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 201–250 of 432

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
JEWARGI	INCDHARAMSINGH NARAYANSINGH	JNPCHANNABASSAPPA KULAGERI	4,5918.02%	58.0%
KADUR	INDP. B. ONKARAMURTHY	JNPK. M. KRISHNAMURTHY	1230.19%	77.5%
KADUR	INDG. MARULAPPA	INCD. H. RUDRAPPA	11,40735.57%	54.5%
KAGAWAD	INCSHANKARAGAUD VEERANAGOUD PATIL	SWAJINADATTA GUNDAPPA DESAI	11,93141.00%	57.3%
KAGWAD	JNPPATIL VASANTHRAO LAKHAGOUDA	INCHUDDAR YASHAWANT BHRAMAPPA	7,60812.10%	70.8%
KALGHATGI	INCFAKIRAPPA MUDDAPPA HASBI	LSSBASAVRAJ APPAYYA DESAI	1,7955.96%	53.7%
KALGHATGI	JNPSHIDDANAGOUDAR PARVATAGOUDA CHANAVERAGOUDA	INCGURUSHANTAGOUDA CHENNAPPAGOUDA PATIL	9,58015.83%	73.6%
KALGI	INCS. RUDRAPPA	SWASHARANGOWDA SIDDARAMAYYA	6,82938.94%	35.7%
KALLAMBELLA	JNPB. L. GOWDA	INCS. LINGAIAH	10,78316.52%	71.4%
KALMALA	JNPKRISHNAMURTHY	INCPARASMAL SUKHANI	2,1744.07%	54.6%
KALMALA	INCNAGAMMA	LSSB. BHEEMAYYA	4,36140.30%	21.4%
KALYANI	INCANNAPURNA BAI	INDKRISHNAJI SHASTRY	6,38725.87%	45.3%
KAMALAPUR	INCG. RAMKRISHNA	JNPVITHAL DODDAMANI	2,2325.47%	46.3%
KAMALAPUR	INCLALITHABAI CHANDRASHEKHAR	PSPHANMANTHA RAO SHARNAPPA	10,53550.62%	41.4%
KANAKAGIRI	INCSRIRANGADEVARAYALU	JNPNAGAPPA BHEMAPPA SADONI	6631.13%	61.8%
KANAKAPURA	INDS. KARIYAPPA	INCK. G. THIMME GOWDA	1,5933.93%	75.1%
KANAKAPURA	JNPP. G. R. SINDHIA	INCM. V. RAJASHEKARAN	27,13533.57%	80.3%
KARKAL	INCM. VEERAPPA MOILY	BJPM. K. VIJAYA KUMAR	5,1528.22%	72.2%
KARKAL	PSPDAYANAND R. KALLE	INCK. K. HEGDE	5,86220.09%	62.7%
KARWAR	INCRANE PRABHAKAR SADASHIV	JNPNAIK MOTA TEKU	4,3308.51%	58.6%
KARWAR	MESBALSU PURSU KADAM	INCANANT GUNDU BALE	7,75823.32%	55.5%
KAUP	PSPB. BHASKAR SHETTY	INCF. X. D. PINTO	1830.66%	55.5%
KAUP	INCVASANTHA V. SALIAN	INDBHASKAR SHETTY	18,86239.57%	64.4%
KERAGODU	INCH. D. CHOWDAIAH	JNPG. B. SHIVAKUMAR	3,7365.43%	78.6%
KHANAPUR	MESLAXMAN BALAJI BIRJE	INCROHINIBAI PANDURANG WAGALE	10,54826.52%	66.1%
KHANAPUR	INDPATIL VASANTRAO PARASHRAM	INCKALAL RAMACHANDRA NARASAPPA	15,90527.35%	62.3%
KIRAGAVAL	INCG. MADEGOWDA	JNPRAMEGOWDA	7721.04%	82.2%
KIRUGAVALU	INCM. MALLIKARJUNASWAMY	PSPM. CHIKKALINGAIAH	5,13820.60%	51.9%
KITTUR	JNPINAMDAR DANAPPAGOUDA BASABGOUDA	INCDODDADOUDER BASAVANTARAY BASALINGAPPA	3,7835.55%	78.0%
KOLAR	INDP. VENKATAGIRIYAPA	INCD. ABDUL RASHEED	5,62615.55%	58.6%
KOLAR	JNPK. R. SRINIVASAIAH	INCABDUL RAHIM	13,14519.69%	70.2%
KOLAR GOLD FIELDS	CPIS. RAJAGOPAL	REPC. M. ARMUGAM	1280.50%	72.8%
KOLAR GOLD FIELDS	CPMT. S. MANI	INDM. BACKTHAVACHALAM	15,78028.43%	67.0%
KOLLEGAL	JNPB. BASAVAIAH	INCM. SIDDAMADAIAH	1,1121.91%	62.8%
KOLLEGAL	INCB. BASAVIAH	PSPM. PUTTASWAMY	7,99237.72%	42.6%
KOPPAL	INCMALIKARJUNGOUDA SANGANAGOUDA	LSSPATREPPA KENCHAPPA MADNUR	3461.64%	47.4%
KOPPAL	JNPAGADI VIRUPRAKASHAPPA SANGANNA	INCSHANTANNA PAMPANNA MUDGAL	4,9138.09%	65.2%
KORATAGERE	INCR. CHANNIGARAMAIAH	PSPS. ANJAIAH	1680.87%	36.7%
KORATAGERE	JNPVEERANNA	INCN. SUKUMAR	15,01618.54%	77.0%
KOTTUR	INCK. V. RAVINDRANATH BABU	JNPB. S. VEERABHADRAPPA	3,2565.11%	72.5%
KRISHNARAJ	JNPVEDANT HEMMIGE	INCSRIKANTA SHARMA	6,69215.67%	51.4%
KRISHNARAJANAGAR	JNPS. NANJAPPA	INCH. VISHWANATH	2,8044.27%	71.7%
KRISHNARAJANAGAR	INDK. S. GOWDAIAH	INCH. M. CHANNABASAPPA	2,4196.12%	67.0%
KRISHNARAJAPET	INDN. NANJE GOWDA	INCM. K. BOMME GOWDA	2,1966.41%	61.6%
KRISHNARAJPET	JNPKRISHNA	INCM. PUTTASWAMY GOWDA	16,33522.91%	74.7%
KUDLIGI	INCN. T. BOMMANNA	JNPN. M. NABISAHIB	4,5187.55%	66.3%
KUDLIGI	INDV. NAGAPPA	INCBASAVVA	6,98324.13%	52.3%
KUMTA	INCVASANTLATA V. MIRJANKAR	PSPNARAYAN KESHAV PAI	3,02810.75%	48.0%
KUMTA	JNPGOUDA NARAYAN HOLIYAPPA	INCNAYAK HONNAPPA LAKSHMAN	8,25312.73%	65.5%
KUNDGOL	INCTIMMANNA KENCHAPPA KAMBLE	INDSOMANNA RAYAPPA BOMMAI	1,8005.99%	57.9%

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.