1962 Indian general election in Madras State

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

← 1957 February 1962 1967 →

41 (of 494) seats in the Lok Sabha
Registered18675436
Turnout12843914 (68.77%) Increase21.02%
  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 Steady Increase 5
Popular vote 5,623,013 2,315,610
Percentage 45.26% 18.64%
Swing Decrease 1.26% Contested as Independents

Voting and results

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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

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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

See also

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Bibliography

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  1. ^ "Rediff on the NeT: Polling Booth: Election' 96: Tamilnadu/Tiruchendur".
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