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All 288 seats in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly 145 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 15,874,238 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 44.52% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in February 1962. 1,336 candidates contested for the 288 constituencies in the Assembly. [1] The Indian National Congress won the most seats and Dwarka Prasad Mishra was sworn in for his second term as the Chief Minister. [2]
After the passing of The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1961, double-member constituencies were eliminated and Madhya Pradesh's Legislative Assembly was assigned 288 single-member constituencies. [3]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Indian National Congress | 2,527,257 | 38.54 | 142 | 90 | |
Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 1,092,237 | 16.66 | 41 | 31 | |
Praja Socialist Party | 703,188 | 10.72 | 33 | 21 | |
Socialist Party | 310,181 | 4.73 | 14 | New | |
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | 248,525 | 3.79 | 10 | 5 | |
Hindu Mahasabha | 211,639 | 3.23 | 6 | 1 | |
Swatantra Party | 80,470 | 1.23 | 2 | New | |
Communist Party of India | 132,440 | 2.02 | 1 | 1 | |
Republican Party of India | 82,345 | 1.26 | 0 | New | |
All India Forward Bloc | 16,913 | 0.26 | 0 | New | |
Independents | 1,151,955 | 17.57 | 39 | 19 | |
Total | 6,557,150 | 100.00 | 288 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 6,557,150 | 73.71 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 2,338,719 | 26.29 | |||
Total votes | 8,895,869 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 15,874,238 | 56.04 | |||
Source: ECI [4] |
Year | Constituency | Reason for by-poll | Winning candidate | Party | |
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1963 | Parasia | Void of S.S. Kartaram | S. Dupey | Indian National Congress | |
Morena | Void of J. Singh | H.R.S. Sarraf | Indian National Congress | ||
1964 | Bina | Void of P.B. Ramdayal | S.N. Mushran | Indian National Congress | |
Sitamau | Void of M. Singh | K. Singh | Jan Sangh | ||
Sonkatch | Void of B. Singh | V. Singh | Jan Sangh | ||
1965 | Jabalpur - 3 | Death of Jagmohan Das | H.K. Singh | Indian National Congress | |
Berasia | Void of B. Lal's election | D.N. Vadivel | Indian National Congress | ||
Source:ECI [5] | |||||
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