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{{Infobox election<br />
| election_name = Maharashtra State Assembly Elections, 1962<br />
| country = India<br />
| flag_year = <br />
| type = Legislative<br />
| ongoing = no<br />
| party_colour = <br />
| previous_election = 1957 Bombay Legislative Assembly election<br />
| previous_year = 1957<br> Bombay State<br />
| next_election = 1967 Maharashtra State Assembly election<br />
| next_year = 1967<br />
| seats_for_election = All 264 assembly constituencies to [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| election_date = 1962<br />
| turnout = <!-- Congress --><br />
| image1 = <br />
| leader1 = <br />
| party1 = Indian National Congress<br />
| alliance1 = <br />
| last_election1 = <br />
| seats1 = 215<br />
| popular_vote1 = 5,617,347<br />
| seat_change1 = <br />
| percentage1 = 51.22%<br />
| swing1 = <!-- PWP --><br />
| image2 = <br />
| leader2 = <br />
| party2 = Peasants and Workers Party of India<br />
| alliance2 = <br />
| last_election2 = <br />
| seats2 = 15<br />
| popular_vote2 = 818,801<br />
| seat_change2 = <br />
| percentage2 = 7.47%<br />
| swing2 = <!-- Map --><br />
| map_image = Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 1962.svg<br />
| map_size = 250 px<br />
| map_caption = <br />
| title = [[List of Chief Ministers of Maharashtra|Chief Minister]]<br />
| before_election = [[Yashwantrao Chavan]]<br />
| before_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| after_election = [[Marotrao Kannamwar]]<br />
| after_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| majority_seats = 133<br />
}}<br />
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'''Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1962''' was held in [[India]]n state of [[Maharashtra]] in 1962, to elect 264 members to the [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]].<ref name="ECI-M1962">{{cite web |title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1962 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MAHARASHTRA |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3714-maharashtra-1962/ |publisher=Electoral Commission of India |accessdate=30 October 2019 |location=New Delhi}}</ref><br />
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==Results==<br />
[[Indian National Congress]] won 215 out of 264 seats.<ref name= ECI-M1962 /><br />
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{|class="wikitable" <br />
!Political Party<br />
!No. of candidates <br />
!No. of elected<br />
!Votes polled<br />
!Votes (%) <br />
|- <br />
|[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|264<br />
|215<br />
|5,617,347<br />
|51.22%<br />
|-<br />
|[[Peasants and Workers Party of India]]<br />
|79<br />
|15<br />
|818,801<br />
|7.47%<br />
|-<br />
|[[Praja Socialist Party]]<br />
|101<br />
|9<br />
|792,755<br />
|7.23%<br />
|-<br />
|[[Communist Party of India]]<br />
|56<br />
|6<br />
|647,390<br />
|5.90%<br />
|-<br />
|[[Republican Party of India]]<br />
|66<br />
|3<br />
|589,653<br />
|5.38%<br />
|-<br />
|Socialist<br />
|14<br />
|1<br />
|54,764<br />
|0.50%<br />
|-<br />
|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]<br />
|437<br />
|15<br />
|1,836,095<br />
|16.74%<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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