| Election Name: | 1962 Indian vice presidential election |
| Country: | India |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1957 Indian vice presidential election |
| Previous Year: | 1957 |
| Next Election: | 1967 Indian vice presidential election |
| Next Year: | 1967 |
| Election Date: | 7 May 1962 |
| Nominee1: | Zakir Husain |
| Party1: | Independent politician |
| Home State1: | Uttar Pradesh |
| Electoral Vote1: | 568 |
| Percentage1: | 97.59% |
| Nominee2: | N. C. Samantsinhar |
| Party2: | Independent politician |
| Home State2: | Orissa |
| Electoral Vote2: | 14 |
| Percentage2: | 2.41% |
| Color1: | 1639FF |
| Color2: | 878FC1 |
| Vice President | |
| Before Election: | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| Before Party: | Independent politician |
| After Election: | Zakir Husain |
| After Party: | Independent politician |
The 1962 Indian vice presidential election was held in 7 May 1962 to elect the vice president of India. Zakir Husain was elected for the post. This was the first contested election for Vice Presidency in India, as the first two elections were uncontested, with Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan being the only candidate.[1] He won against N. C. Samantsinhar by a landslide.
|- align=center!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Candidate
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Electoral Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes
|-|align="left"|Zakir Husain||568||97.59|-|align="left"|N. C. Samantsinhar||14||2.41|-| colspan="3" style="background:#e9e9e9;"||-! style="text-align:left;"| Total! style="text-align:right;"|582! style="text-align:right;"|100.00|-| colspan="4" style="background:#e9e9e9;"| |-|-|style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes||582||97.65|-|style="text-align:left;"|Invalid Votes||14||2.35|-|style="text-align:left;"|Turnout||596||80.00|-|style="text-align:left;"|Abstentions||149||20.00|-|style="text-align:left;"|Electors||745|| style="background:#e9e9e9;"||-|}