# 1962 Indian general election

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.
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

| | 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 |
| | Tamilnad Socialist Labour Party | 80,227 | 0.07 | 0 | New |
| | Revolutionary Communist Party of India (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 | Appointed members | | | 14 | +3 |
| Total | Total | 115,168,890 | 100.00 | 508 | +3 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 115,168,890 | 96.05 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 4,735,394 | 3.95 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 119,904,284 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 216,361,569 | 55.42 | | |
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ 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

| Party | Party | Seats | Seats | Seats | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Party | Party | Contested | Won | +/− | Votes | % | ±pp |
| | Indian National Congress | 43 | 34 | 3 | 57,11,263 | 47.96% | 3.51% |
| | Communist Party of India | 20 | 7 | 5 | 25,05,619 | 21.04% | 9.03% |
| | Swatantra Party | 28 | 1 | 1 | 17,75,495 | 14.91% | New |
| | Independents | 44 | 1 | 1 | 16,53,436 | 13.89% | 5.37% |
| Total | Total | 43 | | | 1,19,08,021 | | |

#### Assam

| Party | Party | Seats | Seats | Seats | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Party | Party | Contested | Won | +/− | Votes | % | ±pp |
| | Indian National Congress | 12 | 9 | 4 | 57,11,263 | 45.16% | 6.52% |
| | Praja Socialist Party | 8 | 2 | | 4,78,099 | 19.16% | 0.8% |
| | All Party Hill Leaders Conference | 1 | 1 | New | 91,850 | 3.68% | New |
| | Communist Party of India | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1,76,098 | 7.06% | 3.19% |
| | Independents | 13 | 0 | 1 | 5,16,793 | 20.71% | 2.6% |
| Total | Total | 12 | | | 24,95,311 | | |

#### Bihar

| Party | Party | Seats | Seats | Seats | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Party | Party | Contested | Won | +/− | Votes | % | ±pp |
| | Indian National Congress | 53 | 39 | 2 | 43,65,148 | 43.89% | 0.58% |
| | Praja Socialist Party | 32 | 2 | | 12,62,106 | 12.69% | 8.95% |
| | Swatantra Party | 43 | 7 | New | 18,11.170 | 18.21% | New |
| | Communist Party of India | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6,34,516 | 6.38% | 1.36% |
| | Independents | 34 | 0 | 1 | 4,93,330 | 4.96% | 10.88% |
| Total | Total | 53 | | | 99,46,244 | | |

#### Gujrat

| Party | Party | Seats | Seats | Seats | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Party | Party | 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 | Total | 22 | | | 52,82,558 | | |
* Gujrat was formed a new state in 1961 after separation from Bombay state.

#### Madras

| Party | Party | Seats | Seats | Seats | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Party | Party | Contested | Won | +/− | Votes | % | ±pp |
| | Indian National Congress | 41 | 31 | | 56,23,013 | 45.26 | 1.26% |
| | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 18 | 7 | 7 | 23,15,610 | 18.64 | New |
| | Communist Party of India | 14 | 2 | | 12,72,313 | 10.24 | 0.18% |
| | Swatantra Party | 16 | 0 | New | 13,00,526 | 10.47 | New |
| | Independents | 46 | 0 | 8 | 9,33,150 | 7.51 | 32.26% |
| Total | 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 by-election was won by the Indian National Congress candidate Chandrabhan Singh, with 86,229 votes, against M. L. Shukla of Jana Sangh with 54,156 votes. 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".