| Election Name: | 1962 Soviet Union legislative election |
| Country: | Soviet Union |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1958 Soviet Union legislative election |
| Previous Year: | 1958 |
| Next Election: | 1966 Soviet Union legislative election |
| Next Year: | 1966 |
| Seats For Election: | All 1,443 seats in the Supreme Soviet |
| Election Date: | 18 March 1962 |
| Leader1: | Nikita Khrushchev |
| Party1: | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Leader Since1: | 13 March 1953 |
| Seats1: | 1094 |
| Seat Change1: | 46 |
| Percentage1: | 75.8% |
| Party2: | Independent politician |
| Seats2: | 349 |
| Percentage2: | 24.2% |
| Chairman of the Council of Ministers | |
| Before Election: | Nikita Khrushchev |
| Before Party: | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| After Election: | Nikita Khrushchev |
| After Party: | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Seat Change2: | 19 |
| Seats Before1: | 1048 |
| Seats Before2: | 330 |
Elections to the Supreme Soviet were held in the Soviet Union on 18 March 1962.[1]
Candidates had to be nominated by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) or by a public organisation.[2] However, all public organisations were controlled by the party and were subservient to a 1931 law that required them to accept party rule.[2] The CPSU itself remained the only legal one in the country.[3]
Voters could vote against the CPSU candidate, but could only do so by using polling booths, whereas votes for the party could be cast simply by submitting a blank ballot.[2] Turnout was required to be over 50% for the election to be valid.[2]
CPSU candidates accounted for around three quarters of the nominees, whilst many of the others were members of Komsomol.[4]