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494 of the 508 seats in the Lok Sabha 248 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 216,361,569 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 55.42% ( 9.98 pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Indian National Congress | 51,509,084 | 44.72 | 361 | –10 | |
Communist Party of India | 11,450,037 | 9.94 | 29 | +2 | |
Swatantra Party | 9,085,252 | 7.89 | 18 | New | |
Praja Socialist Party | 7,848,345 | 6.81 | 12 | –7 | |
Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 7,415,170 | 6.44 | 14 | +10 | |
Republican Party of India | 3,255,985 | 2.83 | 3 | New | |
Socialist Party | 3,099,397 | 2.69 | 6 | New | |
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 2,315,610 | 2.01 | 7 | New | |
Shiromani Akali Dal | 829,129 | 0.72 | 3 | New | |
All India Forward Bloc | 826,588 | 0.72 | 2 | 0 | |
Hindu Mahasabha | 747,861 | 0.65 | 1 | 0 | |
Peasants and Workers Party of India | 703,582 | 0.61 | 0 | –4 | |
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | 688,990 | 0.60 | 2 | +2 | |
Jharkhand Party | 467,338 | 0.41 | 3 | –3 | |
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) | 451,717 | 0.39 | 2 | +2 | |
Indian Union Muslim League | 417,761 | 0.36 | 2 | New | |
All India Ganatantra Parishad | 342,970 | 0.30 | 4 | –3 | |
Lok Sewak Sangh | 281,755 | 0.24 | 2 | New | |
Nutan Maha Gujarat Janata Parishad | 195,812 | 0.17 | 1 | New | |
Haryana Lok Samiti | 118,667 | 0.10 | 1 | New | |
Tamil National Party | 92,389 | 0.08 | 0 | New | |
All Party Hill Leaders Conference | 91,850 | 0.08 | 1 | New | |
Socialist Labour Party | 80,227 | 0.07 | 0 | New | |
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RCP) | 60,813 | 0.05 | 0 | New | |
Gorkha League | 46,127 | 0.04 | 0 | New | |
Eastern Indian Tribal Union | 12,574 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
We Tamil | 11,372 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
Independents | 12,722,488 | 11.05 | 20 | –22 | |
Appointed members [lower-alpha 1] | 14 | +3 | |||
Total | 115,168,890 | 100.00 | 508 | +3 | |
Valid votes | 115,168,890 | 96.05 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 4,735,394 | 3.95 | |||
Total votes | 119,904,284 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 216,361,569 | 55.42 |
Party | Seats | Popular vote | |||||
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Contested | Won | +/− | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
Indian National Congress | 43 | 34 | 4 | 57,11,263 | 47.96% | 3.51% | |
Communist Party of India | 20 | 7 | 5 | 25,05,619 | 21.04% | 9.03% | |
Swatantra Party | 28 | 1 | 1 | 17,75,495 | 14.91% | New | |
Independents | 44 | 1 | 1 | 16,53,436 | 13.89% | 5.37% | |
Total | 43 | 1,19,08,021 | |||||
Party | Seats | Popular vote | |||||
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Contested | Won | +/− | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
Indian National Congress | 12 | 9 | 4 | 57,11,263 | 45.16% | 6.52% | |
Praja Socialist Party | 8 | 2 | 4,78,099 | 19.16% | 0.8% | ||
All Party Hill Leaders Conference | 1 | 1 | New | 91,850 | 3.68% | New | |
Communist Party of India | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1,76,098 | 7.06% | 3.19% | |
Independents | 13 | 0 | 1 | 5,16,793 | 20.71% | 2.6% | |
Total | 12 | 24,95,311 | |||||
Party | Seats | Popular vote | |||||
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Contested | Won | +/− | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
Indian National Congress | 53 | 39 | 2 | 43,65,148 | 43.89% | 0.58% | |
Praja Socialist Party | 32 | 2 | 12,62,106 | 12.69% | 8.95% | ||
Swatantra Party | 43 | 7 | New | 18,11.170 | 18.21% | New | |
Communist Party of India | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6,34,516 | 6.38% | 1.36% | |
Independents | 34 | 0 | 1 | 4,93,330 | 4.96% | 10.88% | |
Total | 53 | 99,46,244 | |||||
Party | Seats | Popular vote | |||||
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Contested | Won | +/− | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
Indian National Congress | 22 | 16 | - | 27,76,327 | 52.56% | - | |
Swatantra Party | 14 | 4 | - | 13,20,405 | 25.0% | - | |
Praja Socialist Party | 6 | 1 | - | 3,74,813 | 7.1% | - | |
Nutan Maha Gujarat Janata Parishad | 3 | 1 | - | 1,95,812 | 3.71% | - | |
Independents | 14 | 0 | - | 4,69,020 | 8.88% | - | |
Total | 22 | 52,82,558 | |||||
Party | Seats | Popular vote | |||||
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Contested | Won | +/− | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
Indian National Congress | 41 | 31 | 56,23,013 | 45.26 | 1.26% | ||
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 18 | 7 | 7 | 23,15,610 | 18.64 | New | |
Communist Party of India | 14 | 2 | 12,72,313 | 10.24 | 0.18% | ||
Swatantra Party | 16 | 0 | New | 13,00,526 | 10.47 | New | |
Independents | 46 | 0 | 8 | 9,33,150 | 7.51 | 32.26% | |
Total | 41 | 1,24,24,036 | |||||
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