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