1962 elections in India
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[edit]| 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[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 | ||||
| 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] | |||||
| 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 | — |
| 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% |
| 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 |
| 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 | |||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
References
[edit]- ^ "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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