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1962 elections in India

Legislative Assembly elections

Andhra Pradesh

Main article: 1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

PARTY	SEA	TS		VOTES POLLED		VOTE % IN
NATIONAL PARTIES	CONTESTED	WON	FD	VOTES	%	SEATS
CPI	136	51	8	2282767	19.53%	40.58%
INC	300	177	1	5523359	47.25%	47.25%
JS	70	0	69	121721	1.04%	4.17%
PSP	6	0	4	34732	0.30%	16.17%
SOC	15	2	11	70878	0.61%	12.99%
SWA	141	19	70	1215987	10.40%	21.81%
REP	18	0	17		0.40%	6.43%
IND	302	51	174		20.48%	32.75%
Total	988	300	354
Source:ECI^[1]

Assam

Main article: 1962 Assam Legislative Assembly election


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Indian National Congress	1,179,305	48.25	79
	Praja Socialist Party	310,093	12.69	6
	Communist Party of India	156,153	6.39	0
	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	134,591	5.51	11
	Socialist	36,672	1.50	0
	Revolutionary Communist Party	29,249	1.20	1
	Jan Singh	10,887	0.45	0
	Achik Assona Chilchakgipa Kotak	5,169	0.21	0
	Independents	582,042	23.81	8
Total		2,444,161	100.00	105

Registered voters/turnout		4,942,816	–
Source: ECI

Bihar

Main article: 1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

S. No.	Abbreviation	Party	Seats contested	Seats won
1	SWA	Swatantra Party	259	50
2	SOC	Socialist Party of India	132	7
3	PSP	Praja Socialist Party	199	29
4	JS	Jan Sangh	75	3
5	INC	Indian National Congress	318	185
6	CPI	Communist Party of India	84	12
7	RRP	Ram Rajya Parishad	17	0
8	JP	Jharkhand Party	75	20
9	HMS	Hindu Mahasabha	3	0
10	IND	Independent	367	12


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	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^[2]

Madras

Main article: 1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election

Alliances	Party	Popular Vote	Vote %	Seats contested	Seats won	Change
INC Seats: 139 Seat Change: -12 Popular Vote: 5,848,974 Popular Vote %: 46.14%	Indian National Congress	5,848,974	46.14%	206	139	-12
Others Seats: 67 Seat Change: +25 Popular Vote: 6,827,372 Popular Vote %: 53.86%	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	3,435,633	27.10%	143	50	+37
	Swatantra Party	991,773	7.82%	94	6	+6
	Forward Bloc	173,261	1.37%	6	3	+3
	Communist Party of India	978,806	7.72%	68	2	-2
	Socialist	48,753	0.38%	7	1	–
	Praja Socialist Party	159,212	1.26%	21	0	-2
	We Tamils	117,640	0.93%	16	0	–
	Indian Union Muslim League	89,968	0.71%	6	0	–
	Republican	57,457	0.45%	4	0	–
	Tamil National Party	44,048	0.35%	9	0	–
	Socialist Labour	43,186	0.34%	7	0	–
	Jan Sangh	10,743	0.08%	4	0	–
	Independents	676,892	5.34%	207	5	-17
Total	13 Political Parties	12,676,346	100%	—	206	—

Maharashtra

Main article: 1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election

Political Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	Votes polled	Votes (%)
Indian National Congress	264	215	5,617,347	51.22%
Peasants and Workers Party of India	79	15	818,801	7.47%
Praja Socialist Party	101	9	792,755	7.23%
Communist Party of India	56	6	647,390	5.90%
Republican Party of India	66	3	589,653	5.38%
Socialist	14	1	54,764	0.50%
Independents	437	15	1,836,095	16.74%

Mysore

Main article: 1962 Mysore Legislative Assembly election

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	208	138	12	3,164,811	50.22%	1.80
Praja Socialist Party	84	20	2	887,363	14.08%	0.02
Swatantra Party	59	9		450,713	7.15%
Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti	6	6		136878	2.17%
Lok Sewak Sangh	17	4		159,545	2.53%
Independents		27	9	1,091,011	17.31%	N/A
Total		208

Punjab

Main article: 1962 Punjab Legislative Assembly election


Party	Contestants	Seats won	Popular vote	%
Indian National Congress	154	90	29,46,209	43.72
Shiromani Akali Dal	46	16	7,99,925	11.87
Communist Party of India	47	12	4,78,333	7.10
Bharatiya Jana Sangh	80	8	6,55,160	9.72
Socialist Party	8	4	93,801	1.39
Swatantra Party	42	3	2,61,276	3.88
Haryana Lok Samiti	8	3	1,29,036	1.91
Independents	330	18	11,57,113	17.17
Others	41	0	2,18,370	3.24
Total	756	154	67,39,223

Rajasthan

Main article: 1962 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	2,052,383	39.98	88	–31
	Swatantra Party	878,056	17.11	36	New
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	469,497	9.15	15	+9
	Communist Party of India	276,972	5.40	5	+4
	Socialist Party (India)	189,147	3.68	5	New
	Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad	102,988	2.01	3	–14
	Praja Socialist Party	74,858	1.46	2	0
	Hindu Mahasabha	17,481	0.34	0	New
	Independents	1,071,581	20.88	22	–10
Total		5,132,963	100.00	176	0

Valid votes		5,132,963	78.28
Invalid/blank votes		1,424,303	21.72
Total votes		6,557,266	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		10,327,596	63.49
Source: ECI^[4]

Uttar Pradesh

Main article: 1962 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

West Bengal

Main article: 1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	No. of votes	%
Indian National Congress	252	157	4.522,476	47.29%
Communist Party of India	145	50	2,386,834	24.96%
Praja Socialist Party	87	5	477,254	4.99%
All India Forward Bloc	34	13	441,098	4.06%
Revolutionary Socialist Party	17	9	245,261	2.56%
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha	25	0	76,138	0.80%
Socialist Unity Centre of India	11	0	69,844	0.73%
Lok Sewak Sangh	11	4	68,583	0.72%
Sanjukta Biplabi Parisha	16	1	58,806	0.62%
Swatantra Party	24	0	55,447	0.58%
Bharatiya Jana Sangh	25	0	43,483	0.45%
All India Gorkha League	4	2	38,076	0.40%
Workers Party of India	8	0	26,913	0.24%
Socialist Party	7	0	2,663	0.03%
Independents	295	11	1,050,515	10.98%
Total:	935	252	10,469,803

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