The following elections occurred in 1962.

Africa

1962 Chadian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Chad on 4 March 1962, following a change to the constitution which had made the country a one-party state with the Chadian Progressive Party as the sole legal party. It therefore won all seats in the National A ...

* Gambian legislative election * Northern Rhodesian general election * Southern Rhodesian general election * Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland election * Sierra Leonean general election *

presidential election A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose official title is President. Elections by country Albania The president of Albania is elected by the Assembly of Albania who are elected by the Albanian public. Chile The pre ...

Tanganyika Tanganyika may refer to: Places * Tanganyika Territory (1916–1961), a former British territory which preceded the sovereign state * Tanganyika (1961–1964), a sovereign state, comprising the mainland part of present-day Tanzania * Tanzania Main ...

(later Tanzania) *

1962 Ugandan general election General elections were held in Uganda on 25 April 1962 in preparation for independence on 9 October. However, elections were not held in all parts of the country, with the Parliament of Buganda nominating 21 members (all of whom belonged to the Ka ...

Asia

* 1962 Bruneian general election *

1962 North Korean parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in North Korea on 8 October 1962 to elect the members of the 3rd Supreme People's Assembly. Only one candidate was presented in each constituency, all of which were selected by the Workers' Party of Korea, altho ...

1962 Singaporean national referendum A referendum on the terms of integration into the Federation of Malaysia was held in Singapore on 1 September 1962. Option A, which provided for the highest level of autonomy, was the option selected on nearly 96% of valid ballots.

1962 Japanese House of Councillors election House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 1 July 1962,1962 Indian general election General elections were held in India between 19 and 25 February 1962 to elect members of the 3rd Lok Sabha. Unlike the previous two elections, each constituency elected a single member. Jawaharlal Nehru won another landslide victory in his th ...

* 1951–1971 Indian general elections *

Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh, 1962 The 1962 Indian general election polls in United Andhra Pradesh were held for 43 seats in the state. The result was a victory for the Indian National Congress which won 34 out of 43 seats. Voting and Results Results by Alliance United Andhra P ...

* Indian general election in Madras, 1962 *

1962 Indian presidential election The Election Commission of India held indirect third presidential elections of India on 7 May 1962. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan with 553,067 votes won the presidency over his rivals Chowdhry Hari Ram who got 6,341 votes and Yamuna Prasad Trisul ...

1962 Madras State legislative assembly election The third legislative assembly election to the Madras state (presently Tamil Nadu) was held on 21 February 1962. The Indian National Congress party, led by K. Kamaraj, won the election. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam made significant in-roads in the ...

1962 West Bengal state assembly election Legislative Assembly elections was held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1962. Parties Ahead of the polls, the Communist Party of India, the All India Forward Bloc, the Marxist Forward Bloc, the Revolutionary Communist Party of India, the B ...

Europe

* 1962 Albanian parliamentary election *

1962 Finnish parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 4 and 5 February 1962. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p606 Background V. J. Sukselainen's second minority government had resigned in 1961, followed by Prime ...

1962 Maltese general election General elections were held in Malta between 17 and 19 February 1962.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1302 The Nationalist Party emerged as the largest party, winning 25 of the 50 seats. Electoral ...

Austria

1962 Austrian legislative election Parliamentary elections were held in Austria on 18 November 1962. The result was a victory for the Austrian People's Party, which won 81 of the 165 seats. Voter turnout was 94%.Nohlen & Stöver, p214 Although the People's Party had come up only ...

France

1962 French legislative election French legislative elections took place on 18 November and 25 November 1962 to elect the second National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. Since 1959 and the change of Algerian policy (Charles de Gaulle decided in favour of the "self-government" ...

1962 French presidential election referendum A referendum on the method of the election of the president was held in France on 28 October 1962.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p674 The question was whether to have the President of the French R ...

1962 French Évian Accords referendum A referendum to approve the Évian Accords ending the Algerian War and granting self-determination to Algeria was held in France on 8 April 1962.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p674 It was approved ...

United Kingdom

1962 Blackpool North by-election The by-election for the British House of Commons constituency of Blackpool North, in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, was held on 13 March 1962. This was the last parliamentary by-election in England to be held on a day other than Thursday. ...

1962 Chippenham by-election A by-election was held for the British House of Commons constituency of Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, on 22 November 1962. Jerome, Naylor and Smith were all serving in the British Armed Forces. The law stated that, on standing in a Parliament ...

1962 South Dorset by-election The 1962 South Dorset by-election occurred following the death of George Montagu, 9th Earl of Sandwich on 15 June 1962. His son Viscount Hinchingbrooke, the incumbent MP for the constituency of South Dorset, was subsequently elevated to the peerag ...

* 1962 Lincoln by-election *

1962 Middlesbrough East by-election A by-election to the British House of Commons constituency of Middlesbrough East was held on 14 March 1962. Result The seat was a hold for the Labour Party. See also *List of United Kingdom by-elections *Middlesbrough References ...

* 1962 Montgomeryshire by-election *

1962 Northern Ireland general election The 1962 Northern Ireland general election was held on 31 May 1962. While the Ulster Unionist Party lost three seats, they retained a large majority as in all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland. Results ''A ...

1962 Orpington by-election The Orpington by-election in 1962 is often described as the start of the Liberal Party revival in the United Kingdom. The by-election was caused by the appointment of Donald Sumner, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Orpington, as a coun ...

1962 Stockton-on-Tees by-election The 1962 Stockton-on-Tees by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the House of Commons constituency of Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham on 5 April 1962. It was the by-election at which Bill Rodgers, a future Cabinet minister and me ...

1962 West Lothian by-election The 1962 West Lothian by-election was a UK Parliamentary by-election held for the constituency of West Lothian in Scotland on 14 June 1962, following the death of sitting MP, John Taylor. The by-election saw the election of Tam Dalyell, who went ...

United Kingdom local

=English local

= * 1962 Bermondsey Borough election * 1962 Southwark Borough election

North America

Canada

1962 Canadian federal election The 1962 Canadian federal election was held on June 18, 1962, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 25th Parliament of Canada. The governing Progressive Conservative (PC) Party won a plurality of seats in this election, and ...

1962 Edmonton municipal election The 1962 municipal election was held October 17, 1962 to elect five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. The electorate also decided two plebiscite questions. No elec ...

1962 Manitoba general election The 1962 Manitoba general election was held on December 16, 1962 to elect 57 members to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, Canada. It resulted in a majority victory for the incumbent Progressive Conservatives under the leadership of Premier Du ...

1962 Newfoundland general election The 1962 Newfoundland general election was held on 19 November 1962 to elect members of the 33rd General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Liberal party. Results *As Newfoundland Democratic Party The Newfoundland and Labrador New Demo ...

1962 Ottawa municipal election The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 3, 1962. Charlotte Whitton is re-elected as mayor, defeating former controller and owner of the Ottawa Rough Riders, Sam Berger in a re-match of the 1960 election. Mayor of Ottawa R ...

1962 Prince Edward Island general election The 1962 Prince Edward Island general election was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on December 10, 1962. The governing Progressive Conservatives of Premier Walter R. Shaw won re-election with a majority government over the ...

1962 Quebec general election The 1962 Quebec general election was held on November 14, 1962, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Jean Lesage, was re-elected, defeating the '' Union Nation ...

1962 Toronto municipal election Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on December 3, 1962. Incumbent mayor Nathan Phillips (politician), Nathan Phillips, then the longest-serving mayor in Toronto history, lost to Controller Donald Summerville by a significa ...

Caribbean

1962 Jamaican general election General elections were held in Jamaica on 10 April 1962. Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p430 The result was a victory for the Jamaica Labour Party, which won 26 of the 45 seats. Voter turnout was 7 ...

United States

1962 United States elections The 1962 United States elections were held on November 6 to elect the members of the 88th United States Congress. The election occurred in the middle of Democratic President John F. Kennedy's term. The Republican Party picked up four seats in t ...

* United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1962 *

1962 California gubernatorial election The 1962 California gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1962. The Democratic incumbent, Pat Brown, ran for re-election against former U.S. vice president and 1960 Republican presidential nominee Richard Nixon. In his concession spe ...

1962 Maine gubernatorial election The 1962 Maine gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1962. Incumbent Republican Governor John Reed, had been elected in 1960 in a special election to finish the final two years of Clinton Clauson's term following his death, and was s ...

* 1962 Massachusetts gubernatorial election *

1962 Minnesota gubernatorial election The 1962 Minnesota gubernatorial election was the closest statewide race in Minnesota history and one of the closest gubernatorial elections in U.S. history. The election was held on November 6, 1962, but the results were not known until March 21 ...

* 1962 New Orleans mayoral election * 1962 New York state election *

United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1962 The 1962 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 6, 1962 to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. The primary elections were held on June 12 and the run ...

1962 South Carolina gubernatorial election The 1962 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1962 to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Donald S. Russell won the Democratic primary and ran unopposed in the general election becoming the 107th govern ...

1962 United States House of Representatives elections The 1962 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1962, which occurred in the middle of President John F. Kennedy's term. As in most midterm elections, Kennedy's Democratic ...

1962 United States Senate elections The 1962 United States Senate elections was an election for the United States Senate which was held in the middle of President John F. Kennedy's term. His Democratic Party made a net gain of four seats from the Republicans, increasing their cont ...

United States gubernatorial

1962 Oregon gubernatorial election The 1962 Oregon gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1962. Republican incumbent Mark Hatfield defeated Democratic nominee Robert Y. Thornton to win re-election. Candidates Democratic * Robert Y. Thornton, Oregon Attorney General ...

United States Senate

* United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 1962 * United States Senate election in North Dakota, 1962 *

United States Senate election in Oregon, 1962 The 1962 United States Senate election in Oregon was held on November 8, 1962 to select the U.S. Senator from the state of Oregon. Democratic Senator Wayne Morse decided to seek re-election for a fourth term. He defeated Republican candidate Sig ...

United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1962 The 1962 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 6, 1962 to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina. Incumbent Democratic Senator Olin D. Johnston defeated Governor Fritz Hollings in the Democratic ...

South America

1962 Argentine legislative election The Argentine legislative elections of 1962 was held on 18 March. Voters chose their legislators and governors; with a turnout of 85.7%. Background Peronism and its political vehicle, the Justicialist Party remained banned from political life, a ...

1962 Salvadoran presidential election Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 30 April 1962.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p276 Julio Adalberto Rivera Carballo of the National Conciliation Party was the sole candidate and ...

Oceania

Australia

1962 New South Wales state election The 1962 New South Wales state election was held on 3 March 1962. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1961 redistribution. The election was for all of ...

1962 South Australian state election State elections were held in South Australia on 3 March 1962. All 39 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal and Country League led by Premier of South Australia Thomas Playford IV defeated the ...

1962 Western Australian state election Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 31 March 1962 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The Liberal-Country coalition government, led by Premier Sir David Brand, won a second term in office against the Labor P ...