1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

{{Short description|State assembly election in India}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

| type = legislative

| country = India

| ongoing = no

| previous_year = 1957

| previous_election = 1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

| election_date = 19 February 1962

| next_year = 1967

| next_election = 1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

| seats_for_election = All 318 seats in the Bihar Legislative Assembly

| majority_seats = 159

| registered = {{formatnum:22115041}}

| turnout = 44.47%

| image_size = 100px

| party1 = Indian National Congress

| leader1 = Binodanand Jha

| image1 = Hand_INC.svg

| seats1 = 185

| seats_before1 = 210

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}}25

| percentage1 =

| party2 = Swatantra Party

| image2 = Swatantra Party symbol.png

| seats2 = 50

| seats_before2 = New

| seat_change2 = New

| percentage2 =

| title = CM

| before_party = Indian National Congress

| before_election = Binodanand Jha

| after_party = Indian National Congress

| after_election = Binodanand Jha

}}

This is a list of the results of the 1962 general election to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar, a state in India, including a list of successful candidates. After the elections, the Congress emerged as the largest party, and Pandit Binodanand Jha was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar. Satyendra Narayan Sinha was designated as his second-in-command{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} with the educational portfolio.

{{cite web|author=Election Commission of India New Delhi|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_1962/StatRep_Bihar_1962.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar Election Commission of India New Delhi}}