Indian general election, 1962

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Indian general election, 1962
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  1957 19–25 February 1962 1967  

All 494 seats in the Lok Sabha
248 seats were needed for a majority

  First party Second party
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Leader Jawaharlal Nehru Shripat Amrit Dange
Party INC CPI
Leader's seat Phulpur Bombay City Central South
Seats won 361 29
Seat changeDecrease2.svg10Increase2.svg2
Percentage 44.72% 9.94%
SwingDecrease2.svg3.06%Increase2.svg1.02%

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Prime Minister before election

Jawaharlal Nehru
INC

Subsequent 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. [1]

List of Members of the 3rd Lok Sabha, elected February–March 1962. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India. The election was held for 494 seats out of which Indian national congress won 361 seats. 14 sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 2nd Lok Sabha after the Indian general election, 1962.

India Country in South Asia

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Contents

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.

Jawaharlal Nehru first Prime Minister of India

Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru was a freedom fighter, the first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in Indian politics before and after independence. He emerged as an eminent leader of the Indian independence movement under the tutelage of Mahatma Gandhi and served India as Prime Minister from its establishment as an independent nation in 1947 until his death in 1964. He has been described by the Amar Chitra Katha as the architect of India. He was also known as Pandit Nehru due to his roots with the Kashmiri Pandit community while Indian children knew him as Chacha Nehru.

Indian National Congress Major political party in India

The Indian National Congress(pronunciation ) is a broadly based political party in India. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement. Congress led India to independence from Great Britain, and powerfully influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire.

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

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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.