3rd Lok Sabha

3rd lower house of the Parliament of India

3rd Lok Sabha

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Election| 1962 Indian general election

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.[1] 14 sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 3rd Lok Sabha after the 1962 Indian general election.[2]

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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

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* 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[1]

## List of members by political party

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See also: List of members of the 3rd Lok Sabha

Members of the political party in the 3rd Lok Sabha are given below

3rd Lok Sabha
Party Name | Number of MP's
(total 494)

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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

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State  | Constituency  | Name of Elected M.P.  | Party affiliation

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Andhra Pradesh  | Eluru | Viramachaneni Vimla Devi |  | Communist Party of India
Kurnool | Yashoda Reddy |  | Indian National Congress
Vicarabad  | Sangam Laxmi Bai
Khammam | T. Lakshmi Kantamma
Assam  | Cachar (SC) | Jyotsna Chanda
Barpeta | Renuka Devi Barkataki
Bihar  | Banka | Shakuntala Devi
Barh | Tarkeshwari Sinha
Patna | Ram Dulari Sinha
Aurangabad | Rani Lalita Rajya Laxmi  |  | Swatantra Party
Jahanabad | Satyabhama Devi |  | Indian National Congress
Chatra | Vijaya Raje |  | Swatantra Party
Gujrat  | Amreli | Jayaben Shah |  | Indian National Congress
Banaskantha | Zohraben Chavda
Madhya Pradesh  | Gwalior | Vijaya Raje Scindia
Baloda Bazar | Minimata Agam Dass Guru
Raipur | Keshar Kumari Devi
Damoh (SC) | Sahodrabai Rai
Bhopal | Maimoona Sultan
Jhabua (ST) | Jamuna Devi
Madras  | Nilgiris | Akkamma Devi
Maharashtra  | Ratnagiri | Sharda Mukherjee
Mysore  | Dharwad North | Sarojini Mahishi
Rajasthan  | Jaipur | Gayatri Devi |  | Swatantra Party
Uttar Pradesh  | Mohanlalganj (SC) | Ganga Devi |  | Indian National Congress
Kaiserganj | Basant Kunwari  |  | Swatantra Party
Balrampur | Subhadra Joshi |  | Indian National Congress
Banda | Savitri Nigam
Jhansi | Dr. Sushila Nayar
Hapur | Kamla Chaudhry
West Bengal  | Malda | Renuka Ray

## References

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1. ^ a b "Third Lok Sabha". Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. Archived from the original on 3 July 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
2. ^ "RAJYA SABHA STATISTICAL INFORMATION (1952-2013)" (PDF). Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. 2014. p. 12.

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