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India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

494 seats · vs 1957 (403-seat house — comparison approximate) · turnout 53.2%

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Party standings

India Lok Sabha Election, 1962 · 21 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 361 seatsCommunist Party of India — 29 seatsIndependent — 20 seatsSwatantra Party — 18 seatsJS — 14 seatsPraja Socialist Party — 12 seatsDravida Munnetra Kazhagam — 7 seats14 other parties — 33 seats248494of 494 seats
  • INC361
  • CPI29
  • IND20
  • SWA18
  • JS14
  • PSP12
  • DMK7
  • Others33

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress36173%5,15,09,08444.7%485
CPICommunist Party of India296%1,14,50,0379.9%137
INDIndependent204%1,27,22,48811.0%479
SWASwatantra Party184%90,85,2527.9%173
JSJS143%74,15,1706.4%196
PSPPraja Socialist Party122%78,48,3456.8%168
DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam71%23,15,6102.0%18
SOCSOC61%30,99,3972.7%107
GPGP41%3,42,9700.3%10
REPREP31%32,55,9852.8%68
ADApna Dal (Kamerawadi)31%8,29,1290.7%7
JPJanahitha Paksha31%4,67,3380.4%11
FBFB20%8,26,5880.7%8
RRPRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party20%6,88,9900.6%40
RSPRashtriya Sarvajan Party20%4,51,7170.4%3
MLML20%4,17,7610.4%5
LSSLSS20%2,81,7550.2%4
HMSHMS10%7,47,8610.6%39
NJPNationalist Justice Party10%1,95,8120.2%3
HLSHLS10%1,18,6670.1%1

+ 8 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

House composition

Majority line at 248

1962 · selected
Majority 248
INC361CPI29IND20SWA18JS14PSP12DMK7SOC6GP4REP3+11 more · 20 seats
1957 · previous
Majority 202

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1957 → 1962

1957 1962· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
47.8
44.7
8.9
9.9
19.3
11.0
0.0
7.9
0.0
6.4
10.4
6.8
6.0
0.0
INCCPIINDSWAJSPSPBJS

Seat change

1962 seats minus 1957 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
296 → 361
+65
CPI
23 → 29
+6
IND
38 → 20
−18
SWA
0 → 18
+18
JS
0 → 14
+14
PSP
18 → 12
−6
DMK
0 → 7
+7
SOC
0 → 6
+6
GP
5 → 4
−1
REP
0 → 3
+3

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1957 → 1962

share lostshare gained
SWA
0.0% → 7.9%
+7.9%
JS
0.0% → 6.4%
+6.4%
REP
0.0% → 2.8%
+2.8%
SOC
0.0% → 2.7%
+2.7%
DMK
0.0% → 2.0%
+2.0%
CPI
8.9% → 9.9%
+1.0%
AD
0.0% → 0.7%
+0.7%
FB
0.0% → 0.7%
+0.7%
JP
0.0% → 0.4%
+0.4%
ML
0.0% → 0.4%
+0.4%

Biggest INC–CPI swings

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

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

toward CPItoward INC
Satara
Maharashtra
+70.9%
Darrang
Assam
+68.1%
Bastar
Madhya Pradesh
−64.4%
Tenali
Andhra Pradesh
−62.0%
Barrackpore
West Bengal
−60.2%
Koraput
Odisha
+59.8%
Vicarabad
Andhra Pradesh
+59.2%
Muzaffarnagar
Uttar Pradesh
−58.9%
Rajahmundry
Andhra Pradesh
+55.1%
Mahasu
Himachal Pradesh
+54.9%
Gwalior
Madhya Pradesh
+54.8%
Warrangal
Andhra Pradesh
−53.4%

All constituencies · 1962

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