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	\| title = [[Prime Minister of India\|Prime Minister]]		\| title = [[Prime Minister of India\|Prime Minister]]
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			== By-elections ==
			In 1963, a by-election was held for the [[Bilaspur (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Bilaspur]] Lok Sabha seat, which was at the time in [[Madhya Pradesh]]. The election was won by the [[Indian National Congress]] candidate C. Singh, with {{formatnum:86229}} votes, against M. L. Shukla of [[Jana Sangh]] with {{formatnum:54156}} votes.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Details of Bye Elections from 1952 to 1995\|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/Bye-ele-results52-95.xlsx\|publisher=ECI, New Delhi\|accessdate=13 September 2017}}</ref> This by-election was needed because the original election for this seat was declared void by the [[Madhya Pradesh High Court]], which judged that the nomination papers of one of the candidates, Bashir Ahmed Qureshi, "was improperly and illegally rejected by the Returning Officer".<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/48774/ \|title=Satya Prakash vs Bashir Ahmed Qureshi \|date=22 April 1963 \|author1=P. Dixit \|author2=K. Pandey \|access-date= 15 October 2021 \|quote=our conclusion is that the respondent's nomination was improperly and illegally rejected by the Returning Officer and the Election Tribunal rightly declared the appellant's election as void.}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1962 Indian general election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1957 Indian general election
| previous_year = 1957
| next_election = 1967 Indian general election
| next_year = 1967
| election_date = 19–25 February 1962
| image_size = 130x130px
| seats_for_election = 494 of the 508 seats in the [[Lok Sabha]]
| majority_seats = 248
| image1 = Jnehru.jpg
| leader1 = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| alliance1 =
| leaders_seat1 = [[Phulpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Phulpur]]
| seats1 = '''361'''
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}}10
| popular_vote1= '''51,509,084'''
| percentage1 = '''44.72%'''
| swing1 = {{decrease}}3.06pp
| image2 = S.A. Dange.jpg
| leader2 = [[Shripad Amrit Dange]]
| leaders_seat2 = ''Did not contest''
| party2 = Communist Party of India
| alliance2 =
| seats2 = 29
| seat_change2 = {{increase}}2
| popular_vote2= 11,450,037
| percentage2 = 9.94%
| swing2 = {{increase}}1.02pp

| image3 = Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari.jpg
| leader3 = [[C. Rajagopalachari]]
| leaders_seat3 = ''Did not contest''
| party3 = Swatantra Party
| alliance3 =
| seats3 = 18
| seat_change3 = ''New''
| popular_vote3 = 9,085,252
| percentage3 = 7.89%
| swing3 = ''New''

| colour4 =
| image4 = Shyama Prasad Mukherjee portrait in Parliament.jpg
| leader4 = [[Syama Prasad Mukherjee]]
| leaders_seat4 = [[Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bolpur]]
| party4 = Bharatiya Jana Sangh
| seats4 = 14
| seat_change4 = {{increase}}10
| popular_vote4 = 7,415,170
| percentage4 = 6.44%
| swing4 = {{increase}} 1.22pp

| image5 = Jawaharlal Nehru with Jayaprakash Narayan (cropped).jpg
| leader5 = [[Jayaprakash Narayan]]
| leaders_seat5 =
| party5 = Praja Socialist Party
| alliance5 =
| seats5 = 12
| seat_change5 = {{decrease}} 7
| popular_vote5 = 7,848,345
| percentage5 = 6.81%
| swing5 = {{decrease}} 3.60pp

| title = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| posttitle = Subsequent Prime Minister
| before_election = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| map_image = [[File:Wahlergebnisse in Indien 1962.svg|300px|lang=en]]
}}

'''General elections''' were held in India between 19 and 25 February 1962 to elect members of the [[3rd Lok Sabha]]. Unlike the previous two elections, each constituency elected a single member.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf | title=Statistical Report On General Elections, 1962 To The Third Lok Sabha | publisher=Election Commission of India |format=PDF| access-date=30 April 2014 | 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}}</ref>

[[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.

==Results==
{{Election results
|image=[[File:Lok Sabha Zusammensetzung 1962.svg|350px]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=51509084|seats1=361|sc1=–10
|party2=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes2=11450037|seats2=29|sc2=+2
|party3=[[Swatantra Party]]|votes3=9085252|seats3=18|sc3=New
|party4=[[Praja Socialist Party]]|votes4=7848345|seats4=12|sc4=–7
|party5=[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]|votes5=7415170|seats5=14|sc5=+10
|party6=[[Republican Party of India]]|votes6=3255985|seats6=3|sc6=New
|party7=[[Socialist Party (India)|Socialist Party]]|votes7=3099397|seats7=6|sc7=New
|party8=[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes8=2315610|seats8=7|sc8=New
|party9=[[Akali Dal]]|votes9=829129|seats9=3|sc9=New
|party10=[[All India Forward Bloc]]|votes10=826588|seats10=2|sc10=0
|party11=[[Hindu Mahasabha]]|votes11=747861|seats11=1|sc11=0
|party12=[[Peasants and Workers Party of India]]|votes12=703582|seats12=0|sc12=–4
|party13=[[Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad]]|votes13=688990|seats13=2|sc13=+2
|party14=[[Jharkhand Party]]|votes14=467338|seats14=3|sc14=–3
|party15=[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]] (RSP)|votes15=451717|seats15=2|sc15=+2
|party16=[[Indian Union Muslim League]]|votes16=417761|seats16=2|sc16=New
|party17=[[All India Ganatantra Parishad]]|votes17=342970|seats17=4|sc17=–3
|party18=[[Lok Sewak Sangh]]|votes18=281755|seats18=2|sc18=New
|party19=[[Nutan Maha Gujarat Janata Parishad]]|votes19=195812|seats19=1|sc19=New
|party20=[[Haryana Lok Samiti]]|votes20=118667|seats20=1|sc20=New
|party21=[[Tamil National Party]]|votes21=92389|seats21=0|sc21=New
|party22=[[All Party Hill Leaders Conference]]|votes22=91850|seats22=1|sc22=New
|party23=Socialist Labour Party|votes23=80227|seats23=0|sc23=New
|party24=[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]] (RCP)|votes24=60813|seats24=0|sc24=New
|party25=Gorkha League|votes25=46127|seats25=0|sc25=New
|party26=[[Eastern Indian Tribal Union]]|votes26=12574|seats26=0|sc26=New
|party27=We Tamil|votes27=11372|seats27=0|sc27=New
|party28=Independents|votes28=12722488|seats28=20|sc28=–22
|row29=Appointed members{{efn|Six representing [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], two representing [[Anglo-Indians]], one representing the [[Lakshadweep|Amindive, Laccadive and Minicoy Islands]], one representing the [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]], one representing [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]], one representing [[Goa, Daman and Diu]], one representing the [[North-East Frontier Agency]] and one representing the [[Tuensang district|Tuensang]] and [[Naga Hills District, British India|Naga Hills]] districts in Nagaland.}}|seats29=14|sc29=+3
|invalid=4735394
|electorate=216361569
|total_sc=+3
}}
{{notelist}}

==See also==
*[[Election Commission of India]]
*[[1962 Indian presidential election]]

==References==
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