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3rd Lok Sabha

Lower house Members elected in 1962


Lower house Members elected in 1962

FieldValue
name3rd Lok Sabha
imageNew Delhi government block 03-2016 img3.jpg
captionOld Parliament House, Sansad Marg, New Delhi, India
bodyIndian Parliament
election[1962 Indian general election](1962-indian-general-election)
before*[2nd Lok Sabha](2nd-lok-sabha)*
after*[4th Lok Sabha](4th-lok-sabha)*

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
Party NameNumber of MP's
(total 494)
Indian National CongressINC
Communist Party of IndiaCPI
Swatantra PartySP
Bharatiya Jana SanghBJS
Praja Socialist PartyPSP
Dravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK
Socialist PartySSP
Ganatantra ParishadGP
Akali DalAD
Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata PartyCNSPJP
Republican Party of IndiaRPI
Indian Union Muslim LeagueIUML
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya ParishadRRP
All India Forward BlocAIFB
Lok Sevak SanghLSS
Revolutionary Socialist PartyRSP
All Party Hill Leaders ConferenceAPHLC
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu MahasabhaABHM
Haryana Lok SamitiHLS
Nutan Maha Gujarat Janata ParishadNMGJP
Independents-
Nominated Anglo-Indians-

Women Members

StateConstituencyName of Elected M.P.Party affiliation
Andhra PradeshEluruViramachaneni Vimla Devi
KurnoolYashoda Reddy
VicarabadSangam Laxmi Bai
KhammamT. Lakshmi Kantamma
AssamCachar (SC)Jyotsna Chanda
BarpetaRenuka Devi Barkataki
BiharBankaShakuntala Devi
BarhTarkeshwari Sinha
PatnaRam Dulari Sinha
AurangabadRani Lalita Rajya Laxmi
JahanabadSatyabhama Devi
ChatraVijaya Raje
GujratAmreliJayaben Shah
BanaskanthaZohraben Chavda
Madhya PradeshGwaliorVijaya Raje Scindia
Baloda BazarMinimata Agam Dass Guru
RaipurKeshar Kumari Devi
Damoh (SC)Sahodrabai Rai
BhopalMaimoona Sultan
Jhabua (ST)Jamuna Devi
MadrasNilgirisAkkamma Devi
MaharashtraRatnagiriSharda Mukherjee
MysoreDharwad NorthSarojini Mahishi
RajasthanJaipurGayatri Devi
Uttar PradeshMohanlalganj (SC)Ganga Devi
KaiserganjBasant Kunwari
BalrampurSubhadra Joshi
BandaSavitri Nigam
JhansiDr. Sushila Nayar
HapurKamla Chaudhry
West BengalMaldaRenuka Ray

References

References

  1. (2014). "RAJYA SABHA STATISTICAL INFORMATION (1952-2013)". Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi.
  2. "Third Lok Sabha". Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi.
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