The 3rd Lok Sabha, (2 April 1962 – 3 March 1967) was elected in February–March 1962. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. The election was held for 494 seats out of which Indian national congress won 361 seats. 14 sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 3rd Lok Sabha after the 1962 Indian general election. Jawaharlal Nehru was Prime Minister as in 1st Lok Sabha and 2nd Lok Sabha, till his death on 27 May 1964. Gulzarilal Nanda became acting Prime Minister for 13 days, before Lal Bahadur Shastri became Prime Minister on 9 June 1964. After Shastri's death on 11 January 1966, Nanda became acting Prime Minister again for 13 days. Later Indira Gandhi, Rajya Sabha member from Uttar Pradesh became Prime Minister on 24 January 1966.
The next 4th Lok Sabha was constituted on 4 March 1967 after 1967 Indian general election.
Important members Speaker: Sardar Hukam Singh from 17 April 1962 to 16 March 1967 Deputy Speaker : S. V. Krishnamoorthy Rao from 23 April 1962 to 3 March 1967 Secretary General: M. N. Kaul from 27 July 1947 to 1 September 1964 S. L. Shakdhar from 2 September 1964 to 18 June 1977
List of members by political party
Members of the political party in the 3rd Lok Sabha are given below 3rd Lok Sabha Number of MP's Indian National Congress INC 361 Communist Party of India CPI 29 Swatantra Party SP 18 Bharatiya Jana Sangh BJS 14 Praja Socialist Party PSP 12 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK 7 Socialist Party SSP 6 Ganatantra Parishad GP 4 Akali Dal AD 3 Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party CNSPJP 3 Republican Party of India RPI 3 Indian Union Muslim League IUML 2 Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad RRP 2 All India Forward Bloc AIFB 2 Lok Sevak Sangh LSS 2 Revolutionary Socialist Party RSP 2 All Party Hill Leaders Conference APHLC 1 Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha ABHM 1 Haryana Lok Samiti HLS 1 Nutan Maha Gujarat Janata Parishad NMGJP 1 Independents - 20 Nominated Anglo-Indians - 2
Women Members State Constituency Name of Elected M.P. Party affiliationAndhra PradeshEluruViramachaneni Vimla DeviKurnoolYashoda Reddy Vicarabad Sangam Laxmi BaiKhammamT. Lakshmi KantammaAssamCachar (SC)Jyotsna ChandaBarpeta Renuka Devi BarkatakiBiharBankaShakuntala DeviBarhTarkeshwari SinhaPatnaRam Dulari SinhaAurangabadRani Lalita Rajya LaxmiJahanabadSatyabhama DeviChatraVijaya RajeGujratAmreliJayaben ShahBanaskanthaZohraben ChavdaMadhya PradeshGwaliorVijaya Raje ScindiaBaloda BazarMinimata Agam Dass GuruRaipurKeshar Kumari DeviDamoh (SC)Sahodrabai RaiBhopalMaimoona SultanJhabua (ST)Jamuna DeviMadrasNilgirisAkkamma DeviMaharashtraRatnagiriSharda MukherjeeMysoreDharwad NorthSarojini MahishiRajasthanJaipurGayatri DeviUttar PradeshMohanlalganj (SC)Ganga DeviKaiserganjBasant KunwariBalrampurSubhadra JoshiBandaSavitri NigamJhansiDr. Sushila NayarHapurKamla ChaudhryWest BengalMaldaRenuka Ray
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