1962 elections in India

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Legislative Assembly elections

Andhra Pradesh

PARTY	SEATS			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

Bihar

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

Madras

Party	Popular Vote	Vote %	Seats contested	Seats won	Change
Indian National Congress	5,848,974	46.14%	206	139	-12
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	12,676,346	100%	—	206	—

Maharashtra

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

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Punjab

Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1962
	Party	Contestants	Seats won	Popular vote	%
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Indian National Congress	154	90	29,46,209	43.72
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Shiromani Akali Dal	46	16	7,99,925	11.87
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Communist Party of India	47	12	4,78,333	7.10
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	80	8	6,55,160	9.72
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Socialist Party	8	4	93,801	1.39
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Swatantra Party	42	3	2,61,276	3.88
	Haryana Lok Samiti	8	3	1,29,036	1.91
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Independents	330	18	11,57,113	17.17
	Others	41	0	2,18,370	3.24
	Total	756	154	67,39,223

West Bengal

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

External links

• Election Commission of India