1962 Indian general election in Madras State

For State Assembly election, see 1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election.

Indian general election in Madras, 1962

←  1957 February 1962 1967  →
41 (of 494) seats in the Lok Sabha
Registered	18675436
Turnout	12843914 (68.77%) 21.02%
First party Second party   Leader K. Kamaraj C.N. Annadurai Party INC DMK Leader's seat Did not contest Rajya Sabha Seats won 31 7 Seat change 5 Popular vote 5,623,013 2,315,610 Percentage 45.26% 18.64% Swing 1.26% Contested as Independents
Tamil Nadu
Prime Minister before election Jawaharlal Nehru INC Prime Minister after election Jawaharlal Nehru INC

The 1962 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 41 seats in the state. The result was a victory for Indian National Congress winning 31 out of 41 seats. This would mark the last time, that Congress has won more than 30 seats in this state, without the help of allies. After the defeat of Congress, in Madras, in 1967, Congress sought help and allied with local parties, to get seats in Madras/Tamil Nadu.

Voting and results

Party		Seats			Popular vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	Votes	%	±pp
	Indian National Congress	41	31		56,23,013	45.26	1.26%
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	18	7	7	23,15,610	18.64	New
	Communist Party of India	14	2		12,72,313	10.24	0.18%
	Swatantra Party	16	0	New	13,00,526	10.47	New
	Independents	46	0	8	9,33,150	7.51	32.26%
Total		41			1,24,24,036
Invalid votes		4,19,878	3.26
Votes cast / turnout		1,28,43,984	68.77
Registered voters		1,86,75,436	100.00

List of Elected MPs

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Madras North	P. Srinivasan		INC	122,160	37.67	Abdus Samad		IUML	113,311	34.94	8,849	2.73
2	Madras South	K. Manoharan		DMK	151,917	44.73	C. R. Ramaswamy		INC	89,771	26.43	62,146	18.30
3	Sriperumbudur (SC)	P. Sivasankaran		DMK	157,733	52.56	K. Munuswamy		INC	142,361	47.44	15,372	5.12
4	Chingleput	O. V. Alagesan		INC	169,988	53.10	S. Krishnaswamy		IND	150,110	46.90	19,878	6.20
5	Tiruvallur	V. Govindaswamy Naidu		INC	157,343	47.92	M. Gopal		DMK	143,908	43.83	13,435	4.09
6	Vellore	Abdull Wahid		INC	114,872	41.03	N. Sivaraj		RPI	90,906	32.47	23,966	8.56
7	Wandiwash (SC)	Jayaraman		INC	111,053	39.39	M. Krishnasami		RPI	100,256	35.56	10,797	3.83
8	Tiruvannamalai	Dharmalingam		DMK	141,254	48.99	G. Neelakantan		INC	137,528	47.69	3,726	1.30
9	Tindivanam	R. Venkatasubba Reddiar		INC	132,330	48.35	K. Ramamoorthi Goundar		SWA	118,033	43.12	14,297	5.23
10	Cuddalore	T. Ramabadra Naidu		DMK	160,811	51.38	T. D. Muthukumaraswami Naidu		INC	125,424	40.08	35,387	11.30
11	Chidambaram	R. Kangagosabai		INC	140,731	44.63	R. Thillaivaillalan		DMK	136,671	43.34	4,060	1.29
12	Tirukoilur (SC)	L. Elaya Perumal		INC	134,815	53.51	C. Govindaraju		DMK	117,115	46.49	17,700	7.02
13	Tiruppattur	R. Muthu Gounder		DMK	151,938	51.59	Duraiswami Goundan		INC	118,303	40.17	33,635	11.42
14	Krishnagiri	K. Rajaram		DMK	127,508	48.78	C. R. Narasimhan		INC	118,907	45.49	8,601	3.29
15	Salem	S. V. Ramaswamy		INC	147,525	49.34	K. Rajagopal		DMK	135,787	45.42	11,738	3.92
16	Tiruchengode	P. Subbarayan		INC	109,799	43.74	S. Kandappan		DMK	97,635	38.90	12,164	4.84
17	Namakkal (SC)	V. K. Ramaswamy		INC	118,603	43.83	M. P. Vadivelu		DMK	109,652	40.52	8,951	3.31
18	Erode	Paramasiva Gounder		INC	156,739	45.75	Narayanan		DMK	117,561	34.32	39,178	11.43
19	Gobichettipalayam	P. G. Karuthiruman		INC	142,993	49.77	K. M. Ramasami Gounder		IND	71,558	24.91	71,435	24.86
20	Nilgiris	Akkamma Devi		INC	163,420	52.54	M. E. Madhanan		CPI	75,299	24.21	88,121	28.33
21	Coimbatore	P. R. Ramakrishnan		INC	151,019	39.06	Parvathi Krishnan		CPI	108,458	28.05	42,561	11.01
22	Pollachi	C. Subramaniam		INC	176,512	56.40	R. M. Ramasami		SWA	76,415	24.41	100,097	31.99
23	Periyakulam	Malaichamy Thevar		INC	146,829	48.44	Muthaih		IND	143,930	47.48	2,899	0.96
24	Madurai	N. M. R. Subbaraman		INC	140,574	39.55	K. T. K. Tangamani		CPI	123,386	34.72	17,188	4.83
25	Melur (SC)	P. Maruthaiah		INC	155,629	52.17	V. S. Sivaprakasam		SWA	142,710	47.83	12,919	4.34
26	Dindigul	T. S. Soundaram Ramachandram		INC	138,574	43.23	M. S. Abdul Khader		DMK	84,921	26.49	53,653	16.74
27	Karur	R. Ramanathan Chettiar		INC	139,385	48.59	P. Ponnambala Gounder		SWA	100,229	34.94	39,156	13.65
28	Tiruchirapalli	K. Anada Nambiar		CPI	156,706	47.80	M. K. M. Abdul Salam		INC	147,332	44.94	9,374	2.86
29	Perambalur	Era Sezhiyan		DMK	188,926	55.90	M. Palaniyandi		INC	133,536	39.51	55,390	16.39
30	Pudukkottai	R. Umanath		CPI	134,162	44.99	L. Alagusundaram Chettiar		INC	103,944	34.86	30,218	10.13
31	Kumbakonam	C. R. Pattabiraman		INC	155,389	47.21	T. K. Srinivasan		DMK	144,490	43.90	10,899	3.31
32	Mayuram (SC)	Maragatham		INC	149,330	45.74	Subirravelu		DMK	106,059	32.48	43,271	13.26
33	Nagapattinam	Gopalsamy Thenkondar		INC	161,421	45.98	C. Kandasamy Thevar		CPI	129,004	36.74	32,417	9.24
34	Thanjavur	Vairava Thevar		INC	143,185	43.58	Vallatharasu		PSP	115,112	35.04	28,073	8.54
35	Ramanathapuram	N. Arunachalam		INC	145,396	41.14	Salivateeswaran		SWA	114,513	32.40	30,883	8.74
36	Aruppukkottai	U. Muthu Ramalinga Thevar		AIFB	175,772	51.72	Arumugasami		INC	155,919	45.88	19,853	5.84
37	Koilpatti (SC)	S. C. Balakrishnan		INC	150,175	47.94	Velu Kudumban		SWA	93,843	29.96	56,332	17.98
38	Tirunelveli	Muthiah		INC	151,822	47.69	Mariadas Ruthnasamy		SWA	129,803	40.77	22,019	6.92
39	Tenkasai	M. P. Swamy		INC	165,169	51.15	S. A. Muruganandam		CPI	93,729	29.02	71,440	22.13
40	Tiruchendur	T. T. Krishnamachari		INC	0	0.00	N/A (Uncontested)		N/A	0	0.00	0	0
41	Nagercoil	A. Nesamony		INC	157,208	56.37	P. Vivekananda		IND	81,587	29.25	75,621	0.2712

See also

• Elections in Tamil Nadu

Bibliography

• Volume I, 1962 Indian general election, 3rd Lok Sabha

External links

• Website of Election Commission of India
• CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History