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Maharashtra assembly election, Feb 1962

The 1st Maharashtra legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
264
133 needed for a majority
Largest party
INC
214 seats · majority
Candidates
1,161
36 women, 13 elected
Turnout
56.54%
1.1 cr of 1.94 cr

The house

264 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

264SEATS
  • INC214
  • IND15
  • PWP15
  • PSP10
  • CPI6
  • REP3
  • SOC1

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
INCIndian National Congress214—26451.2%56,17,34751.22%—1
INDIndependent15—4379.8%18,36,09516.74%—347
PWPPWP15—7926.0%8,18,8017.47%—30
PSPPraja Socialist Party10—10119.7%7,92,7557.23%—47
CPICommunist Party of India6—5627.1%6,47,3905.90%—13
REPREP3—6622.1%5,89,6535.38%—27
SOCSOC1—147.0%54,7640.50%—12
JSBharatiya Jana Sangh0—12710.1%5,48,0975.00%—100
SWASwatantra Party0—912.0%48,4840.44%—5
HMSHMS0—55.6%12,1090.11%—5
RRPRRP0—30.5%7840.01%—3

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

Largest victories of Feb 1962

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
PATANMaharashtraINCDAULATRAO SHRIPATTARAO DESAIPWPBALASAHEB GANPATRAO PATANKAR38,38977.53%
MANMaharashtraINCLAXMAN BABAJI BHINGARDEVEREPKHANDERAO SAKHARAM SAVANT20,56365.24%
SAWANTWADIMaharashtraINCSHIVRAM SAWANT KHEM SAWANT BHONSALEINDLAXMAN NARAYAN GOVEKAR20,47765.01%
MIRAJMaharashtraINCGUNDU DASHARATH PATILCPINIVRUTTI BABURAO KALKE33,88063.45%
KARAD SOUTHMaharashtraINCYASHVANTRAO JIJABA MOHITEPWPVASANTRAO ALIAS DATTAJIRAO KERU PATIL26,46162.76%
JAOLIMaharashtraINCBHIKU DAJI BHILAREPWPGANPAT SHIVRAM BHILARE22,76761.72%
SANGLIMaharashtraINCVASANTRAO BANDUJI PATILPWPBHAGWAN DNYANDEV SURYAVANSHI38,73961.49%
AKALKOTMaharashtraINCNIRMALARAJE VIJAYASINH BHOSALEINDSHANKAREPPA BASAPPA LODAPURE20,98559.84%
SOUTH SHOLAPURMaharashtraINCVIRUPAKSHAPPA GURUPPA SHIVDAREINDVISHWANATH RAMCHANDRA LAD19,18857.86%
MANGALWEDHAMaharashtraINCGANPAT LAXMAN SONWANEREPGOVIND PANDURANG MAGADE11,30756.71%

Closest results of Feb 1962

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
MAHADMaharashtraPSPSAKHARAM VITHOBA SALUNKEINCSHANKAR BABAJI SAWANT00.00%
RAJURAMaharashtraINCVITHALRAO LAXMANRAO DHOTEINDYADAORAO RAMCHANDRARAO DHOTE730.14%
JUNNARMaharashtraPSPVITHALRAO NARAYANRAO AWATEINCSHIVAJI MAHADEO KALE1270.32%
NAGPURMaharashtraINCSHUSILABAI BALRAJCPIARDHENDU BHUSHAN HEMENDRA KUMAR BARDHAN1580.36%
PATHRIMaharashtraPWPBABARAO SOPANINCSAKHRAM GOPALRAO1420.46%
ADYARMaharashtraREPABA DHONDU GOSAWIINCPRABHAVATIBAI KASHINATH GAJABHIYE2080.53%
KATOLMaharashtraINCSHANKARRAO DAULATRAO GEDAMINDJIWANLAL SAWANGIDAS CHANDAK4100.76%
AUSAMaharashtraPWPMALLANATH GUNDANATHINCDEVISINGH VANETSINGH CHAUHAN4240.85%
KALYANMaharashtraPWPKRISHNARAO NARAYAN DHULUPINCSHANKARRAO KRISHNARAO HANDE4201.04%
DADARMaharashtraINDPRALHAD KESHAV ATREINCTRIMBAK RAMCHANDRA NARAWANE6261.14%