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Gujarat assembly election, Feb 1962

The 1st Gujarat legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
154
78 needed for a majority
Largest party
INC
113 seats · majority
Candidates
519
19 women, 11 elected
Turnout
54.59%
52 lakh of 95.3 lakh

The house

154 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

154SEATS
  • INC113
  • SWA26
  • IND7
  • PSP7
  • NJP1

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
INCIndian National Congress113—15450.8%26,46,28650.84%—2
SWASwatantra Party26—10535.3%12,71,80924.43%—20
INDIndependent7—13114.5%6,25,79812.02%—81
PSPPraja Socialist Party7—5322.9%4,02,6737.74%—25
NJPNJP1—2019.8%1,30,5732.51%—11
JSBharatiya Jana Sangh0—267.6%69,4911.33%—23
HMSHMS0—127.0%25,3780.49%—11
REPREP0—135.0%21,2030.41%—12
CPICommunist Party of India0—142.1%9,3900.18%—0
SOCSOC0—21.7%1,3620.03%—2
RRPRRP0—21.0%8620.02%—2

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Gujarat at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one.

Largest victories of Feb 1962

All seats via API →
Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
DEVGADH BARIAGujaratSWARAOL SHRIMANT MAHARAJA JAYDEEPSINHJIINCJASWANTLAL DHANSUKHLAL SHAH28,96176.82%
JETPURGujaratINCNARANBHAI KALIDAS PATELINDPRATAPRAI HAKMICHAND DESAI14,07771.14%
KUTIYANAGujaratINCMALDEVJI MANDALKJI ODEDRAJSHARJIVAN VELJI JASANI15,71465.44%
JALALPOREGujaratINCGOSAIBHAI CHHIBABHAI PATELPSPRAMESHBHAI DAYALJI PATEL21,14263.12%
DHARI KODINARGujaratINCLEUVA PREMJI THOBHANPSPSOSA NAJA MEGHA20,59857.51%
DEODARGujaratINCVEGHELA GUMANSINGJI VIRAMSINGJISWARAVTANI JEMALJI RAMSHIJI19,66055.86%
JAMJODHPURGujaratINCNANJI DEVJI SINOJIASWANAVALSHANKER BHAGVANJI JOSHI11,58453.77%
RADHANPURGujaratINCPORANIA DEVKARAN JIVANLALSWAAMARATLAL MOTIBHAI BAROT15,32452.59%
DHANDHUKAGujaratINCBABULAL MOHANLAL SHAHSWACHUDASMA HATHULBA VIKABHAI18,25252.09%
CHORASIGujaratINCPURUSHOTAM MALJIBHAI CHAUHANINDBHAGWANJI GANGARAM SONAVIYA11,98251.74%

Closest results of Feb 1962

All seats via API →
Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
MATARGujaratINCJAMINDAR FAZLEABBAS TAIYABALISWAGOPALDAS MOHANLAL DESHAI330.07%
VIRAMGAMGujaratSWAPARSHOTTAMDAS RANCHHODDAS PARIKHINCMAGANBHAI RANCHHODBHAI PATEL360.08%
PADRAGujaratSWASHANABHAI DHULABHAI PARMARINCCHANDRAKANT CHHOTALAL MEHTA910.20%
KADIGujaratINCNATVARLAL AMRATLAL PATELSWADHANABHAI HARGOVANDAS PATEL4221.08%
DHANERAGujaratINCSURAJMAL MAVJIBHAI SHAHSWABALASHANKER JAYSHANKER JOSHI2521.20%
JAMNAGARGujaratINCMANJULABEN JAYANTILAL DAVENJPSHANTILALA HEMCHAND VASA5581.82%
MODASAGujaratINCVADILAL PREMCHANDDAS MEHTASWAMOTIBHAI NARSIBHAI PATEL7041.98%
MEHEMDABADGujaratSWARAMANLAL NAGJIBHAI PATELINCBANSILAL BAPALAL PANDYA1,1242.58%
DARIAPUR KAZIPURGujaratINCMOHANLAL POPATLAL VYASNJPDINKER KRUSHNALAL MEHTA9292.62%
DABHOIGujaratINCBHANUBEN MANUBHAI PATELSWAGIRIRAJKUMARI GOVINDSINH MAHIDA1,0562.82%