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## Legislative Assembly elections

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### Andhra Pradesh

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Main article: 1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

PARTY  | SEATS  | VOTES POLLED  | VOTE % IN

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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]

### Assam

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Main article: 1962 Assam Legislative Assembly election

Party| Votes| %| Seats

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| 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 Sangh| 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

### Bihar

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Main article: 1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

S. No. | Abbreviation | Party | Seats contested | Seats won

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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

### Gujarat

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Main article: 1962 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election

### Jammu and Kashmir

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Main article: 1962 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election

### Madhya Pradesh

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Main article: 1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Party| Votes| %| Seats| +/–

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| 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]

### Madras

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Main article: 1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election

Party  | Popular Vote  | Vote %  | Seats contested  | Seats won  | Change

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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

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Main article: 1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election

Political Party  | No. of candidates  | No. of elected  | Votes polled  | Votes (%)

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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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Main article: 1962 Mysore Legislative Assembly election

Summary of results of the Mysore Legislative Assembly election, 1962  | Political Party
| Contestants
| Seats won
| Seat change
| Number of votes
| Vote share
| Net change

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| 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 |  |  |  |

### Punjab

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Main article: 1962 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

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  |

### Rajasthan

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Main article: 1962 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election

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]

### Uttar Pradesh

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Main article: 1962 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

### West Bengal

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Main article: 1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

Party  | No. of candidates  | No. of elected  | No. of votes  | %

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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  |

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## References

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

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