from 19 to 25 February. Unlike the previous two elections but as with all subsequent elections, each constituency elected a single member. [1] [2] 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. In Gujarat, INC won 16 seat out of total 22 seats. [3] [4]
Party | Seats won | |
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Indian National Congress | 16 | |
Swatantra Party | 4 | |
PSP | 1 | |
NJP | 1 | |
Total | 22 | |
No | Constituency | Winner | Party |
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1 | Kachchh | M. K. S. HIMATSINHJI VIJARAJJI | SWA |
2 | Surendranagar | GHANSHYAMBHAI CHHOTALAL OZA | INC |
3 | Rajkot | UCHHARANGRAI NAVALSHANKER DHEBAR | INC |
4 | Jamnagar | MANUBHAI MANSUKHLAL SHAH | INC |
5 | Junagadh | CHITTARANJAN RUGNATH RAJA | INC |
6 | Amreli | JAYABEN VAJUBHAI SHAH | INC |
7 | Bhavnagar | JASHVANTRAI NANUBHAI MEHTA | PSP |
8 | Banaskantha | JOHARABEN AKABARBHAI CHAVADA | INC |
9 | Sabarkantha | GULZARILAL BULAKHIDAS NANDA | INC |
10 | Mahesana | MANSINH PRITHVIRAJ PATEL | INC |
11 | Patan | PURUSHOTTAMDAS RANCHHODDAS PATEL | INC |
12 | Ahmedabadf | INDULAL KANAIYALAL YAGNIK | NJP |
13 | Sabarmati (SC) | MULDAS BHUDARDAS VAISHYA | INC |
14 | Anand | KUMAR NARENDRASINH RANJITSINH MAHIDA | SWA |
15 | KAIRA | PRAVINSINH NATVERSINH SOLANKI | SWA |
16 | Panchmahal | DAHYABHAI JIVANJI NAIK | INC |
17 | Dohad (SC) | HIRABHAI KUNVERBHAI BARIA | SWA |
18 | Baroda | SHRIMANT MAHARAJA FATEHSINHRAO PRATAPSINHRAO GAEKWAD | INC |
19 | Broach | CHHOTUBHAI MAKANBHAI PATEL | INC |
20 | Mandavi (SC) | CHHAGANBHAI MADARIBHAI KEDARIA | INC |
21 | Surat | MORARJI RANCHHODJI DESAI | INC |
22 | Bulsar (ST) | NANUBHAI NICHHABHAI PATEL | INC |
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