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.[1][2] 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.[3][4]
Party-wise results summary
edit| Party | Seats won | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress | 16 | |
| Swatantra Party | 4 | |
| PSP | 1 | |
| NJP | 1 | |
| Total | 22 | |
Results- Constituency wise
edit| No | Constituency | Winner | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kachchh | M. K. S. HIMATSINHJI VIJARAJJI | SWA |
| 2 | Surendranagar | GHANSHYAMBHAI CHHOTALAL OZA | INC |
| 3 | Rajkot | UCHHARANGRAI NAVALSHANKER DHEBAR | INC |
| 4 | Jamnagar | MANUBHAI MANSUKHLAL SHAH | INC |
| 5 | Junagadh | CHITTARANJAN RUGNATH RAJA | INC |
| 6 | Amreli | JAYABEN VAJUBHAI SHAH | INC |
| 7 | Bhavnagar | JASHVANTRAI NANUBHAI MEHTA | PSP |
| 8 | Banaskantha | JOHARABEN AKABARBHAI CHAVADA | INC |
| 9 | Sabarkantha | GULZARILAL BULAKHIDAS NANDA | INC |
| 10 | Mahesana | MANSINH PRITHVIRAJ PATEL | INC |
| 11 | Patan | PURUSHOTTAMDAS RANCHHODDAS PATEL | INC |
| 12 | Ahmedabadf | INDULAL KANAIYALAL YAGNIK | NJP |
| 13 | Sabarmati (SC) | MULDAS BHUDARDAS VAISHYA | INC |
| 14 | Anand | KUMAR NARENDRASINH RANJITSINH MAHIDA | SWA |
| 15 | KAIRA | PRAVINSINH NATVERSINH SOLANKI | SWA |
| 16 | Panchmahal | DAHYABHAI JIVANJI NAIK | INC |
| 17 | Dohad (SC) | HIRABHAI KUNVERBHAI BARIA | SWA |
| 18 | Baroda | SHRIMANT MAHARAJA FATEHSINHRAO
PRATAPSINHRAO GAEKWAD |
INC |
| 19 | Broach | CHHOTUBHAI MAKANBHAI PATEL | INC |
| 20 | Mandavi (SC) | CHHAGANBHAI MADARIBHAI KEDARIA | INC |
| 21 | Surat | MORARJI RANCHHODJI DESAI | INC |
| 22 | Bulsar (ST) | NANUBHAI NICHHABHAI PATEL | INC |
References
edit- ^ "Statistical Report On General Elections, 1962 To The Third Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- ^ "General Elections 1962".
- ^ "General Elections 1962 news".
- ^ "India's third general election in year 1962". JSTOR 3023512.