1962 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

1962 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

1962
All 154 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly, 78 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	63.44%
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 30 16 4 Percentage 43.72 11.87 7.10 Swing 3.79% 11.87% 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
	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