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Election to elect the [[Third Punjab Legislative Assembly]] was held in 1962. There were total 756 candidates. Congress party won the election with 90 seats.


==Result==
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Revision as of 08:32, 4 January 2022

1962 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

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All 154 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly,
78 seats needed for a majority
Turnout63.44%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Partap Singh Kairon Gurnam Singh -
Party INC SAD CPI
Leader's seat Sujanpur Raikot -
Seats won 90 16 12
Seat change Decrease 30 Increase 16 Increase 4
Percentage 43.72 11.87 7.10
Swing Decrease 3.79% Increase 11.87% Decrease 6.46%

Chief Minister before election

Partap Singh Kairon
INC

Chief Minister

Partap Singh Kairon, Gopi Chand Bhargava, Ram Kishan, Gurmukh Singh
INC

Election to elect the Third Punjab Legislative Assembly was held in 1962. There were total 756 candidates. Congress party won the election with 90 seats.

Result

Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1962[1]
Party Contestants Seats won Popular vote %
Indian National Congress 154 90 29,46,209 43.72
Shiromani Akali Dal 46 16 7,99,925 11.87
Communist Party of India 47 12 4,78,333 7.10
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 80 8 6,55,160 9.72
Socialist Party 8 4 93,801 1.39
Swatantra Party 42 3 2,61,276 3.88
Haryana Lok Samiti 8 3 1,29,036 1.91
Independents 330 18 11,57,113 17.17
Others 41 0 2,18,370 3.24
Total 756 154 67,39,223

References

  1. "List of Polling Booth For Punjab Lok Sabha Elections 1962". www.elections.in.