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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962

300 seats · vs 1957 (85-seat house — comparison approximate)

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Party standings

Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962 · 5 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 177 seatsIndependent — 51 seatsCommunist Party of India — 51 seatsSwatantra Party — 19 seatsSOC — 2 seats151300of 300 seats
  • INC177
  • IND51
  • CPI51
  • SWA19
  • SOC2

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress17759%55,23,35947.3%294
INDIndependent5117%23,93,41520.5%302
CPICommunist Party of India5117%22,82,76719.5%136
SWASwatantra Party196%12,15,98710.4%141
SOCSOC21%70,8780.6%15
JSJS00%1,21,7211.0%70

+ 2 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962 · winner by seat

159 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 151

1962 · selected
Majority 151
INC177IND51CPI51SWA19SOC2
1957 · previous
Majority 43

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1957 → 1962

1957 1962· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
47.4
47.3
18.7
20.5
0.0
19.5
0.0
10.4
5.6
0.3
25.7
0.0
INCINDCPISWAPSPPDF

Seat change

1962 seats minus 1957 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
53 → 177
+124
IND
11 → 51
+40
CPI
0 → 51
+51
SWA
0 → 19
+19
SOC
0 → 2
+2
PDF
20 → 0
−20
PP
1 → 0
−1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1957 → 1962

share lostshare gained
CPI
0.0% → 19.5%
+19.5%
SWA
0.0% → 10.4%
+10.4%
IND
18.7% → 20.5%
+1.8%
JS
0.0% → 1.0%
+1.0%
SOC
0.0% → 0.6%
+0.6%
REP
0.0% → 0.4%
+0.4%
SCF
0.6% → 0.0%
−0.6%
PP
0.8% → 0.0%
−0.8%
PWP
1.0% → 0.0%
−1.0%
PSP
5.6% → 0.3%
−5.3%

Biggest INC–IND swings

Seats where the INC-vs-IND vote gap moved most, 1957 → 1962. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (INC share − IND share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward INC; to the left, toward IND.

toward INDtoward INC
Atmakur
−85.3%
Maidaram
−79.9%
Huzurabad
+78.7%
Andole
+75.6%
Wanaparthy
+70.5%
Luxettipet
−66.7%
Warangal
−62.9%
Adilabad
−60.7%
Dhamasagar
−55.4%
Begum Bazar
+52.7%
Nirmal
+51.7%
Sangareddy
+50.9%

Closest races · 1962

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1962

300 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1957