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.
Indian general election in Madras, 1962 Registered 18675436 Turnout 12843914 (68.77%)
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
Popular vote
5,623,013
2,315,610
Percentage
45.26%
18.64%
Swing
Contested as Independents
Party
Seats
Popular vote
Contested
Won
+/−
Votes
%
±pp
Indian National Congress
41
31
56,23,013
45.26
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
18
7
23,15,610
18.64
New
Communist Party of India
14
2
12,72,313
10.24
Swatantra Party
16
0
New
13,00,526
10.47
New
Independents
46
0
9,33,150
7.51
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
Constituency
Winner
Party
Margin
Runner-upa
Partya
Madras North
P. Srinivasan
INC
8,849
Abdul Samad
ML
Madras South
K. Manoharan
DMK
62,146
C. R. Ramaswamy
INC
Sriperumbudur
P. Sivasankaran
DMK
15,372
K. Munuswamy
INC
Chengalpattu
O. V. Alagesan
INC
19,878
S. Krishnaswamy
IND
Tiruvallur
V. Govindaswamy Naidu
INC
13,435
M. Gopal
DMK
Vellore
Abdul Wahid
INC
23,966
N. Sivaraj
REP
Vandavasi
Jayaraman
INC
10,797
M. Krishnaswami
REP
Tiruvannamalai
Dharmalingam
DMK
3,726
G. Neelakantan
INC
Tindivanam
R. Venkatasubba Reddiar
INC
14,297
K. Ramamoorthi Gounder
SWA
Cuddalore
T. Ramabadra Naidu
DMK
35,387
T. D. Muthukumaraswamy Naidu
INC
Chidambaram
R. Kanagasabai
INC
4,060
R. Thillai Villalan
DMK
Tirukoilur
L. Elayaperumal
INC
17,700
C. Govindaraju
DMK
Tiruppattur
R. Muthu Gounder
DMK
33,635
Duraisamy Gounder
INC
Krishnagiri
K. Rajaram
DMK
8,601
C. R. Narasimhan
INC
Salem
S. V. Ramaswamy
INC
11,738
K. Rajagopal
DMK
Tiruchengode
P. Subbarayan
INC
12,164
S. Kandappan
DMK
Namakkal
V. K. Ramaswamy
INC
8,951
M. P. Vadivelu
DMK
Erode
Paramasiva Gounder
INC
39,178
Narayanan
DMK
Gobichettipalayam
P. G. Karuthiruman
INC
71,435
K. M. Ramaswamy Gounder
IND
Nilgiris
Akkamma Devi
INC
88,121
M. E. Madhanan
CPI
Coimbatore
P. R. Ramakrishnan
INC
42,561
Parvathi Krishnan
CPI
Pollachi
C. Subramanian
INC
100,097
R. M. Ramasamy
SWA
Periyakulam
Malaichamy Thevar
INC
2,899
Muthiaiah
IND
Madurai
N. M. R. Subbaraman
INC
17,188
K. T. K. Thangamani
CPI
Melur
P. Maruthaiah
INC
12,919
V. S. Sivaprakasam
SWA
Dindigul
T. S. Soundaram Ramachandran
INC
53,653
M. S. Abdul Khader
DMK
Karur
R. Ramanathan Chettiar
INC
39,156
P. Ponnambala Gounder
SWA
Tiruchirapalli
K. Ananda Nambiar
CPI
9,374
M.K.M. Abdul Salam
INC
Perambalur
Era. Sezhiyan
DMK
55,390
M. Palaniyandi
INC
Pudukkottai
R. Umanath
CPI
30,218
L. Alagusundaram Chettiar
INC
Kumbakonam
C. R. Pattabiraman
INC
10,899
T. K. Srinivasan
DMK
Mayuram
Maragatham
INC
43,271
Subbiravelu
DMK
Nagapattinam
Gopalsamy Thengondar
INC
32,417
C. Kandasamy Thevar
CPI
Thanjavur
Vairava Thevar
INC
28,073
Vallatharasu
PSP
Ramanathapuram
N. Arunachalam
INC
30,833
Salivatteeswaran
SWA
Aruppukkottai
U. Muthuramalinga Thevar
FB
19,853
Arumugasami
INC
Koilpatti
S. C. Balakrishnan
INC
56,332
Velu Kudumbar
SWA
Tirunelveli
Muthiah
INC
22,019
Mariadhas Rathnaswamy
SWA
Tenkasi
M. P. Swamy
INC
71,440
S. A. Muruganandam
CPI
Tiruchendur
T. T. Krishnamachari
INC
Unopposed[ 1]
N/A
Nagercoil
A. Nesamony
INC
75,621
P. Vivekananda
IND
21.02%
1.26%