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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962

288 seats · vs 1957 (218-seat house — comparison approximate)

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Party standings

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962 · 9 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 142 seatsJS — 41 seatsIndependent — 39 seatsPraja Socialist Party — 33 seatsSOC — 14 seatsRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party — 10 seatsHMS — 6 seats2 other parties — 3 seats145288of 288 seats
  • INC142
  • JS41
  • IND39
  • PSP33
  • SOC14
  • RRP10
  • HMS6
  • Others3

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress14249%25,27,25738.5%285
JSJS4114%10,92,23716.7%195
INDIndependent3914%11,51,95517.6%374
PSPPraja Socialist Party3311%7,03,18810.7%140
SOCSOC145%3,10,1814.7%86
RRPRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party103%2,48,5253.8%76
HMSHMS62%2,11,6393.2%50
SWASwatantra Party21%80,4701.2%43
CPICommunist Party of India10%1,32,4402.0%42
REPREP00%82,3451.3%33

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

Constituency map

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, 1962 · winner by seat

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

House composition

Majority line at 145

1962 · selected
Majority 145
INC142JS41IND39PSP33SOC14RRP10HMS6SWA2CPI1
1957 · previous
Majority 110

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1957 → 1962

1957 1962· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
49.8
38.5
0.0
16.7
16.5
17.6
13.2
10.7
0.0
4.7
3.1
3.8
4.7
3.2
INCJSINDPSPSOCRRPHMS

Seat change

1962 seats minus 1957 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
165 → 142
−23
JS
0 → 41
+41
IND
20 → 39
+19
PSP
11 → 33
+22
SOC
0 → 14
+14
RRP
4 → 10
+6
HMS
7 → 6
−1
SWA
0 → 2
+2
CPI
2 → 1
−1
BJS
9 → 0
−9

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1957 → 1962

share lostshare gained
JS
0.0% → 16.7%
+16.7%
SOC
0.0% → 4.7%
+4.7%
REP
0.0% → 1.3%
+1.3%
SWA
0.0% → 1.2%
+1.2%
IND
16.5% → 17.6%
+1.1%
RRP
3.1% → 3.8%
+0.7%
CPI
1.6% → 2.0%
+0.4%
SCF
1.2% → 0.0%
−1.2%
HMS
4.7% → 3.2%
−1.4%
PSP
13.2% → 10.7%
−2.4%

Biggest INC–JS swings

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

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

toward JStoward INC
Rajpur
−78.7%
Bijapur
−77.5%
Kurud
−76.0%
Lakhnadon
−70.3%
Jaora
−69.2%
Manawar West
−69.0%
Badnawar
−68.6%
Barwani
−68.2%
Harsud
−67.3%
Keskal
−66.2%
Kukshi
−64.1%
Jawad
−63.2%

Closest races · 1962

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

All constituencies · 1962

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