Editing Jawaharlal Nehru (section)

=== Subsequent elections: 1957, 1962 ===
In the [[1957 Indian general election|1957 elections]], under Nehru's leadership, the [[Indian National Congress]] easily won a second term in power, taking 371 of the 494 seats. They gained an extra seven seats (the size of the Lok Sabha had been increased by five) and their vote share increased from 45.0% to 47.8%. The INC won nearly five times more votes than the [[Communist Party of India|Communist Party]], the second-largest party.<ref>{{Cite web|title=1957 India General (2nd Lok Sabha) Elections Results|url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1957-election-results.html|access-date=31 August 2020|website=www.elections.in|archive-date=27 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727170609/https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1957-election-results.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In [[1962 Indian general election|1962]], Nehru led the Congress to victory with a diminished majority. The numbers who voted for the [[Indian Communist Party|Communist]] and socialist parties grew, although some right-wing groups like [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]] also did well.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/lok-sabha-general-elections-2019/the-story-of-1962-lok-sabha-election-all-you-need-to-know-2185457.html|title=INKredible India: The story of 1962 Lok Sabha election – All you need to know|date=6 March 2019|first=Shubhodeep|last=Chakravarty|website=Zee News|access-date=21 December 2021|archive-date=21 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221165502/https://zeenews.india.com/lok-sabha-general-elections-2019/the-story-of-1962-lok-sabha-election-all-you-need-to-know-2185457.html|url-status=live}}</ref>