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1962 Indian general election in Madras State

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Field	Value
election_name	Indian general election in Madras, 1962
country	India
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	Indian general election in Madras, 1957
previous_year	1957
next_election	Indian general election in Madras, 1967
next_year	1967
election_date	February 1962
seats_for_election	41 (of 494) seats in the Lok Sabha
registered	18675436
turnout	12843914 (68.77%) 21.02%
image1
leader1	K. Kamaraj
party1	Indian National Congress
leaders_seat1	Did not contest
seats1	31
seat_change1
popular_vote1	5,623,013
percentage1	45.26%
swing1	1.26%
image2
leader2	C.N. Annadurai
leaders_seat2	Rajya Sabha
party2	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
seats2	7
seat_change2	5
popular_vote2	2,315,610
percentage2	18.64%
swing2	Contested as Independents
map_image	Tamil Nadu in India.png
map_size	200px
map_caption	Tamil Nadu
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Prime Minister after election
before_election	Jawaharlal Nehru
before_party	Indian National Congress
after_election	Jawaharlal Nehru
after_party	Indian National Congress

The 1962 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 41 seats in the state. The result was a victory for Indian National Congress winning 31 out of 41 seats. This would mark the last time, that Congress has won more than 30 seats in this state, without the help of allies. After the defeat of Congress, in Madras, in 1967, Congress sought help and allied with local parties, to get seats in Madras/Tamil Nadu.

Voting and results

Party	Seats	Popular vote	Contested	Won	+/−	Votes	%
	Indian National Congress	41	31		56,23,013	45.26	1.26%
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	18	7	7	23,15,610	18.64	New
	Communist Party of India	14	2		12,72,313	10.24	0.18%
	Swatantra Party	16	0	New	13,00,526	10.47	New
	Independents	46	0	8	9,33,150	7.51	32.26%
Total	41		1,24,24,036
Invalid votes	4,19,878	3.26
Votes cast / turnout	1,28,43,984	68.77
Registered voters	1,86,75,436	100.00

List of Elected MPs

Constituency	Winner	Margin	Candidate	Party	Votes	Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%	1
Madras North	P. Srinivasan	INC	122,160	37.67	Abdus Samad	IUML	113,311	34.94	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	8,849	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	2.73
Madras South	K. Manoharan	DMK	151,917	44.73	C. R. Ramaswamy	INC	89,771	26.43	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	62,146	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	18.30
Sriperumbudur (SC)	P. Sivasankaran	DMK	157,733	52.56	K. Munuswamy	INC	142,361	47.44	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	15,372	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	5.12
Chingleput	O. V. Alagesan	INC	169,988	53.10	S. Krishnaswamy	IND	150,110	46.90	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	19,878	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	6.20
Tiruvallur	V. Govindaswamy Naidu	INC	157,343	47.92	M. Gopal	DMK	143,908	43.83	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	13,435	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	4.09
Vellore	Abdull Wahid	INC	114,872	41.03	N. Sivaraj	RPI	90,906	32.47	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	23,966	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	8.56
Wandiwash (SC)	Jayaraman	INC	111,053	39.39	M. Krishnasami	RPI	100,256	35.56	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	10,797	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	3.83
Tiruvannamalai	Dharmalingam	DMK	141,254	48.99	G. Neelakantan	INC	137,528	47.69	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	3,726	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	1.30
Tindivanam	R. Venkatasubba Reddiar	INC	132,330	48.35	K. Ramamoorthi Goundar	SWA	118,033	43.12	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	14,297	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	5.23
Cuddalore	T. Ramabadra Naidu	DMK	160,811	51.38	T. D. Muthukumaraswami Naidu	INC	125,424	40.08	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	35,387	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	11.30
Chidambaram	R. Kangagosabai	INC	140,731	44.63	R. Thillaivaillalan	DMK	136,671	43.34	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	4,060	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	1.29
Tirukoilur (SC)	L. Elaya Perumal	INC	134,815	53.51	C. Govindaraju	DMK	117,115	46.49	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	17,700	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	7.02
Tiruppattur	R. Muthu Gounder	DMK	151,938	51.59	Duraiswami Goundan	INC	118,303	40.17	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	33,635	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	11.42
Krishnagiri	K. Rajaram	DMK	127,508	48.78	C. R. Narasimhan	INC	118,907	45.49	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	8,601	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	3.29
Salem	S. V. Ramaswamy	INC	147,525	49.34	K. Rajagopal	DMK	135,787	45.42	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	11,738	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	3.92
Tiruchengode	P. Subbarayan	INC	109,799	43.74	S. Kandappan	DMK	97,635	38.90	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	12,164	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	4.84
Namakkal (SC)	V. K. Ramaswamy	INC	118,603	43.83	M. P. Vadivelu	DMK	109,652	40.52	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	8,951	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	3.31
Erode	Paramasiva Gounder	INC	156,739	45.75	Narayanan	DMK	117,561	34.32	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	39,178	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	11.43
Gobichettipalayam	P. G. Karuthiruman	INC	142,993	49.77	K. M. Ramasami Gounder	IND	71,558	24.91	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	71,435	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	24.86
Nilgiris	Akkamma Devi	INC	163,420	52.54	M. E. Madhanan	CPI	75,299	24.21	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	88,121	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	28.33
Coimbatore	P. R. Ramakrishnan	INC	151,019	39.06	Parvathi Krishnan	CPI	108,458	28.05	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	42,561	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	11.01
Pollachi	C. Subramaniam	INC	176,512	56.40	R. M. Ramasami	SWA	76,415	24.41	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	100,097	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	31.99
Periyakulam	Malaichamy Thevar	INC	146,829	48.44	Muthaih	IND	143,930	47.48	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	2,899	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	0.96
Madurai	N. M. R. Subbaraman	INC	140,574	39.55	K. T. K. Tangamani	CPI	123,386	34.72	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	17,188	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	4.83
Melur (SC)	P. Maruthaiah	INC	155,629	52.17	V. S. Sivaprakasam	SWA	142,710	47.83	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	12,919	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	4.34
Dindigul	T. S. Soundaram Ramachandram	INC	138,574	43.23	M. S. Abdul Khader	DMK	84,921	26.49	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	53,653	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	16.74
Karur	R. Ramanathan Chettiar	INC	139,385	48.59	P. Ponnambala Gounder	SWA	100,229	34.94	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	39,156	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	13.65
Tiruchirapalli	K. Anada Nambiar	CPI	156,706	47.80	M. K. M. Abdul Salam	INC	147,332	44.94	Communist Party of India}} ; color:white;"	9,374	Communist Party of India}} ; color:white;"	2.86
Perambalur	Era Sezhiyan	DMK	188,926	55.90	M. Palaniyandi	INC	133,536	39.51	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	55,390	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} ; color:white;"	16.39
Pudukkottai	R. Umanath	CPI	134,162	44.99	L. Alagusundaram Chettiar	INC	103,944	34.86	Communist Party of India}} ; color:white;"	30,218	Communist Party of India}} ; color:white;"	10.13
Kumbakonam	C. R. Pattabiraman	INC	155,389	47.21	T. K. Srinivasan	DMK	144,490	43.90	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	10,899	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	3.31
Mayuram (SC)	Maragatham	INC	149,330	45.74	Subirravelu	DMK	106,059	32.48	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	43,271	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	13.26
Nagapattinam	Gopalsamy Thenkondar	INC	161,421	45.98	C. Kandasamy Thevar	CPI	129,004	36.74	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	32,417	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	9.24
Thanjavur	Vairava Thevar	INC	143,185	43.58	Vallatharasu	PSP	115,112	35.04	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	28,073	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	8.54
Ramanathapuram	N. Arunachalam	INC	145,396	41.14	Salivateeswaran	SWA	114,513	32.40	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	30,883	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	8.74
Aruppukkottai	U. Muthu Ramalinga Thevar	AIFB	175,772	51.72	Arumugasami	INC	155,919	45.88	All India Forward Bloc}} ; color:white;"	19,853	All India Forward Bloc}} ; color:white;"	5.84
Koilpatti (SC)	S. C. Balakrishnan	INC	150,175	47.94	Velu Kudumban	SWA	93,843	29.96	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	56,332	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	17.98
Tirunelveli	Muthiah	INC	151,822	47.69	Mariadas Ruthnasamy	SWA	129,803	40.77	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	22,019	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	6.92
Tenkasai	M. P. Swamy	INC	165,169	51.15	S. A. Muruganandam	CPI	93,729	29.02	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	71,440	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	22.13
Tiruchendur	T. T. Krishnamachari	INC	Won Uncontested
Nagercoil	A. Nesamony	INC	157,208	56.37	P. Vivekananda	IND	81,587	29.25	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	75,621	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	27.12

Bibliography

Volume I, 1962 Indian general election, 3rd Lok Sabha

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