Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 1962

Maharashtra State Assembly Elections, 1962
India
1962
All 264 assembly constituencies to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

  Majority party Minority party
 
Party INC PWP
Seats won 215 15
Popular vote 5,617,347 818,801
Percentage 51.22% 7.47%

Chief Minister before election

Yashwantrao Chavan
INC

 Elected Chief Minister

Marotrao Kannamwar
INC

Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1962 was held in Indian state of Maharashtra in 1962, to elect 264 members to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.[1]

Results

Indian National Congress won 215 out of 264 seats.[1]

Political Party No. of candidates No. of elected Votes polled Votes (%)
Indian National Congress 264 215 5,617,347 51.22%
Peasants and Workers Party of India 79 15 818,801 7.47%
Praja Socialist Party 101 9 792,755 7.23%
Communist Party of India 56 6 647,390 5.90%
Republican Party of India 66 3 589,653 5.38%
Socialist 14 1 54,764 0.50%
Independents 437 15 1,836,095 16.74%

References

  1. 1 2 "Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, Election Commission of India". Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, Election Commission of India ()
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