1962 Indian general election in Gujarat

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. 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.

Party-wise results summary Party Seats wonIndian National Congress16Swatantra Party4Praja Socialist Party1Nutan Maha Gujarat Janta Parisha1Total22

Results- Constituency wise

NoConstituencyWinnerParty1KutchM. K. S. Himatsinhji Vijarajji2SurendranagarGhanshyambhai Chhotalal Oza3RajkotUchharangrai Navalshanker Dhebar4JamnagarManubhai Mansukhlal Shah5JunagadhChittaranjan Rugnath Raja6AmreliJayaben Vajubhai Shah7BhavnagarJashvantrai Nanubhai Mehta8BanaskanthaJoharaben Akabarbhai Chavada9SabarkanthaGulzarilal Bulakhidas Nanda10MehsanaMansinh Prithviraj Patel11PatanPurushottamdas Ranchhoddas Patel12AhmedabadIndulal Kanaiyalal Yagnik13Sabarmati (SC)Muldas Bhudardas Vaishya14AnandKumar Narendrasinh Ranjitsinh Mahida15KairaPravinsinh Natversinh Solanki16PanchmahalsDahyabhai Jivanji Naik17Dohad (SC)Hirabhai Kunverbhai Baria18BarodaShrimant Maharaja Fatehsinhrao Pratapsinhrao Gaekwad19BroachChhotubhai Makanbhai Patel20Mandvi (ST)Chhaganbhai Madaribhai Kedaria21SuratMorarji Ranchhodji Desai22Bulsar (ST)Nanubhai Nichhabhai Patel

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