1962 elections in India

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Legislative Assembly elections

Andhra Pradesh

PARTYSEATSVOTES POLLEDVOTE % IN
NATIONAL PARTIESCONTESTEDWONFDVOTES %SEATS
CPI136518228276719.53%40.58%
INC3001771552335947.25%47.25%
JS700691217211.04%4.17%
PSP604347320.30%16.17%
SOC15211708780.61%12.99%
SWA1411970121598710.40%21.81%
REP180170.40%6.43%
IND3025117420.48%32.75%
Total988300354
Source:ECI [1]

Assam

PartyVotes%Seats
Indian National Congress 1,179,30548.2579
Praja Socialist Party 310,09312.696
Communist Party of India 156,1536.390
All Party Hill Leaders Conference 134,5915.5111
Socialist 36,6721.500
Revolutionary Communist Party 29,2491.201
Jan Sangh10,8870.450
Achik Assona Chilchakgipa Kotak5,1690.210
Independents582,04223.818
Total2,444,161100.00105
Registered voters/turnout4,942,816
Source: ECI

Bihar

S. No.AbbreviationPartySeats contestedSeats won
1SWA Swatantra Party 25950
2SOC Socialist Party of India 1327
3PSP Praja Socialist Party 19929
4JS Jan Sangh 753
5INC Indian National Congress 318185
6CPI Communist Party of India 8412
7RRP Ram Rajya Parishad 170
8JP Jharkhand Party 7520
9HMS Hindu Mahasabha 30
10INDIndependent36712

Gujarat

Jammu and Kashmir

Madhya Pradesh

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress 2,527,25738.54142Decrease2.svg90
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 1,092,23716.6641Increase2.svg31
Praja Socialist Party 703,18810.7233Increase2.svg21
Socialist Party 310,1814.7314New
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 248,5253.7910Increase2.svg5
Hindu Mahasabha 211,6393.236Decrease2.svg1
Swatantra Party 80,4701.232New
Communist Party of India 132,4402.021Decrease2.svg1
Republican Party of India 82,3451.260New
All India Forward Bloc 16,9130.260New
Independents 1,151,95517.5739Increase2.svg19
Total6,557,150100.002880
Valid votes6,557,15073.71
Invalid/blank votes2,338,71926.29
Total votes8,895,869100.00
Registered voters/turnout15,874,23856.04
Source: ECI [2]

Madras

PartyPopular VoteVote %Seats contestedSeats wonChange
Indian National Congress 5,848,97446.14%206139-12
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3,435,63327.10%14350+37
Swatantra Party 991,7737.82%946+6
Forward Bloc 173,2611.37%63+3
Communist Party of India 978,8067.72%682-2
Socialist 48,7530.38%71
Praja Socialist Party 159,2121.26%210-2
We Tamils117,6400.93%160
Indian Union Muslim League 89,9680.71%60
Republican 57,4570.45%40
Tamil National Party 44,0480.35%90
Socialist Labour43,1860.34%70
Jan Sangh 10,7430.08%40
Independents 676,8925.34%2075-17
Total12,676,346100%206

Maharashtra

Political PartyNo. of candidatesNo. of electedVotes polledVotes (%)
Indian National Congress 2642155,617,34751.22%
Peasants and Workers Party of India 7915818,8017.47%
Praja Socialist Party 1019792,7557.23%
Communist Party of India 566647,3905.90%
Republican Party of India 663589,6535.38%
Socialist 14154,7640.50%
Independents 437151,836,09516.74%

Mysore

Summary of results of the Mysore Legislative Assembly election, 1962
Political Party
Contestants
Seats won
Seat change
Number of votes
Vote share
Net change
Indian National Congress 208138Decrease2.svg 123,164,81150.22%Decrease2.svg 1.80
Praja Socialist Party 8420Increase2.svg 2887,36314.08%Increase2.svg 0.02
Swatantra Party 599450,7137.15%
Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti 661368782.17%
Lok Sewak Sangh 174159,5452.53%
Independents 27Decrease2.svg 91,091,01117.31%N/A
Total208

Punjab

Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1962 [3]
PartyContestantsSeats wonPopular vote%
Indian National Congress 1549029,46,20943.72
Shiromani Akali Dal 46167,99,92511.87
Communist Party of India 47124,78,3337.10
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 8086,55,1609.72
Socialist Party 8493,8011.39
Swatantra Party 4232,61,2763.88
Haryana Lok Samiti831,29,0361.91
Independents 3301811,57,11317.17
Others4102,18,3703.24
Total75615467,39,223

Rajasthan

India Rajasthan Legislative Assembly 1962.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress 2,052,38339.9888–31
Swatantra Party 878,05617.1136New
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 469,4979.1515+9
Communist Party of India 276,9725.405+4
Socialist Party (India) 189,1473.685New
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 102,9882.013–14
Praja Socialist Party 74,8581.4620
Hindu Mahasabha 17,4810.340New
Independents1,071,58120.8822–10
Total5,132,963100.001760
Valid votes5,132,96378.28
Invalid/blank votes1,424,30321.72
Total votes6,557,266100.00
Registered voters/turnout10,327,59663.49
Source: ECI [4]

Uttar Pradesh

West Bengal

PartyNo. of candidatesNo. of electedNo. of votes %
Indian National Congress 2521574.522,47647.29%
Communist Party of India 145502,386,83424.96%
Praja Socialist Party 875477,2544.99%
All India Forward Bloc 3413441,0984.06%
Revolutionary Socialist Party 179245,2612.56%
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 25076,1380.80%
Socialist Unity Centre of India 11069,8440.73%
Lok Sewak Sangh 11468,5830.72%
Sanjukta Biplabi Parisha 16158,8060.62%
Swatantra Party 24055,4470.58%
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 25043,4830.45%
All India Gorkha League 4238,0760.40%
Workers Party of India 8026,9130.24%
Socialist Party 702,6630.03%
Independents295111,050,51510.98%
Total:93525210,469,803

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References

  1. "Election results, 1962".
  2. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  3. "List of Polling Booth For Punjab Lok Sabha Elections 1962". www.elections.in.
  4. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  5. Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1962 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL