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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Elections in India
| country = India
| previous_election = 1961 elections in India
| previous_year = 1961
| election_date = 1962
| next_election = 1963 elections in India
| next_year = 1963
}}
{{Politics of India}}

==Legislative Assembly elections==
===[[Andhra Pradesh]]===
{{Main|1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable"
! PARTY
! colspan="3" | SEATS
! colspan="3" |VOTES POLLED
! colspan="2" |VOTE % IN
|-
! NATIONAL PARTIES
! CONTESTED
! WON
! FD
! colspan="2" |VOTES
! %
! colspan="2" |SEATS
|-
|'''CPI'''
|136
|51
|8
| colspan="2" |2282767
|19.53%
| colspan="2" |40.58%
|-
|'''INC'''
|300
|177
|1
| colspan="2" |5523359
|47.25%
| colspan="2" |47.25%
|-
|'''JS'''
|70
|0
|69
| colspan="2" |121721
|1.04%
| colspan="2" |4.17%
|-
|'''PSP'''
|6
|0
|4
| colspan="2" |34732
|0.30%
| colspan="2" |16.17%
|-
|'''SOC'''
|15
|2
|11
| colspan="2" |70878
|0.61%
| colspan="2" |12.99%
|-
|'''SWA'''
|141
|19
|70
| colspan="2" |1215987
|10.40%
| colspan="2" |21.81%
|-
|'''REP'''
|18
|0
|17
|colspan="2" |
|0.40%
| colspan="2" |6.43%
|-
|'''IND'''
|302
|51
|174
|colspan="2" |
|20.48%
| colspan="2" |32.75%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''988'''
|'''300'''
|'''354'''
| colspan="5" |
|-
|colspan=8|Source:ECI<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Election results, 1962|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4044-andhra-pradesh-1962/?do=download&csrfKey=971e25ec2d8a34ed7fa32ffd0e4e31c4}}</ref>
|-
|}

===[[Assam]]===
{{Main|1962 Assam Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=1179305|seats1=79
|party2=[[Praja Socialist Party]]|votes2=310093|seats2=6
|party3=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes3=156153|seats3=0
|party4=[[All Party Hill Leaders Conference]]|votes4=134591|seats4=11
|party5=[[Socialist Party of India (1955)|Socialist]]|votes5=36672|seats5=0
|party6=[[Revolutionary Communist Party of India|Revolutionary Communist Party]]|votes6=29249|seats6=1
|party7=Jan Sangh|votes7=10887|seats7=0
|party8=Achik Assona Chilchakgipa Kotak|votes8=5169|seats8=0
|party9=Independents|votes9=582042|seats9=8
|invalid=
|electorate=4942816
|source=ECI<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3992-assam-1962/ |title=ECI |access-date=22 December 2021 |archive-date=26 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626115726/https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3992-assam-1962/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}

===[[Bihar]]===
{{Main|1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! S. No.!! Abbreviation !!Party!!Seats contested!!Seats won
|-
|1 ||SWA ||[[Swatantra Party]]||259||50
|-
|2 ||SOC ||[[Socialist Party of India (1955)|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
|-
|}

===[[Gujarat]]===
{{Main|1962 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election}}

===[[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]===
{{Main|1962 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election}}

===[[Madhya Pradesh]]===
{{Main|1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=2527257|seats1=142|sc1={{decrease}}90
|party2=[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]|votes2=1092237|seats2=41|sc2={{increase}}31
|party3=[[Praja Socialist Party]]|votes3=703188|seats3=33|sc3={{increase}}21
|party4=[[Socialist Party of India (1955)|Socialist Party]]|votes4=310181|seats4=14|sc4=New
|party5=[[Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad]]|votes5=248525|seats5=10|sc5={{increase}}5
|party6=[[Hindu Mahasabha]]|votes6=211639|seats6=6|sc6={{decrease}}1
|party7=[[Swatantra Party]]|votes7=80470|seats7=2|sc7=New
|party8=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes8=132440|seats8=1|sc8={{decrease}}1
|party9=[[Republican Party of India]]|votes9=82345|seats9=0|sc9=New
|party10=[[All India Forward Bloc]]|votes10=16913|seats10=0|sc10=New
|party11=[[Independent (politics)|Independents]]|votes11=1151955|seats11=39|sc11={{increase}}19
|total_sc=0
|invalid=2338719
|electorate=15874238
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3729-madhya-pradesh-1962/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref>
}}

===[[Madras]]===
{{Main|1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top|Party
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Popular Vote
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Vote %
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Seats contested
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Seats won
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Change
|-
|align=left| [[Indian National Congress]]
|align=center| 5,848,974
|align=center| 46.14%
|align=center| 206
|align=center| 139
|align=center| -12
|-
|align=left| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|align=center| 3,435,633
|align=center| 27.10%
|align=center| 143
|align=center| 50
|align=center| +37
|-
|align=left| [[Swatantra Party]]
|align=center| 991,773
|align=center| 7.82%
|align=center| 94
|align=center| 6
|align=center| +6
|-
|align=left| [[Forward Bloc]]
|align=center| 173,261
|align=center| 1.37%
|align=center| 6
|align=center| 3
|align=center| +3
|-
|align=left| [[Communist Party of India]]
|align=center| 978,806
|align=center| 7.72%
|align=center| 68
|align=center| 2
|align=center| -2
|-
|align=left| [[Socialist Party of India (1955)|Socialist]]
|align=center| 48,753
|align=center| 0.38%
|align=center| 7
|align=center| 1
|align=center| –
|-
|align=left| [[Praja Socialist Party]]
|align=center| 159,212
|align=center| 1.26%
|align=center| 21
|align=center| 0
|align=center| -2
|-
|align=left| We Tamils
|align=center| 117,640
|align=center| 0.93%
|align=center| 16
|align=center| 0
|align=center| –
|-
|align=left| [[Indian Union Muslim League]]
|align=center| 89,968
|align=center| 0.71%
|align=center| 6
|align=center| 0
|align=center| –
|-
|align=left| [[Republican Party of India|Republican]]
|align=center| 57,457
|align=center| 0.45%
|align=center| 4
|align=center| 0
|align=center| –
|-
|align=left| [[Tamil National Party]]
|align=center| 44,048
|align=center| 0.35%
|align=center| 9
|align=center| 0
|align=center| –
|-
|align=left| Socialist Labour
|align=center| 43,186
|align=center| 0.34%
|align=center| 7
|align=center| 0
|align=center| –
|-
|align=left| [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|Jan Sangh]]
|align=center| 10,743
|align=center| 0.08%
|align=center| 4
|align=center| 0
|align=center| –
|-
|align=left| [[Independent (politician)|Independents]]
|align=center| 676,892
|align=center| 5.34%
|align=center| 207
|align=center| 5
|align=center| -17
|-
|align=center| '''Total'''
|align=center|12,676,346
|align=center|100%
|align=center| —
|align=center|206
|align=center| —
|}

===[[Maharashtra]]===
{{Main|1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election}}
{|class="wikitable"
!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 Party of India (1955)|Socialist]]
|14
|1
|54,764
|0.50%
|-
|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]
|437
|15
|1,836,095
|16.74%
|-
|}

===[[Mysore State|Mysore]]===
{{Main|1962 Mysore Legislative Assembly election}}
{{election table|title=Summary of results of the Mysore Legislative Assembly election, 1962|sortable=yes}}
|- align=center
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"|
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Contestants 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats won 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat change 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of votes 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Vote share 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Net change
|-style="background: #90EE90;"
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|align="left"|[[Indian National Congress]]||208||138||{{decrease}} 12||3,164,811||50.22%||{{decrease}} 1.80
|-
| {{party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}
|align="left"|[[Praja Socialist Party]]||84||20||{{increase}} 2||887,363||14.08%||{{increase}} 0.02
|-
| {{party color cell|Swatantra Party}}
|align="left"|[[Swatantra Party]]||59||9||||450,713 ||7.15%||
|-
| {{party color cell|}}
|align="left"|[[Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti]]||6||6||||136878||2.17%||
|-
| {{party color cell|}}
|align="left"|[[Lok Sewak Sangh]]||17||4||||159,545||2.53%||
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent (politician)}}
|align="left"|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]||||27||{{decrease}} 9||1,091,011||17.31%||''N/A''
|-
|
|align="left"|'''Total'''||||'''208'''||||||||
|-
|}

===[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]===
{{Main|1962 Punjab Legislative Assembly election}}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan=7|Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1962<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in//punjab/assembly-constituencies/1962-election-results.html|title=List of Polling Booth For Punjab Lok Sabha Elections 1962|website=www.elections.in}}</ref>
|-
!
!Party
!Contestants
!Seats won
!Popular vote
!%
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|style="background:#90EE90;"|[[Indian National Congress]]
|154
|90
|29,46,209
|43.72
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}"|
|[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]
|46
|16
|7,99,925
|11.87
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|47
|12
|4,78,333
|7.10
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}"|
|[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|80
|8
|6,55,160
|9.72
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Socialist Party (India)}}"|
|[[Socialist Party (India, 1948)|Socialist Party]]
|8
|4
|93,801
|1.39
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Swatantra Party}}"|
|[[Swatantra Party]]
|42
|3
|2,61,276
|3.88
|-
|bgcolor="gray"|
|Haryana Lok Samiti
|8
|3
|1,29,036
|1.91
|-
|bgcolor="{{party color|Independent politician}}"|
|[[Independent politician|Independents]]
|330
|18
|11,57,113
|17.17
|-
|
|Others
|41
|0
|2,18,370
|3.24
|-
!
!Total
!756
!154
!67,39,223
!
|}

===[[Rajasthan]]===
{{Main|1962 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Rajasthan Legislative Assembly 1962.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=2052383|seats1=88|sc1=–31
|party2=[[Swatantra Party]]|votes2=878056|seats2=36|sc2=New
|party3=[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]|votes3=469497|seats3=15|sc3=+9
|party4=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes4=276972|seats4=5|sc4=+4
|party5=[[Socialist Party (India, 1948)|Socialist Party (India)]]|votes5=189147|seats5=5|sc5=New
|party6=[[Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad]]|votes6=102988|seats6=3|sc6=–14
|party7=[[Praja Socialist Party]]|votes7=74858|seats7=2|sc7=0
|party8=[[Hindu Mahasabha]]|votes8=17481|seats8=0|sc8=New
|party21=Independents|votes21=1071581|seats21=22|sc21=–10
|total_sc=0
|invalid=1424303
|electorate=10327596
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3380-rajasthan-1962/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=22 December 2021}}</ref>
}}

===[[Uttar Pradesh]]===
{{Main|1962 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}

===[[West Bengal]]===
{{Main|1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election}}
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! 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 (India)|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 (India, 1948)|Socialist Party]]
|7
|0
|2,663
|0.03%
|-
| Independents
| 295
| 11
| 1,050,515
| 10.98%
|-
| '''Total:'''
| 935
| 252
| 10,469,803
|
|}
<ref name=s1962>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1962 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL]''</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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