1962 Indian general election in Madras State

Indian general election in Madras, 1962

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41 (of 494) seats in the Lok Sabha
Registered	18675436
Turnout	12843914 (68.77%) 21.02%
First party Second party   Leader K. Kamaraj C.N. Annadurai Party INC DMK Leader's seat Did not contest Rajya Sabha Seats won 31 7 Seat change 5 Popular vote 5,623,013 2,315,610 Percentage 45.26% 18.64% Swing 1.26% Contested as Independents
Tamil Nadu

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

Party		Seats			Popular vote
		Contested	Won	+/−	Votes	%	±pp
	Indian National Congress	41	31		56,23,013	45.26	1.26%
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	18	7	7	23,15,610	18.64	New
	Communist Party of India	14	2		12,72,313	10.24	0.18%
	Swatantra Party	16	0	New	13,00,526	10.47	New
	Independents	46	0	8	9,33,150	7.51	32.26%
Total		41			1,24,24,036
Invalid votes		4,19,878	3.26
Votes cast / turnout		1,28,43,984	68.77
Registered voters		1,86,75,436	100.00

List of Elected MPs

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