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Elections in India India 1961 elections in India 1961 1962 1963 elections in India 1963
Legislative Assembly elections
Andhra Pradesh
1962 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
PARTY SEATSVOTES POLLEDVOTE % IN NATIONAL PARTIES CONTESTED WON FDVOTES %SEATSCPI136518228276719.53%40.58%INC3001771552335947.25%47.25%JS700691217211.04%4.17%PSP604347320.30%16.17%SOC15211708780.61%12.99%SWA1411970121598710.40%21.81%REP180170.40%6.43%IND3025117420.48%32.75%Total988300354Source:ECIElection results, 1962 https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4044-andhra-pradesh-1962/?do=download&csrfKey=971e25ec2d8a34ed7fa32ffd0e4e31c4
Assam
1962 Assam Legislative Assembly election
Indian National Congress 1179305 79 Praja Socialist Party 310093 6 Communist Party of India 156153 0 All Party Hill Leaders Conference 134591 11 Socialist 36672 0 Revolutionary Communist Party 29249 1 Jan Sangh 10887 0 Achik Assona Chilchakgipa Kotak 5169 0 Independents 582042 8 4942816 ECIhttps://eci.gov.in/files/file/3992-assam-1962/ ECI 22 December 2021 26 June 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220626115726/https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3992-assam-1962/ dead
Bihar
1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
S. No. Abbreviation PartySeats contestedSeats won1 SWA Swatantra Party259502 SOC Socialist Party of India13273 PSP Praja Socialist Party199294 JS Jan Sangh7535 INC Indian National Congress3181856 CPI Communist Party of India84127 RRP Ram Rajya Parishad1708 JP Jharkhand Party75209 HMS Hindu Mahasabha3010 IND Independent36712
Gujarat
1962 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election
Jammu and Kashmir
1962 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election
Madhya Pradesh
1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Indian National Congress 2527257 142 90 Bharatiya Jana Sangh 1092237 41 31 Praja Socialist Party 703188 33 21 Socialist Party 310181 14 New Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 248525 10 5 Hindu Mahasabha 211639 6 1 Swatantra Party 80470 2 New Communist Party of India 132440 1 1 Republican Party of India 82345 0 New All India Forward Bloc 16913 0 New Independents 1151955 39 19 0 2338719 15874238 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3729-madhya-pradesh-1962/ Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh Election Commission of India 29 July 2021
Madras
1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election
PartyPopular VoteVote %Seats contestedSeats wonChange 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 Total12,676,346100% —206 —
Maharashtra
1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election
Political PartyNo. of candidatesNo. of electedVotes polledVotes (%)Indian National Congress2642155,617,34751.22%Peasants and Workers Party of India7915818,8017.47%Praja Socialist Party1019792,7557.23%Communist Party of India566647,3905.90%Republican Party of India663589,6535.38%Socialist14154,7640.50%Independents437151,836,09516.74%
Mysore
1962 Mysore Legislative Assembly election
Summary of results of the Mysore Legislative Assembly election, 1962 yes
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!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party
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| Indian National Congress
|align="left"|Indian National Congress||208||138|| 12||3,164,811||50.22%|| 1.80
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| Praja Socialist Party
|align="left"|Praja Socialist Party||84||20|| 2||887,363||14.08%|| 0.02
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| Swatantra Party
|align="left"|Swatantra Party||59||9||||450,713 ||7.15%||
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|align="left"|Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti||6||6||||136878||2.17%||
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|align="left"|Lok Sewak Sangh||17||4||||159,545||2.53%||
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| Independent (politician)
|align="left"|Independents||||27|| 9||1,091,011||17.31%||N/A
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|align="left"|Total||||208||||||||
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Punjab
1962 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1962https://www.elections.in//punjab/assembly-constituencies/1962-election-results.html List of Polling Booth For Punjab Lok Sabha Elections 1962 www.elections.inPartyContestantsSeats wonPopular vote%Indian National Congress1549029,46,20943.72Shiromani Akali Dal46167,99,92511.87Communist Party of India47124,78,3337.10Bharatiya Jana Sangh8086,55,1609.72Socialist Party8493,8011.39Swatantra Party4232,61,2763.88Haryana Lok Samiti831,29,0361.91Independents3301811,57,11317.17Others4102,18,3703.24Total75615467,39,223
Rajasthan
1962 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election
File:India Rajasthan Legislative Assembly 1962.svg Indian National Congress 2052383 88 –31 Swatantra Party 878056 36 New Bharatiya Jana Sangh 469497 15 +9 Communist Party of India 276972 5 +4 Socialist Party (India) 189147 5 New Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 102988 3 –14 Praja Socialist Party 74858 2 0 Hindu Mahasabha 17481 0 New Independents 1071581 22 –10 0 1424303 10327596 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3380-rajasthan-1962/ Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan Election Commission of India 22 December 2021
Uttar Pradesh
1962 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
West Bengal
1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
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 Party179245,2612.56% Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 25 0 76,138 0.80% Socialist Unity Centre of India11069,8440.73% Lok Sewak Sangh11468,5830.72% Sanjukta Biplabi Parisha16158,8060.62% Swatantra Party24055,4470.58% Bharatiya Jana Sangh 25 0 43,483 0.45% All India Gorkha League4238,0760.40% Workers Party of India8026,9130.24% Socialist Party702,6630.03% Independents 295 11 1,050,515 10.98% Total: 935 252 10,469,803
Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1962 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL
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