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Karnataka Assembly Election, 1962

208 seats · vs 1957 (179-seat house — comparison approximate)

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Party standings

Karnataka Assembly Election, 1962 · 8 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 138 seatsIndependent — 27 seatsPraja Socialist Party — 20 seatsSwatantra Party — 9 seatsMES — 6 seatsLSS — 4 seatsCommunist Party of India — 3 seats1 other parties — 1 seat105208of 208 seats
  • INC138
  • IND27
  • PSP20
  • SWA9
  • MES6
  • LSS4
  • CPI3
  • Others1

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress13866%31,64,81150.2%206
INDIndependent2713%10,91,01117.3%179
PSPPraja Socialist Party2010%8,87,36314.1%84
SWASwatantra Party94%4,50,7137.2%59
MESMES63%1,36,8782.2%6
LSSLSS42%1,59,5452.5%17
CPICommunist Party of India31%1,43,8352.3%31
SOCSOC10%62,8091.0%9
JSJS00%1,44,4132.3%63

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

Constituency map

Karnataka Assembly Election, 1962 · winner by seat

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

House composition

Majority line at 105

1962 · selected
Majority 105
INC138IND27PSP20SWA9MES6LSS4CPI3SOC1
1957 · previous
Majority 90

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1957 → 1962

1957 1962· by party
60%45%30%15%0%
52.1
50.2
28.7
17.3
14.1
14.1
0.0
7.2
INCINDPSPSWA

Seat change

1962 seats minus 1957 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
126 → 138
+12
IND
33 → 27
−6
PSP
17 → 20
+3
SWA
0 → 9
+9
MES
0 → 6
+6
LSS
0 → 4
+4
CPI
1 → 3
+2
SOC
0 → 1
+1
PWP
2 → 0
−2

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1957 → 1962

share lostshare gained
SWA
0.0% → 7.2%
+7.2%
LSS
0.0% → 2.5%
+2.5%
JS
0.0% → 2.3%
+2.3%
MES
0.0% → 2.2%
+2.2%
SOC
0.0% → 1.0%
+1.0%
REP
0.0% → 0.8%
+0.8%
CPI
1.9% → 2.3%
+0.4%
PWP
0.6% → 0.0%
−0.6%
SCF
1.3% → 0.0%
−1.3%
BJS
1.3% → 0.0%
−1.3%

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
Raibag
+101.5%
Doddaballapur
−91.2%
Afzalpur
+86.5%
Biligere
+83.7%
Nippani
+78.9%
Khanapur
+71.4%
Ramdurg
+69.2%
Gadag
−68.6%
Sandur
+67.4%
Srirangapatna
+66.5%
Arkalgud
+65.3%
Nagamangala
−64.6%

Closest races · 1962

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

All constituencies · 1962

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