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Rajasthan assembly election, Feb 1962

The 3rd Rajasthan legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
176
89 needed for a majority
Largest party
INC
88 seats · short of a majority
Candidates
890
14 women, 8 elected
Turnout
49.80%
51.3 lakh of 1.03 cr

The house

176 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

176SEATS
  • INC88
  • SWA36
  • IND22
  • JS15
  • CPI5
  • SOC5
  • RRP3
  • PSP2

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
INCIndian National Congress88—17640.0%20,52,38339.98%—4
SWASwatantra Party36—9331.7%8,78,05617.11%—33
INDIndependent22—3909.1%10,71,58120.88%—323
JSBharatiya Jana Sangh15—9417.3%4,69,4979.15%—55
CPICommunist Party of India5—4518.3%2,76,9725.40%—25
SOCSOC5—4015.7%1,89,1473.69%—25
RRPRRP3—2318.6%1,02,9882.01%—13
PSPPraja Socialist Party2—2213.4%74,8581.46%—14
HMSHMS0—79.0%17,4810.34%—6

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Rajasthan 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
JHALRAPATANRajasthanINCHARISH CHANDRAJSSURAJMAL22,71368.90%
ATURRajasthanINCMADHO LALSOCMOOL CHAND17,38363.33%
SAHADARajasthanINCDEVENDER KUMARINDKISHANA12,01161.29%
AMBERRajasthanSWAMAN SINGHINCJAI SINGH14,43860.04%
JAMWA RAMGARHRajasthanSWADUNGA RAMJSBHAGIRAT14,91458.15%
BASIRajasthanSWAABHAI SINGHINCGAURI SHANKER17,30455.08%
GOGUNDARajasthanSWALALIT MOHANINCLAKHSAMAN9,42754.70%
CHAKSURajasthanSWANATHU LALINCNARAYAN CHATURVEDI16,04753.14%
CHOMURajasthanSWABHANU PRASHADINCHARI SHANKER9,91952.43%
PHAGIRajasthanSWAGOPI LALINCRAMLAL13,80652.18%

Closest results of Feb 1962

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
BUNDIRajasthanINCBRIJ SUNDERJSRAM DUTT280.11%
KHETRIRajasthanINCSHISI RAM OLASWACHUNI LAL640.20%
SURATGARHRajasthanINCMANPHOOL SINGHINDMAN SINGH1480.34%
BARIRajasthanINDRAGHUBIR SINGHSOCMANGAL SINGH2340.87%
GIRWARajasthanJSJODH SINGHINCROSHAN LAL1670.91%
LASADIARajasthanSWAUDAILALINCGULABSINGH2050.98%
KUMBHALGARHRajasthanSWAGOVIND SINGHINCHIRALAL2781.14%
BAGIDORARajasthanINCNATHURAMSOCKAMA3651.26%
DANTA RAMGARHRajasthanINCJAGAN SINGHINDMADAN SINGH6121.41%
LACHHMANGARHRajasthanINCKISHANSINGHCPITRILOK SINGH5131.46%