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 101–150 of 432

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
CHITRADURGA	JNPH. EKANTHAIAH	INCT. M. KHADER BASHA	11,03015.29%	66.7%
CHITTAPUR	INCVIJAYA DEVI RAGHAVENDER RAO	SWASHANTMALLAPPA ANNA RAO BHANKUR	5,12924.07%	40.6%
COONDAPUR	INCS. S. KOLKEBAIL	PSPV. SRINIVASA SHETTY	2,1176.56%	57.4%
COONDAPUR	INCPRATAPCHANDRA SHETTY	JNPAPPANNA HEGDE	8,65812.69%	70.9%
CUBBONPET	INDB. NANJAPPA	INCV. P. DEENADAYALA NAIDU	11,87641.82%	65.7%
DAVANGERE	CPIPAMPAPATHI	INCYAJAMAN MOTHIVEERANNA	3,7735.07%	60.4%
DAVANGERE	INCKONDAJJI BASAPPA	PSPC. KESHAVA MURTHY	5,76213.42%	63.2%
DEODURG	JNPA. PURSHPAVATHI	INCB. SHIVANNA	1,3373.68%	41.8%
DEODURG	INCSHARANAPPA	LSSC. M. DEVINDRA NAIK	9,56042.07%	40.4%
DEVANAHALLI	JNPP. C. MUNISHAMAIAH	INCH. PUTTADASU	5,9787.77%	69.8%
DEVANAHALLI	INCR. MUNISWAMIAH	SWAH. V. NANJAIAH	4,98825.95%	35.8%
DHARWAD	INDBELLAD CHANDRAKANTHA GURAPPA	INCCHARANTIMATH LEELAVATI RAJASHEKHARAIAH	1,2872.02%	57.6%
DHARWAD RURAL	JNPDESAI AYYAPPA BASAVARAJ	INCPUDAKALAKATTI CHANNABASAPPA VIRUPAXAPPA	10,29316.75%	70.0%
DHARWAR	INCHASANSAB MAKTUMSAB DASANKOP	JSYELLAPPAGOUDA SHANKERGOUDA PATIL	11,90747.83%	52.2%
DODABALLAPUR	INDG. RAME GOWDA	INCA. NEELAKANTIAH	15,83839.68%	70.1%
DODDABALLAPUR	JNPR. L. JALAPPA	INCSATCHIDANANDA	23,99230.13%	76.2%
GADAG	INCKUBERAPPA PARAPPA GADAD	INDKRISTAGOUDA HANAMANTGOUDA PATIL	1,3053.46%	73.9%
GADAG	INCPATIL KRISTAGOUDA HANAMANTAGOUDA	JNPROTTI GANGADHARAPPA	5,2837.17%	72.1%
GANDASI	PSPH. R. KESHAVA MURTHY	SWACHIKKEGOWDA	3701.54%	39.3%
GANDHINAGAR	JNPM. S. NARAYANA RAO	INCBIMA RAIKAR	3,9567.49%	56.1%
GANDSI	JNPE. NANJEGOWDA	INCJAYALAKSHMI RAJANNAGOWDA	19,01529.97%	70.6%
GANGAVATHI	JNPGAWLI MAHADEVAPPA	INCH. S. JAYAPRAKASH	6,1558.92%	64.8%
GANGAVATI	INCTIRUMALADEVA RAYALU RANGADEVARAYALU	LSSSHANAMUKHAPPA BHIMAPPA	9,79644.83%	37.5%
GHANDHI NAGAR	INCNAGARATHNAMMA HIREMATH	INDH. L. NANJAPPA	5,91722.22%	49.5%
GOKAK	JNPMUTTENNAVAR MALLAPPA LAXMAN	INCJARKIHOLI RAMAPPA LAXMAN	4,2696.57%	67.4%
GOKAK I	INCNINGAPPA APPAYYA KARLINGAN NAVAR	INDSHIVANGOUDA MALLANGOUDA PATIL	10,87939.40%	53.3%
GOKAK I I	INCAPPANNA RAYAPPA PANCHGAVIR	INDKAMAPPA BHIMAPPA HOSAMANI	15,66670.08%	45.4%
GOWRIBIDANUR	JNPCHANDRASEKHAR	INCB. N. K. PAPAIAH	6,63110.19%	65.7%
GOWRIBIDANUR	INDR. N. LAKSHMIPATHY	INCK. H. VENKATA REDDY	7,67318.67%	68.3%
GUBBI	INDV. M .DEO	INCR. S. ARADHYA	5241.77%	53.1%
GUBBI	INCG. S. SHIVANANIAHA	INDS. M. SHIVAKUMARA SWAMY	5,5709.21%	68.4%
GULBARGA	JNPS. K. KANTA	INDQUAMARUL ISLAM	1,0341.16%	65.9%
GULBARGA	CPIGANGADHAR NAMOSHI	INCMOHAMAD ALI	3,28812.43%	50.1%
GULEDGUD	INCNANJAYYANAMATH SHANKARAYYA GADIGEYYA	JNPHANGARAGI VEEREYYA SANGAYYA	1,6732.64%	69.1%
GULEDGUD	INCMADIVALAPPA RUDRAPPA PATTANSHETTI	JSSHRINIVAS RAMJIVAN KASTA	6,66422.47%	55.4%
GUNDLUPET	INDK. S. NAGARATHNAMMA	INCH. K. SHIVARUDRAPPA	2,7556.44%	72.3%
GUNDLUPET	INCK. S. NAGARATHNAMMA	JNPH. S. MAHADEVAPRASAD	19,14028.50%	70.3%
GURMITKAL	SWAVIDYADHAR GURUJI SAYANNA	INCMALLAPPA LINGAPPA KOLLUR	9,90934.35%	48.1%
GURMITKAL	INCMALLIKARJUN KHARGE	JNPB. S. GAJANANA	17,67335.70%	56.0%
HADAGALLI	PSPANGADI CHANNABASAPPA	INCBHAVI LINGAPPA	6,22515.90%	60.6%
HADAGALLI	JNPM. P. PRAKASH	INCG. ANDANAPPA	15,60220.63%	74.6%
HALIYAL	JNPDESHPANDEY RAGHUNATH VISHWANATHRAO	INCJAMALPASHA AHMED SHAIAH BASHASAB	4,7096.01%	70.1%
HANAGAL	JNPUDASHI CHANABASAPPA MAHALINGAPPA	INCTAHSILDAR MANOHAR HANAMANTAPPA	3,0593.99%	80.7%
HANGAL	INCGURURAO NARASINGARAO DESAI	PSPBASANAGOUDA RUDRAGOUDA PATIL	9532.46%	73.7%
HANUR	INDG. RAJUGOWDA	JNPH. NAGAPPA	3,7624.74%	78.4%
HARAPANAHALLI	INCB. H. ENKA NAIK	JNPD. NARAYANADAS	5,5449.12%	68.5%
HARAPANAHALLI	INCSIRASAPPA IJARI	PSPSANGANNA MUDENUR	6,82013.62%	75.7%
HARIHAR	INCGANJI VEERAPPA	PSPY. NEELAPPA	2,4015.46%	69.3%
HARIHAR	JNPB. G. KOTRAPPA	INCY. NAGAPPA	4,5505.80%	67.6%
HASSAN	INCYASHODHARAMMA	INDH. B. JWALANAIAH	2,2338.05%	52.6%

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.