The 3rd

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, (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

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. The election was held for 494 seats out of which Indian national congress won 361 seats. 14 sitting members from

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were elected to 3rd Lok Sabha after the

1962 Indian general election General elections were held in India between 19 and 25 February 1962 to elect members of the 3rd Lok Sabha, third Lok Sabha. Unlike the previous two elections, each constituency elected a single member. Jawaharlal Nehru won another landslide v ...

Jawaharlal Nehru Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, and statesman who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century. Nehru was a pr ...

was Prime Minister as in 1st Lok Sabha and

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, till his death on 27 May 1964.

Gulzarilal Nanda Gulzarilal Nanda (4 July 1898 – 15 January 1998) was an Indian politician and economist who specialised in labour issues. He was the Acting Prime Minister of India for two 13-day tenures following the deaths of Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964 and L ...

became acting Prime Minister for 13 days, before

Lal Bahadur Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri (; born Lal Bahadur Srivastava; 2 October 190411 January 1966) was an Indian politician and statesman who served as the Prime Minister of India, prime minister of India from 1964 to 1966. He previously served as Minister ...

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 Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (Given name, ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and stateswoman who served as the Prime Minister of India, prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 un ...

, Rajya Sabha member from Uttar Pradesh became Prime Minister on 24 January 1966. The next

4th Lok Sabha The 4th Lok Sabha was in session from 4 March 1967 to 27 December 1970. Its members were elected in February and March 1967. 13 sitting members from the Rajya Sabha were elected to the 4th Lok Sabha in the general election.Indira Gandhi was th ...

was constituted on 4 March 1967 after

1967 Indian general election General elections were held in India between 17 and 21 February 1967 to elect 520 of the 523 members of the fourth Lok Sabha, an increase of 15 from the previous session of Lok Sabha. Elections to State Assemblies were also held simultaneously ...

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

Women Members

References

External links

{{Parliament of India Terms of the Lok Sabha India MPs 1962–1967 1962 establishments in India 1967 disestablishments in India