1962 Indian General Election

19–25 February 1962 · The Nehru era · 494 seats, 248 for a majority

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.

Prime Minister before

Jawaharlal Nehru

INC

Prime Minister (continued)

Jawaharlal Nehru

INC

Largest force

Indian National Congress

361 of 494 seats

Turnout

55.4%

The result

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Indian National Congress

Jawaharlal Nehru · 44.7% of votes · +10 seats

361

seats

Communist Party of India

Shripad Amrit Dange · 9.9% of votes · +2 seats

seats

Independents

11.1% of votes · +22 seats

seats

Swatantra Party

C. Rajagopalachari · 7.9% of votes

seats

Bharatiya Jana Sangh

6.4% of votes · +10 seats

seats

ABJS

Deendayal Upadhyaya · 6.4% of votes · +10 seats

seats

Praja Socialist Party

Jayaprakash Narayan · 6.8% of votes · +7 seats

seats

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

2.0% of votes

seats

Socialist Party

2.7% of votes

seats


Indian National Congress	Jawaharlal Nehru	361	+10	5,15,09,084	44.7%	-3.1
Communist Party of India	Shripad Amrit Dange	29	+2	1,14,50,037	9.9%	+1.0
Independents	—	20	+22	1,27,22,488	11.1%	—
Swatantra Party	C. Rajagopalachari	18	—	90,85,252	7.9%	—
Bharatiya Jana Sangh	—	14	+10	74,15,170	6.4%	—
ABJS	Deendayal Upadhyaya	14	+10	74,15,170	6.4%	+0.5
Praja Socialist Party	Jayaprakash Narayan	12	+7	78,48,345	6.8%	-3.6
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	—	7	—	23,15,610	2.0%	—
Socialist Party	—	6	—	30,99,397	2.7%	—

13 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.