1962 Indian general election

1962 Indian general election

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494 of the 508 seats in the Lok Sabha 248 seats needed for a majority
Registered	216,361,569
Turnout	55.42% ( 9.98 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jawaharlal Nehru Shripad Amrit Dange C. 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 Deendayal Upadhyaya Jayaprakash Narayan Party ABJS PSP Last election 5.97%, 4 seats 10.41%, 19 seats Seats won 14 12 Seat change 10 7 Popular vote 7,415,170 7,848,345 Percentage 6.44% 6.81% Swing 0.47pp 3.6pp
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]

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.