Karnataka assembly election, Feb 1962

432 assembly constituencies in Karnataka, 62.50% turnout.

Seats

432

Candidates

2,474

138 women, 26 elected

Turnout

62.50%

2.1 cr of 3.36 cr

Leading party

INC

203 of 432 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Karnataka

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
INC Indian National Congress	203	+203	431	91,74,272	43.64%	—
JNP Janata Party	139	+139	205	64,18,795	30.53%	—
IND Independent	40	+40	1379	24,84,637	11.82%	—
PSP Praja Socialist Party	20	+20	84	8,87,363	4.22%	—
SWA Swatantra Party	9	+9	59	4,50,713	2.14%	—
CPI Communist Party of India	6	+6	38	2,76,843	1.32%	—
MES MES	6	+6	6	1,36,878	0.65%	—
LSS LSS	4	+4	17	1,59,545	0.76%	—
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	2	+2	116	5,71,280	2.72%	—
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2	+2	7	1,27,333	0.61%	—
SOC SOC	1	+1	9	62,809	0.30%	—
JS Bharatiya Jana Sangh	0	0	63	1,44,413	0.69%	—
LKD Lok Dal	0	0	32	53,894	0.26%	—
REP REP	0	0	19	51,558	0.25%	—
ICS Indian Congress (Socialist)	0	0	5	13,237	0.06%	—
DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	0	0	4	8,787	0.04%	—

INC203 (47%)
JNP139 (32%)
IND40 (9%)
PSP20 (5%)
SWA9 (2%)
CPI6 (1%)
Others15 (3%)

INC203
JNP139
IND40
PSP20
SWA9
CPI6
Others15

INC203
JNP139
IND40
PSP20
SWA9
CPI6
MES6
LSS4
Others5

Constituency performance

From the 432 results in Karnataka

Closest contest

MUDIGERE

won by 33 (0.06%)

Biggest victory

TALIKOT

won by 0 (—)

Highest turnout

HOLENARASIPUR

82.95%

Lowest turnout

TALIKOT

0.00%

Vote share & turnout trend

Karnataka, every Vidhan Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 432 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 432

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
AFZALPUR	INCMALIKAYYA VENKAYYA GUTTADAR	JNPHANMANTHRAO DESAI	16,47326.51%	63.6%
AFZALPUR	INCANNA RAO BASAPPA GANAMUKHI	REPSHARNAPPA RUKKAPPA	12,66777.85%	32.9%
ALAND	INCDEVAPPA SHAMANNA	PSPB. SHAMSUNDER	7,49041.93%	36.0%
ALLAND	INCSHARANABASAPPA MALI PATIL DHANGAPUR	JNPB. R. PATIL	6621.16%	65.3%
ANEKAL	INCR. K. PRASAD	INDB. N. VENKATARAMANA REDDY	1,1963.29%	67.7%
ANEKAL	INCM. P. KESHAVAMURTHY	JNPC. THOPAIAH	4,0685.43%	65.0%
ANKOLA	JNPAJJIBAL G. S. HEGDE	INCHEGDE RAMAKRISHNA NARAYAN	9,18615.86%	66.9%
ANKOLA	INCSHAKAR PUNDLIK SHET PHAYDE	PSPNARASHIMHA TAMMAYYA HEBBAR	10,73334.42%	47.4%
ARABHAVI	JNPR. M. PATIL	INDKOUJALGI VEERANNA SHIVALINGAPPA	6,3959.11%	63.7%
ARKALGUD	JNPK. B. MALLAPPA	INCG. T. KRISHNA MURTHY	14,04120.83%	74.3%
ARKALGUD	INCG. A. THIMMAPPA GOWDA	PSPH. N. NANJE GOWDA	7,09721.52%	63.6%
ARSIKERE	INDD. B. GANGADHARAPPA	INDG. S. BASAVARAJU	5,2087.17%	68.1%
ARSIKERE	PSPP .B. BOMMANNA	INCA. R. KARISIDDAPPA	2,98410.64%	53.4%
ATHANI	JNPLEELADEVI R. PRASAD	INCYASHWANTHRAO AMARSINH BHOJRAJ PAWAR DESAI	9,57414.70%	64.8%
ATHANI	INCDHAIRYASHIL BHOJRAJ PAWAR	INDNARASAGAUDA YALAGAUDA PATIL	10,81235.98%	59.4%
AURAD	JNPGURUPADAPPA NAGMARPALLI	INDBAPURAO VITHALRAO PATIL	4,4686.05%	65.9%
BADAMI	INCVENKANAGOUDA HANUMANTAGOUDA PATIL	SWASHANKARAPPA SHANKARAPPA PATTANSHETTI	5,98820.08%	57.5%
BADAMI	JNPDESAI RAVASAHEB TULASIGERAPPA	INCCHIMMANKATTI BALAPPA BHIMAPPA	14,46623.30%	69.6%
BAGALKOT	JNPMANTUR GOOLAPPA VENKAPPA	INCKANTHI RAJASHEKHAR KIDIYAPPA	1840.31%	64.3%
BAGALKOT	INCBASAPPA TAMMANNA MURNAL	JSGANAPAT DATTATRAY KAMBLE	16,77356.57%	51.6%
BAGEPALLI	INCB. SUBBARAYAPPA	INDK. M. MUNIYAPPA	3931.54%	42.1%
BAGEPALLI	INCB. NARAYANA SWAMY	CPMG. V. SREERAMA REDDY	2,0103.48%	63.0%
BAGEWADI	JNPMALAGI SHIVAPUTRAPPA CHANAB ASAPPA	INDASTEKAR GOVIND LAXMAN	1,2342.01%	64.8%
BAGEWADI	INCSUSHILABAI HIRACHAND SHAH	INDRAMANGOUDA GURAPPA PATIL	5,82825.17%	47.2%
BAILHONGAL	JNPKOUJALAGI SHIVANANDA HEMAPPA	INCBALEKUNDARGI RAMALINGAPPA CHANABASSAPPA	10,77817.30%	75.6%
BAINDUR	INCG. S. ACHAR	JNPMANI GOPAL	4140.71%	66.1%
BAINDUR	INCY. MANJAYYA SHETTY	PSPH. SUBBA RAO	1,8395.43%	48.2%
BALLOLLI	JNPJIGAJINAGI RAMESH CHANDAPPA	INCKONDAGULI DAYANAND YALLAPPA	11,04920.05%	59.5%
BANGALORE SOUTH	INDD. MUNICHINNAPPA	INCB. BASAVALINGAPPA	5,90117.86%	57.5%
BANGARPET	INDE. NARAYANA GOWDA	INCK. V. NARAYANA REDDY	10,11333.18%	51.3%
BANNUR	PSPS. SIDDAIAH	INCT. P. BORAIAH	5812.14%	53.8%
BANNUR	JNPK. J. RAMASWAMY	INCK. M. CHIKKAMADANAIKA	7,54210.73%	77.3%
BANTWAL	INCRAMANATH RAI	BJPN. SHIVA RAO	8,01615.20%	68.8%
BARADOL	INCJATTEPPA LAXMAN KABADI	REPSHIVAPPA DHAREPPA KAMBLE	7,16948.03%	30.9%
BASAVAKALYAN	JNPBASAVARAJ PATIL ATTUR	INCMARUTHIRAO MULEY	6,60510.05%	63.3%
BASAVANA-BAGEWADI	JNPPATIL KUMARAGOUDA ADIVEPPAGOUDA	INCPATIL BIMANAGOUDA THIMMANAGOUD	5,5769.95%	60.1%
BASAVANAGUDI	JNPRAMAKRISHNA HEGDE	INCK. M. NAGARAJ	42,78053.53%	61.5%
BASAVANGUDI	INCM. KRISHNAPPA	SWAV. T. SREENIVASAN	6,62325.32%	51.6%
BELGAUM	INDMANE RAJABHAU SHANKARRAO	INCKAKATKAR SHIVAJIRAO YALLAPPA	10,92416.63%	58.7%
BELGAUM CITY	MESBALKRISHNA RANGARAO SUNTHANKAR	INCSIDARAM BASAPPA KANABARGI	14,02934.00%	71.9%
BELGAUM I	MESVITHAL SEETARAM PATIL	INCVITHAL KALLOJIRAO PATIL	4,46614.36%	61.2%
BELGAUM I I	MESNAGENDRA OMANNA SAMAJI	INCCHANDRAPPA LINGAPA PATTANSHETTI	9132.53%	67.7%
BELLARY	INCT. G. SATYANARAYAN	SWAR. A. SUBHAN	1,6905.06%	50.5%
BELLARY	INCM. RAMAPPA	CPISHARADA MALE BENNUR	2,6335.24%	41.3%
BELLAVI	JNPC. N. BHASKARAPPA	INCC. SHIVAMURTHY	11,32316.43%	71.4%
BELTHANGADY	BJPK. VASANTHA BANGERA	INCLOKESHWARI VINAYACHANDRA	6,3309.69%	70.6%
BELTHANGADY	INCVAIKUNTA BALIGA	SWAK. B. JINARAJA HEGDE	3,50510.12%	58.1%
BELUR	JNPKUMARASWAMY H. K.	INCH. K. NARASWMAHASWAMY	11,71320.63%	66.8%
BELUR	INCB. H. LAKSHMANAIAH	JSRANGA BOYI	8,06745.33%	31.2%
BETHAMANGALA	JNPA. CHINNAPPA	INCV. VENKATAMUNI	22,52237.76%	58.9%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Karnataka alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.

Who won the Karnataka assembly election, Feb 1962?

Indian National Congress won 203 of 432 seats in Karnataka, short of a majority on its own.

What was the voter turnout in the Karnataka assembly election, Feb 1962?

Turnout was 62.50% — 2.1 cr of 3.36 cr registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does Karnataka have?

Karnataka has 432 assembly seats.