How Nehru won a third term, despite growing challenges

By the time the elections of 1962 came around, the Election Commission of India (ECI) had finetuned many of its procedures. The election saw the highest turnout of voters until then — and even though the Congress won decisively, the first clear instances of political criticism of the party became visible. This happened despite Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in his second term having overseen the successful liberation of Goa, Daman, and Diu in a military operation that ended more than 400 years of Portuguese rule over these territories. New CEC, new challenges The first Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sukumar Sen…