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{{Infobox election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = 1957 Indian general election
| previous_year = 1957
| next_election = 1967 Indian general election
| next_year = 1967
| election_date = 19–25 February 1962
| seats_for_election = 494 of the 508 seats in the [[Lok Sabha]]{{efn|14 members were appointed, including six representing [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], two representing [[Anglo-Indians]], one representing the [[Lakshadweep|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 district|Tuensang]] and [[Naga Hills District, British India|Naga Hills]] districts in Nagaland.}}
| majority_seats = 248
| registered = 216,361,569
| turnout = 55.42% ({{increase}} 9.98 [[Percentage point|pp]])
| image_size = 130x130px
| image1 = Jawaharlal Nehru 1957 crop.jpg
| leader1 = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| last_election1 = 47.78%, 371 seats
| seats1 = '''361'''
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 10
| popular_vote1 = '''51,509,084'''
| percentage1 = '''44.72%'''
| swing1 = {{decrease}} 3.06[[Percentage point|pp]]
| image2 = S.A. Dange.jpg
| leader2 = [[Shripad Amrit Dange]]
| party2 = Communist Party of India
| last_election2 = 8.92%, 27 seats
| seats2 = 29
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 2
| popular_vote2 = 11,450,037
| percentage2 = 9.94%
| swing2 = {{increase}} 1.02[[Percentage point|pp]]
| image3 = Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari.jpg
| leader3 = [[C. Rajagopalachari]]
| party3 = Swatantra Party
| last_election3 = ''New''
| seats3 = 18
| seat_change3 = ''New''
| popular_vote3 = 9,085,252
| percentage3 = 7.89%
| swing3 = ''New''
| image4 = Deendayal Upadhyaya 2018 stamp of India (cropped).jpg
| leader4 = [[Deendayal Upadhyaya]]
| party4 = Bharatiya Jana Sangh
| last_election4 = 5.97%, 4 seats
| seats4 = 14
| seat_change4 = {{increase}} 10
| popular_vote4 = 7,415,170
| percentage4 = 6.44%
| swing4 = {{increase}} 0.47[[Percentage point|pp]]
| image5 = Jawaharlal Nehru with Jayaprakash Narayan (cropped).jpg
| leader5 = [[Jayaprakash Narayan]]
| party5 = Praja Socialist Party
| seats5 = 12
| popular_vote5 = 7,848,345
| percentage5 = 6.81%
| swing5 = {{decrease}} 3.60[[Percentage point|pp]]
| last_election5 = 10.41%, 19 seats
| seat_change5 = {{decrease}} 7
| map_image = Wahlergebnisse in Indien 1962.svg
| map_caption = Results by constituency
| title = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| before_election = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| outgoing_members = List of members of the 2nd Lok Sabha
| elected_members = List of members of the 3rd Lok Sabha
}}

General elections were held in India between 19 and 25 February 1962 to elect members of the [[3rd Lok Sabha|third]] [[Lok Sabha]]. Unlike the previous two elections, each constituency elected a single member.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf | title=Statistical Report On General Elections, 1962 To The Third Lok Sabha | publisher=Election Commission of India |format=PDF| access-date=30 April 2014 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185518/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf|archive-date= 18 July 2014}}</ref>

[[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==
{{Election results
|image=[[File:Lok Sabha Zusammensetzung 1962.svg|350px]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=51509084|seats1=361|sc1=–10
|party2=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes2=11450037|seats2=29|sc2=+2
|party3=[[Swatantra Party]]|votes3=9085252|seats3=18|sc3=New
|party4=[[Praja Socialist Party]]|votes4=7848345|seats4=12|sc4=–7
|party5=[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]|votes5=7415170|seats5=14|sc5=+10
|party6=[[Republican Party of India]]|votes6=3255985|seats6=3|sc6=New
|party7=[[Socialist Party of India (1955)|Socialist Party]]|votes7=3099397|seats7=6|sc7=New
|party8=[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes8=2315610|seats8=7|sc8=New
|party9=[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]|votes9=829129|seats9=3|sc9=New
|party10=[[All India Forward Bloc]]|votes10=826588|seats10=2|sc10=0
|party11=[[Hindu Mahasabha]]|votes11=747861|seats11=1|sc11=0
|party12=[[Peasants and Workers Party of India]]|votes12=703582|seats12=0|sc12=–4
|party13=[[Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad]]|votes13=688990|seats13=2|sc13=+2
|party14=[[Jharkhand Party]]|votes14=467338|seats14=3|sc14=–3
|party15=[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]] (RSP)|votes15=451717|seats15=2|sc15=+2
|party16=[[Indian Union Muslim League]]|votes16=417761|seats16=2|sc16=New
|party17=[[All India Ganatantra Parishad]]|votes17=342970|seats17=4|sc17=–3
|party18=[[Lok Sewak Sangh]]|votes18=281755|seats18=2|sc18=New
|party19=[[Nutan Maha Gujarat Janata Parishad]]|votes19=195812|seats19=1|sc19=New
|party20=[[Haryana Lok Samiti]]|votes20=118667|seats20=1|sc20=New
|party21=[[Tamil National Party]]|votes21=92389|seats21=0|sc21=New
|party22=[[All Party Hill Leaders Conference]]|votes22=91850|seats22=1|sc22=New
|party23=[[Tamilnad Socialist Labour Party]]|votes23=80227|seats23=0|sc23=New
|party24=[[Revolutionary Communist Party of India]] (RCP)|votes24=60813|seats24=0|sc24=New
|party25=Gorkha League|votes25=46127|seats25=0|sc25=New
|party26=[[Eastern Indian Tribal Union]]|votes26=12574|seats26=0|sc26=New
|party27=We Tamil|votes27=11372|seats27=0|sc27=New
|party28=Independents|votes28=12722488|seats28=20|sc28=–22
|row29=Appointed members{{efn|Six representing [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], two representing [[Anglo-Indians]], one representing the [[Lakshadweep|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 district|Tuensang]] and [[Naga Hills District, British India|Naga Hills]] districts in Nagaland.}}|seats29=14|sc29=+3
|invalid=4735394
|electorate=216361569
|total_sc=+3
}}
{{notelist}}

===State wise===
====Andhra Pradesh====
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2 rowspan="2" |Party
! colspan="3" |Seats
! colspan="3" |Popular vote
|-
!Contested
!Won
!+/−
!Votes
!%
!±[[Percentage point|pp]]
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|align="center"| 43
|align="center"| '''34'''
|{{decrease}} 3
| 57,11,263
| '''47.96%'''
|{{decrease}} 3.51%
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| [[Communist Party of India]]
|align="center"| 20
|align="center"| '''7'''
|{{increase}} 5
| 25,05,619
| '''21.04%'''
|{{increase}} 9.03%
|-
| {{party color cell|Swatantra Party}}
| [[Swatantra Party]]
|align="center"| 28
|align="center"| '''1'''
|{{increase}} 1
| 17,75,495
| '''14.91%'''
|align="center"|New
|-
| {{party color cell|Independents}}
|[[Independent politician|Independents]]
|align="center"| 44
|align="center"| '''1'''
|{{decrease}} 1
| 16,53,436
| '''13.89%'''
|5.37% {{decrease}}
|-
| colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Total
|align="center"|43
| colspan=2 bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |
| 1,19,08,021
| colspan=2 bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |
|-
|}

====Assam====
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2 rowspan="2" |Party
! colspan="3" |Seats
! colspan="3" |Popular vote
|-
!Contested
!Won
!'''+/−'''
!Votes
!%
!±[[Percentage point|pp]]
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|align="center"| 12
|align="center"| '''9'''
|{{decrease}} 4
| 57,11,263
| '''45.16%'''
|{{decrease}} 6.52%
|-
| {{party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}
| [[Praja Socialist Party]]
|align="center"| 8
|align="center"| '''2'''
|{{no change}}
| 4,78,099
| '''19.16%'''
|{{decrease}} 0.8%
|-
| {{party color cell|All Party Hill Leaders Conference}}
| [[All Party Hill Leaders Conference]]
|align="center"| 1
|align="center"| '''1'''
|New
| 91,850
| '''3.68%'''
|New
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| [[Communist Party of India]]
| align="center"|4
|align="center"| '''0'''
|{{increase}} 5
| 1,76,098
| '''7.06%'''
|{{decrease}} 3.19%
|-
| {{party color cell|Independents}}
|[[Independent politician|Independents]]
|align="center"| 13
|align="center"| '''0'''
|{{decrease}} 1
| 5,16,793
| '''20.71%'''
|{{increase}} 2.6%
|-
| colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Total
|align="center"|12
| colspan=2 bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |
| 24,95,311
| colspan=2 bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |
|-
|}

====Bihar====
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2 rowspan="2" |Party
! colspan="3" |Seats
! colspan="3" |Popular vote
|-
!Contested
!Won
!'''+/−'''
!Votes
!%
!±[[Percentage point|pp]]
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|align="center"| 53
|align="center"| '''39'''
|{{decrease}} 2
|43,65,148
| '''43.89%'''
|{{decrease}} 0.58%
|-
| {{party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}
| [[Praja Socialist Party]]
|align="center"| 32
|align="center"| '''2'''
|{{no change}}
|12,62,106
| '''12.69%'''
|{{decrease}} 8.95%
|-
| {{party color cell|Swatantra Party}}
| [[Swatantra Party]]
|align="center"| 43
| align="center"|'''7'''
|New
| 18,11.170
| '''18.21%'''
|align="center"|New
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| [[Communist Party of India]]
|align="center"| 16
| align="center"|'''1'''
|{{increase}} 5
| 6,34,516
| '''6.38%'''
|{{increase}} 1.36%
|-
| {{party color cell|Independents}}
|[[Independent politician|Independents]]
|align="center"| 34
|align="center"| '''0'''
|{{decrease}} 1
| 4,93,330
| '''4.96%'''
|{{decrease}} 10.88%
|-
| colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Total
|align="center"|53
| colspan=2 bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |
| 99,46,244
| colspan=2 bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |
|-
|}

====Gujarat====
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2 rowspan="2" |Party
! colspan="3" |Seats
! colspan="3" |Popular vote
|-
!Contested
!Won
!'''+/−'''
!Votes
!%
!±[[Percentage point|pp]]
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|align="center"| 22
|align="center"| '''16'''
| -
|27,76,327
| '''52.56%'''
| -
|-
| {{party color cell|Swatantra Party}}
| [[Swatantra Party]]
|align="center"| 14
|align="center"| '''4'''
| -
| 13,20,405
| '''25.0%'''
| -
|-
| {{party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}
| [[Praja Socialist Party]]
|align="center"| 6
|align="center"| '''1'''
| -
|3,74,813
| align="center"|'''7.1%'''
| -
|-
| {{party color cell|Nutan Maha Gujarat Janata Parishad}}
| [[Nutan Maha Gujarat Janata Parishad]]
|align="center"| 3
|align="center"| '''1'''
| -
| 1,95,812
| '''3.71%'''
| -
|-
| {{party color cell|Independents}}
|[[Independent politician|Independents]]
|align="center"| 14
|align="center"| '''0'''
| -
| 4,69,020
| '''8.88%'''
| -
|-
| colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Total
|align="center"|22
| colspan=2 bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |
| 52,82,558
| colspan=2 bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |
|-
|}
* Gujarat was formed a new state in 1961 after separation from Bombay state.

====Madras====

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2 rowspan="2" |Party
! colspan="3" |Seats
! colspan="3" |Popular vote
|-
!Contested
!Won
!'''+/−'''
!Votes
!%
!±[[Percentage point|pp]]
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|align="center"|41
|align="center"|31
|align="center"|{{nochange}}
|56,23,013
|45.26
|{{decrease}}1.26%
|-
| {{party color cell|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|align="center"|18
|align="center"|7
|align="center"|{{increase}}7
|23,15,610
|18.64
|align="center"|New
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|align="center"|14
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|{{nochange}}
|12,72,313
|10.24
|{{increase}}0.18%
|-
| {{party color cell|Swatantra Party}}
|[[Swatantra Party]]
|align="center"|16
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|New
|13,00,526
|10.47
|align="center"|New
|-
|{{party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent politician|Independents]]
|align="center"|46
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|{{decrease}}8
|9,33,150
|7.51
|{{decrease}}32.26%
|-
| colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Total
|align="center"|41
| colspan=2 bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |
| 1,24,24,036
| colspan=2 bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |
|-
|}

==By-elections==
In 1963 a by-election was held for the [[Bilaspur Lok Sabha constituency|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 (Madhya Pradesh politician)|Chandrabhan Singh]], with {{formatnum:86229}} votes, against M. L. Shukla of [[Jana Sangh]] with {{formatnum:54156}} votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Details of Bye Elections from 1952 to 1995|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/Bye-ele-results52-95.xlsx|publisher=ECI, New Delhi|accessdate=13 September 2017|archive-date=19 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719012759/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/Bye-ele-results52-95.xlsx|url-status=live}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/48774/ |title=Satya Prakash vs Bashir Ahmed Qureshi |date=22 April 1963 |author1=P. Dixit |author2=K. Pandey |access-date=15 October 2021 |quote=our conclusion is that the respondent's nomination was improperly and illegally rejected by the Returning Officer and the Election Tribunal rightly declared the appellant's election as void. |archive-date=27 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027175348/https://indiankanoon.org/doc/48774/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of members of the 3rd Lok Sabha]]
*[[:Category:1962 Indian general election by state or union territory]]
*[[1962 Indian presidential election]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Indian elections}}

[[Category:1962 elections in India|General]]
[[Category:General elections in India]]
[[Category:February 1962 in Asia|India]]
[[Category:1962 elections in Asia|India]]

1962 Indian general election - Revision history

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