1962 Indian general election in Madras State

none July 2016 July 2016 State Assembly election 1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election Indian general election in Madras, 1962 India parliamentary no Indian general election in Madras, 1957 1957 Indian general election in Madras, 1967 1967 February 1962 41 (of 494) seats in the Lok Sabha 18675436 12843914 (68.77%) 21.02% K Kamaraj 1976 stamp of India (cropped).jpg 100 100 120 0 02 K. Kamaraj Indian National Congress Did not contest 31 5,623,013 45.26% 1.26% CN_Annadurai.jpg 100 100 120 0 02 C.N. Annadurai Rajya Sabha Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7 5 2,315,610 18.64% Contested as Independents Tamil Nadu in India.png 200px Tamil Nadu Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Jawaharlal Nehru Indian National Congress Jawaharlal Nehru Indian National Congress The 1962 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 41 seats in the state. The result was a victory for Indian National Congress winning 31 out of 41 seats. This would mark the last time, that Congress has won more than 30 seats in this state, without the help of allies. After the defeat of Congress, in Madras, in 1967, Congress sought help and allied with local parties, to get seats in Madras/Tamil Nadu. Voting and results PartySeatsPopular voteContestedWon+/−Votes%±pp Indian National Congress Indian National Congress413156,23,01345.261.26% Dravida Munnetra KazhagamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam187723,15,61018.64New Communist Party of IndiaCommunist Party of India14212,72,31310.240.18% Swatantra PartySwatantra Party160New13,00,52610.47NewIndependentIndependents46089,33,1507.5132.26% Total41 1,24,24,036Invalid votes4,19,8783.26Votes cast / turnout1,28,43,984 68.77Registered voters 1,86,75,436 100.00 List of Elected MPs Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1Madras NorthP. SrinivasanIndian National CongressINC122,16037.67Abdus SamadIndian Union Muslim LeagueIUML113,31134.948,8492.732Madras SouthK. ManoharanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK151,91744.73C. R. RamaswamyIndian National CongressINC89,77126.4362,14618.303Sriperumbudur (SC)P. SivasankaranDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK157,73352.56K. MunuswamyIndian National CongressINC142,36147.4415,3725.124ChingleputO. V. AlagesanIndian National CongressINC169,98853.10S. KrishnaswamyIndependentIND150,11046.9019,8786.205TiruvallurV. Govindaswamy NaiduIndian National CongressINC157,34347.92M. GopalDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK143,90843.8313,4354.096VelloreAbdull WahidIndian National CongressINC114,87241.03N. SivarajRepublican Party of IndiaRPI90,90632.4723,9668.567Wandiwash (SC)JayaramanIndian National CongressINC111,05339.39M. KrishnasamiRepublican Party of IndiaRPI100,25635.5610,7973.838TiruvannamalaiDharmalingamDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK141,25448.99G. NeelakantanIndian National CongressINC137,52847.693,7261.309TindivanamR. Venkatasubba ReddiarIndian National CongressINC132,33048.35K. Ramamoorthi GoundarSwatantra PartySWA118,03343.1214,2975.2310CuddaloreT. Ramabadra NaiduDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK160,81151.38T. D. Muthukumaraswami NaiduIndian National CongressINC125,42440.0835,38711.3011ChidambaramR. KangagosabaiIndian National CongressINC140,73144.63R. ThillaivaillalanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK136,67143.344,0601.2912Tirukoilur (SC)L. Elaya PerumalIndian National CongressINC134,81553.51C. GovindarajuDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK117,11546.4917,7007.0213TiruppatturR. Muthu GounderDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK151,93851.59Duraiswami GoundanIndian National CongressINC118,30340.1733,63511.4214KrishnagiriK. RajaramDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK127,50848.78C. R. NarasimhanIndian National CongressINC118,90745.498,6013.2915SalemS. V. RamaswamyIndian National CongressINC147,52549.34K. RajagopalDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK135,78745.4211,7383.9216TiruchengodeP. SubbarayanIndian National CongressINC109,79943.74S. KandappanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK97,63538.9012,1644.8417Namakkal (SC)V. K. RamaswamyIndian National CongressINC118,60343.83M. P. VadiveluDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK109,65240.528,9513.3118ErodeParamasiva GounderIndian National CongressINC156,73945.75NarayananDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK117,56134.3239,17811.4319GobichettipalayamP. G. KaruthirumanIndian National CongressINC142,99349.77K. M. Ramasami GounderIndependentIND71,55824.9171,43524.8620NilgirisAkkamma DeviIndian National CongressINC163,42052.54M. E. MadhananCommunist Party of IndiaCPI75,29924.2188,12128.3321CoimbatoreP. R. RamakrishnanIndian National CongressINC151,01939.06Parvathi KrishnanCommunist Party of IndiaCPI108,45828.0542,56111.0122PollachiC. SubramaniamIndian National CongressINC176,51256.40R. M. RamasamiSwatantra PartySWA76,41524.41100,09731.9923PeriyakulamMalaichamy ThevarIndian National CongressINC146,82948.44MuthaihIndependentIND143,93047.482,8990.9624MaduraiN. M. R. SubbaramanIndian National CongressINC140,57439.55K. T. K. TangamaniCommunist Party of IndiaCPI123,38634.7217,1884.8325Melur (SC)P. MaruthaiahIndian National CongressINC155,62952.17V. S. SivaprakasamSwatantra PartySWA142,71047.8312,9194.3426DindigulT. S. SoundaramIndian National CongressINC138,57443.23M. S. Abdul KhaderDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK84,92126.4953,65316.7427KarurR. Ramanathan ChettiarIndian National CongressINC139,38548.59P. Ponnambala GounderSwatantra PartySWA100,22934.9439,15613.6528TiruchirapalliK. Anada NambiarCommunist Party of IndiaCPI156,70647.80M. K. M. Abdul SalamIndian National CongressINC147,33244.949,3742.8629PerambalurEra SezhiyanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK188,92655.90M. PalaniyandiIndian National CongressINC133,53639.5155,39016.3930PudukkottaiR. UmanathCommunist Party of IndiaCPI134,16244.99L. Alagusundaram ChettiarIndian National CongressINC103,94434.8630,21810.1331KumbakonamC. R. PattabiramanIndian National CongressINC155,38947.21T. K. SrinivasanDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK144,49043.9010,8993.3132Mayuram (SC)MaragathamIndian National CongressINC149,33045.74SubirraveluDravida Munnetra KazhagamDMK106,05932.4843,27113.2633NagapattinamGopalsamy ThenkondarIndian National CongressINC161,42145.98C. Kandasamy ThevarCommunist Party of IndiaCPI129,00436.7432,4179.2434ThanjavurVairava ThevarIndian National CongressINC143,18543.58VallatharasuPraja Socialist PartyPSP115,11235.0428,0738.5435RamanathapuramN. ArunachalamIndian National CongressINC145,39641.14SalivateeswaranSwatantra PartySWA114,51332.4030,8838.7436AruppukkottaiU. Muthuramalinga ThevarAll India Forward BlocAIFB175,77251.72ArumugasamiIndian National CongressINC155,91945.8819,8535.8437Koilpatti (SC)S. C. BalakrishnanIndian National CongressINC150,17547.94Velu KudumbanSwatantra PartySWA93,84329.9656,33217.9838TirunelveliMuthiahIndian National CongressINC151,82247.69Mariadas RuthnasamySwatantra PartySWA129,80340.7722,0196.9239TenkasaiM. P. SwamyIndian National CongressINC165,16951.15S. A. MuruganandamCommunist Party of IndiaCPI93,72929.0271,44022.1340TiruchendurT. T. KrishnamachariIndian National CongressINCWon Uncontested41NagercoilA. NesamonyIndian National CongressINC157,20856.37P. VivekanandaIndependentIND81,58729.2575,62127.12 See also Elections in Tamil Nadu Bibliography Volume I, 1962 Indian general election, 3rd Lok Sabha External links Website of Election Commission of India CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History expanded Madras Category:1962 elections in India Category:Indian general elections in Tamil Nadu