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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1962 Jammu and Kashmir state assembly elections
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing =
| previous_election = Jammu_and_Kashmir_Legislative_Assembly_election,_1957
| previous_year = 1957
| previous_mps =
| election_date = 17–18 February 1962
| next_election = 1967 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 1967
| seats_for_election = all 75 seats in [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 38
| opinion_polls =
| turnout = 40.3%
| image1 = [[File:JKNC-flag.svg|100x90px]]|-
| party1 = Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
| leader1 = [[Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad]]
| leader_since1 = 1953
| leaders_seat1 =
| last_election1 = 69
| seats1 = 70
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 1
| image2 =
| leader2 =
| party2 = [[Jammu Praja Parishad|Praja Parishad]]
| leader_since2 =
| leaders_seat2 =
| last_election2 = 5
| seats2 = 3
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 2
| title = Prime Minister
| before_election = [[Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad]]
| before_party = Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
| after_election = [[Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad]]
| after_party = Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
}}

'''Elections for the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]''' were held in the early months of 1962.<ref>[http://www.elections.in/jammu-and-kashmir/assembly-constituencies/1962-election-results.html 1962 J&K elections]</ref><ref name=report>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_JK_1962.pdf Statistical Report on General Election, 1962], Election Commission of India.</ref> [[Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad]] was appointed [[Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref name="list">[http://jkgad.nic.in/PDF/cmarchive.PDF Prime Ministers and Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir since 1947]. General Administration Department, [[Government of Jammu and Kashmir]]. Retrieved 29 April 2014.</ref>

==Background==
After the 1957 elections, Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad failed to appoint any member of the [[G. M. Sadiq]]-led leftist faction to the Cabinet, leading Sadiq to form a rival Democratic National Conference party. However, in 1960, a reconciliation was brokered by the central government, and the two parties reunited. The reunited party contested the elections in 1962.{{sfn|Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace|2003|p=77}} However, 20 candidates from the rump Democratic National Conference party contested the election.<ref name=report/>

The other parties contesting the elections were the [[Jammu Praja Parishad]], [[Praja Socialist Party]] and [[Harijan Mandal]].<ref name=report/>

The 1962 elections were the first elections in the state conducted by the [[Election Commission of India]]. The earlier elections were held by the State's Franchise Commissioner.<ref name="Ahuja1998">{{citation|last=Ahuja|first=M. L.|title=Electoral Politics and General Elections in India, 1952-1998|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CFCjniBF9s8C&pg=PA101|year=1998|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-711-5|page=101}}</ref>

==Results==
Of the 43 constituencies in the [[Kashmir Valley]], 32 were unopposed. Overall, the National Conference won 41 of the 43 seats in the Valley.{{sfn|Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace|2003|pp=77-78}}

In the [[Jammu Division]], the National Conference won 27 of the 30 seats (two of which were unopposed). The remaining three seats went to the Praja Parishad.{{sfn|Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace|2003|p=78}}{{sfn|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir|2012|pp=269–270}}

In the [[Ladakh|Ladakh Division]], all two seats were won by the National Conference. The Ladakh seat was won by the Head Llama Kushak Bakula.{{sfn|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir|2012|p=270}}<ref name=Epilogue>{{citation |title=In Focus: Elections 2008 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Uti4czvF0IC&pg=PA19 |newspaper=Epilogue |volume=2 |number=11 |date=November 2008 |pages=19–25}}</ref>

After the elections, the Praja Parishad held a mass demonstration in the [[Jammu]] city, joined by the Praja Socialist Party and the [[Akali Dal]], citing electoral malpractices. Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad dismissed the complaints as "frivolous".{{sfn|Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace|2003|p=78}}

==Aftermath==
Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad was increasingly seen in New Delhi as an embarrassment as he arranged most seats to be elected unopposed. In 1963, he was forced to step down, and [[Khwaja Shamsuddin]] was elected as the Chief Minister. Bakshi ensured that his rival G. M. Sadiq could not be appointed. The Shamsuddin government again excluded Sadiq his colleagues from Cabinet appointments.{{sfn|Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace|2003|p=78}}

In December 1963, the pent-up anger of the populace erupted over a stolen religious relic from the Srinagar's [[Hazratbal Mosque]]. Even though the relic was subsequently recovered, the people did not trust the government and continued the agitation. In the fall-out, Shamsuddin lost his post, and G. M. Sadiq was appointed as the Chief Minister in February 1965.{{sfn|Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace|2003|pp=78-80}}

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* {{citation |first=Sumantra |last=Bose |author-link=Sumantra Bose |title=Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace |publisher=Harvard University Press |year=2003 |isbn=0-674-01173-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ACMe9WBdNAC |ref={{sfnref|Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace|2003}}}}
* {{citation |last=Das Gupta |first=Jyoti Bhusan |title=Jammu and Kashmir |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dpTpCAAAQBAJ |date=2012 |orig-year=first published 1968 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-94-011-9231-6 |ref={{sfnref|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir|2012}}}}

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