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The '''Indian general election of 1962''' elected the [[3rd Lok Sabha]] of [[India]] and first election after formation of "Gujarat", was held from 19 to 25 February. Unlike the previous two elections but as with all subsequent elections, each constituency elected a single member.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Report On General Elections, 1962 To The Third Lok Sabha|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf|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|access-date=30 April 2014|publisher=Election Commission of India|format=PDF}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= General Elections 1962 |url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1962-election-results.html}}</ref> [[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. In Gujarat, INC won 16 seat out of total 22 seats.<ref>{{cite web|title= General Elections 1962 news |url=https://zeenews.india.com/lok-sabha-general-elections-2019/the-story-of-1962-lok-sabha-election-all-you-need-to-know-2185457.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= India's third general election in year 1962 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3023512?seq=1}}</ref><br />
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== Party-wise results summary==<br />
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2|Party <br />
!Seats won<br />
|-<br />
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |<br />
|[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|16<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|[[Swatantra Party]]<br />
|4<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|PSP<br />
|1<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|NJP<br />
|1<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
|'''Total'''<br />
|'''22'''<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== Results- Constituency wise ==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!No<br />
!Constituency<br />
!Winner<br />
!Party<br />
|-<br />
!1<br />
|[[Kachchh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kachchh]]<br />
|M. K. S. HIMATSINHJI VIJARAJJI<br />
| SWA<br />
|-<br />
!2<br />
|[[Surendranagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Surendranagar]]<br />
|GHANSHYAMBHAI CHHOTALAL OZA<br />
| INC<br />
|-<br />
!3<br />
|[[Rajkot (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rajkot]]<br />
|UCHHARANGRAI NAVALSHANKER DHEBAR<br />
|INC<br />
|-<br />
!4<br />
|[[Jamnagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jamnagar]]<br />
|MANUBHAI MANSUKHLAL SHAH<br />
|INC<br />
|-<br />
!5<br />
|[[Junagadh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Junagadh]]<br />
|CHITTARANJAN RUGNATH RAJA<br />
|INC<br />
|-<br />
!6<br />
|[[Amreli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Amreli]]<br />
|JAYABEN VAJUBHAI SHAH<br />
|INC<br />
|-<br />
!7<br />
|[[Bhavnagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhavnagar]]<br />
|JASHVANTRAI NANUBHAI MEHTA<br />
| PSP<br />
|-<br />
!8<br />
|Banaskantha<br />
|JOHARABEN AKABARBHAI CHAVADA<br />
|INC<br />
|-<br />
!9<br />
|Sabarkantha<br />
|GULZARILAL BULAKHIDAS NANDA<br />
| |INC<br />
|-<br />
!10<br />
|[[Mahesana (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mahesana]]<br />
|MANSINH PRITHVIRAJ PATEL<br />
| |INC<br />
|-<br />
!11<br />
|[[Patan (Lok Sabha constituency)|Patan]]<br />
|PURUSHOTTAMDAS RANCHHODDAS PATEL<br />
| |INC<br />
|-<br />
!12<br />
|Ahmedabadf<br />
|INDULAL KANAIYALAL YAGNIK<br />
| |NJP<br />
|-<br />
!13<br />
|Sabarmati (SC)<br />
|MULDAS BHUDARDAS VAISHYA<br />
| |INC<br />
|-<br />
!14<br />
|[[Anand (Lok Sabha constituency)|Anand]]<br />
|KUMAR NARENDRASINH RANJITSINH MAHIDA<br />
| |SWA<br />
|-<br />
!15<br />
|KAIRA<br />
|PRAVINSINH NATVERSINH SOLANKI<br />
| |SWA<br />
|-<br />
!16<br />
|[[Panchmahal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Panchmahal]]<br />
|DAHYABHAI JIVANJI NAIK<br />
| |INC<br />
|-<br />
!17<br />
|Dohad (SC)<br />
|HIRABHAI KUNVERBHAI BARIA<br />
| |SWA<br />
|-<br />
!18<br />
|Baroda<br />
|SHRIMANT MAHARAJA FATEHSINHRAO<br />
<br />
PRATAPSINHRAO GAEKWAD<br />
| |INC<br />
|-<br />
!19<br />
|Broach<br />
|CHHOTUBHAI MAKANBHAI PATEL<br />
| |INC<br />
|-<br />
!20<br />
|Mandavi (SC)<br />
|CHHAGANBHAI MADARIBHAI KEDARIA<br />
| |INC<br />
|-<br />
!21<br />
|[[Surat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Surat]]<br />
|MORARJI RANCHHODJI DESAI<br />
| |INC<br />
|-<br />
!22<br />
|Bulsar (ST)<br />
|NANUBHAI NICHHABHAI PATEL<br />
| |INC<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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