Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in February 1962. 1,336 candidates contested for the 288 constituencies in the Assembly.[1] Indian National Congress won the most seats and Dwarka Prasad Mishra was sworn in for his second term as the Chief Minister.[2]
1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Registered 15,874,238[1] Turnout 44.52%
First party
Second party
Leader
Dwarka Prasad Mishra
undeclared
Party
INC
ABJS
Last election
232
10
Seats won
142
42
Seat change
Percentage
38.54%
16.66%
After the passing of The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1961 , double-member constituencies were eliminated and Madhya Pradesh's Legislative Assembly was assigned 288 single-member constituencies.[3]
Party Votes % Seats +/– Indian National Congress 2,527,257 38.54 142 Bharatiya Jana Sangh 1,092,237 16.66 41 Praja Socialist Party 703,188 10.72 33 Socialist Party 310,181 4.73 14 New Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 248,525 3.79 10 Hindu Mahasabha 211,639 3.23 6 Swatantra Party 80,470 1.23 2 New Communist Party of India 132,440 2.02 1 Republican Party of India 82,345 1.26 0 New All India Forward Bloc 16,913 0.26 0 New Independents 1,151,955 17.57 39 Total 6,557,150 100.00 288 0 Valid votes 6,557,150 73.71 Invalid/blank votes 2,338,719 26.29 Total votes 8,895,869 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 15,874,238 56.04 Source: ECI[4]
Elected members
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