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.

1962 Indian general election
19–25 February 1962
494 of the 508 seats in the Lok Sabha
248 seats needed for a majority
Registered216,361,569
Turnout55.42% ( 9.98 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jawaharlal Nehru Shripad Amrit Dange Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
Party INC CPI SWA
Last election 47.78%, 371 seats 8.92%, 27 seats New
Seats won 361 29 18
Seat change 10 2 New
Popular vote 51,509,084 11,450,037 9,085,252
Percentage 44.72% 9.94% 7.89%
Swing 3.06pp 1.02pp New
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Jayaprakash Narayan Deendayal Upadhyaya
Party PSP ABJS
Last election 10.41%, 19 seats 5.97%, 4 seats
Seats won 12 14
Seat change 7 10
Popular vote 7,848,345 7,415,170
Percentage 6.81% 6.44%
Swing 3.6pp 0.47pp
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election

Jawaharlal Nehru
INC

 Prime Minister after election

Jawaharlal Nehru
INC

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.

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