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 151–200 of 432

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
HASSAN	JNPB. V. KARIGOWDA	INCG. L. NALLURE GOWDA	10,88113.46%	67.1%
HAVERI	JNPKALAKOTI CC	INCMINAXI GIRJI	9,93613.90%	71.4%
HAVERI	INCBASAVARAJ VEERAPPA MAGAVI	SWASHIVARAJ RACHAPPA NELAVIGI	9,15527.92%	63.7%
HEBBUR	PSPK. LAKKAPPA	INCK. L. NARASIMHAIAH	3,6829.21%	69.1%
HEGGADADEVANAKOTE	INCM. SHIVANNA	JNPH. B. CHALUVAIAH	1,6852.52%	64.9%
HEGGADADEVANAKOTE	SWAR. PEERANNA	INCN. RACHAIAH	4,84615.48%	55.2%
HIREKERUR	JNPB. G. BANAKAR	INCD. M. SALI	5,5197.97%	75.6%
HIREKERUR	INCSHANKARARAO BASALINGAPPAGOUDA GUBBI	SWASHIDDANAGOUDA SHIVABASANAGOUDA KAREGOUDAR	10,33828.53%	66.3%
HIRIYUR	INCR. RAMAIAH	JNPT. THIPPANNA	6,07810.09%	56.9%
HIRIYUR	INCV. MASIYAPPA	PSPP. T. ESWARAPPA	17,36334.00%	70.6%
HOLALKERE	JNPG. C. MANJUNATH	INCA. V. UMAPATHI	8,92712.00%	74.1%
HOLALKERE	INCG. DUGGAPPA	INDB. RANGAPPA	7,82628.69%	50.3%
HOLEHONNUR	JNPBASVANNAPPA	INCKARIYANNA	2,6484.01%	67.7%
HOLENARASIPUR	JNPH. D. DEVE GOWDA	INDG. PUTTASWAMY GOWDA	3,1673.79%	83.0%
HOLENARSIPUR	INDH. D. DEVEGOWDA	INCH. D. DODDEGOWDA	5,28417.79%	59.1%
HONAWAR	INCSHAMSUDDIN BIN HUSSAIN SAHEB JUKAKU	PSPHONNA GOYDAPPA NAIK	7,52023.76%	54.0%
HONNALI	PSPD. PARAMESWARAPPA	INCH. S. RUDRAPPA	5,71715.52%	66.8%
HONNALI	JNPD. G. BASAWANA	INCH. B. KRISHNA MURTHY	19,67721.80%	81.8%
HOSADURGA	INCG. RAMDAS	JNPM. SANNA CHIKKANNA	2340.30%	73.9%
HOSADURGA	PSPG. T. RANGAPPA	INCS. NIJALINGAPPA	5,70914.89%	70.9%
HOSAKOTE	JNPB. N. BACHE GOWDA	INCN. CHIKKE GOWDA	4,4194.76%	78.6%
HOSANAGAR	INCB. SWAMYRAO	JNPG. NANJUNDAPPA	2,4613.50%	74.1%
HOSKOTE	SWAB. CHANABYRE GOWDA	INCN. CHIKKE GOWDA	4,63112.63%	67.7%
HOSPET	JNPBHIMANENI KONDAIAH	INCG. SHANKAR GOUD	18,32525.02%	58.8%
HOSPET	PSPMURARI KAMALA M. SREERAMULU	INCR. NAGANAGOWD	10,76031.89%	67.5%
HUBLI	INCA. M. HINDASGRI	BJPS. S. SHETTAR	8,24612.26%	68.0%
HUBLI	INCMUDIGOUDA RAMANAGOUDA PATIL	INDTADASADMATH SHIVALINGAYYA MADEVAYYA	18,86760.44%	55.7%
HUBLI CITY	INCKOPPAL RAJESAB ABDULSAB	JSSHETTAR SADASHIVA SHANKARAPPA	9,26925.08%	63.2%
HUBLI RURAL	JNPS. R. BOMMAI	INCGOPINATH RANGASWAMY SANDRA	1,4881.96%	64.3%
HUGUND	INCSHIVALINGAPPA RUDRAPPA KANTHI	INDGAIGAYYA PADADAPPAYYA NANJAYANMATH ALIAS	11,58338.61%	58.0%
HUKERI	INCSATIGOUDA SATAGOUDA PATIL	PSPVIRUPAXAPPA CHANABASAPPA HEDDURSHETTI	9,02238.72%	50.6%
HUKKERI	JNPKATTI VISHWANATH MALLAPPA	INCPATIL BALAGOUD GOUDAPPA	12,77721.94%	73.7%
HULIYURDURGA	JNPD. NAGARAJAIAH	INCN. HUTCHAMASTHI GOWDA	8,98013.85%	77.9%
HULSOOR	JNPSHIVAKANTHA CHATURE	INCRAMACHANDRA VEERAPPA	9,16820.52%	47.3%
HULSUR	INDBAPU RAO	INCSUBHADRA BAI	380.12%	56.5%
HUMNABAD	INCGOPAL RAO MUDBI	CPIVISHWANATH	2751.21%	47.6%
HUMNABAD	INCBASWARAJ HAWAGAPPA PATIL	JNPDAYANANDRAO CHANDRABHANU	4,3838.42%	54.0%
HUNGUND	JNPKADAPATTI SHIVSANGAPPA SIDDAPPA	INCKASHAPPANAVAR SHIVSHANKRAPPA RACHAPPA	4,0176.83%	68.4%
HUNSUR	JNPH. L. THIMMEGOWDA	INCCHANDRAPRABHA URS	2,4003.17%	75.8%
HUNSUR	INCD. DEVARAJ URS	IND—	0—	0.0%
HUVIN-HIPPARGI	JNPDESAI SHIVAPUTRAPPA MADIWALAPPA	INCPATIL BASANAGOUDA SOMANGOUD	3,7996.24%	68.5%
INDI	SWAGURULINGAPPA DEVAPPA PATIL	INCMALLAPPA KARABASAPPA SURPUR	9513.32%	57.1%
INDI	JNPKHED NINGAPPA SIDDAPPA	INCPATIL BHIMANAGOUDA RAYANAGOUDA	6,80812.16%	60.5%
JAGALUR	INCG. H. ASWATHREDDY	JNPM. BASAPPA	1,6162.27%	71.8%
JAGALUR	INCM. N. KRISHNA SINGH	PSPK .V. VENKATAPPA	4,45215.89%	48.4%
JAMKHANDI	JNPBAGALKOT GURUPAD SHIVAPPA	INCNYAMAGOUDA GURALINGAPPA SANGAPPA	7,1528.69%	70.6%
JAMKHANDI	INCBASAPPA DANAPPA JATTI	LSSMAHADEVAPPA SHIVAPPA MURAGOD	10,93230.58%	65.5%
JAYAMAHAL	JNPJEEVARAJ ALVA	INCA. K. A. SAMAD	6,59610.79%	52.9%
JAYANAGAR	JNPM. CHANDRASEKHAR	INCRAMALINGA REDDY	12,54916.00%	52.4%
JEWARGI	INCNILKANTHAPPA SHARNAPPA	SWAK. CHANNABASAPPA DANDAPPA	6562.75%	46.7%

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.