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 251–300 of 432

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
KUNDGOL	JNPUPPIN BASAPPA ANDANEPPA	INCKUBIHAL VEERAPPA SHEKHARAPPA	6,46010.08%	73.4%
KUNIGAL	INDANDANAIAH	INCT. N. MUDALAGIRI GOWDA	8,24524.58%	64.3%
KUNIGAL	JNPY. K. RAMAIAH	INCANDANAIAH	24,30232.40%	74.9%
KURUGODU	JNPB. SHIVARAMA REDDY	INCH. NAGANA GOWDA	5,8389.83%	58.5%
KURUGODU	INCALLAM KARIBASAPPA	INDHAMPA REDDY	7,41524.25%	61.0%
KUSHTAGI	LSSKATA RAO	INCPUNDALIKAPPA	1,0393.53%	51.2%
KUSHTAGI	JNPM. S. PATIL	INCHANAMAGOUDA SEKHARAGOUDA PATIL	9,08515.26%	62.9%
LINGSUGUR	LSSLINGANNA	INCRAJA KILCHA NAIK	5,73824.33%	49.1%
LINGSUGUR	JNPRANA AMARAPPA NAIK	INCK. SANGANAGOUDA	17,98836.18%	56.1%
MADDUR	INDS. M. KRISHNA	INCH. K. VEERANNA GOWDA	1,9564.04%	77.5%
MADDUR	JNPB. APPAJIGOWDA	INCJAYAVANI M. MANCHE GOWDA	3,3344.54%	72.7%
MADHUGIRI	PSPT. S. SHIVANNA	INCG. T. GOVINDA REDDY	3,5919.72%	61.5%
MADHUGIRI	JNPRAJAVARDHAN	INCGANGAHANUMAIAH	11,53614.97%	70.9%
MADIKERE	INCD. A. CHINNAPPA	JNPAJJIKUTTIRA N. SOMAIAH	5,1228.39%	67.3%
MAGADI	JNPH. G. CHANNAPPA	INCH. M. REVANNA	8,09811.45%	70.8%
MAGADI	PSPC. R. RANGEGOWDA	INCT. D. MARANA	11,34138.39%	58.5%
MALAVALLI	JNPB. SOMASHEKAR	INCH. D. AMARANATHAN	14,54619.49%	74.5%
MALAVALLI	INCG. MADEGOWDA	PSPM. C. DODDAIAH	10,01830.34%	68.1%
MALLESWARAM	INDK. DEVAYA	INCK. SRIRAMULU	2650.73%	52.6%
MALLESWARAM	JNPM. RAGHUPATHY	INCVIJOILAKSHAMI RAM BHAT	21,69931.77%	56.8%
MALUR	INDS. V. RAME GOWDA	INCH. C. LINGA REDDY	1,4124.22%	63.9%
MALUR	JNPH. B. DYAVARAPPA	INCA. NAGARAJU	4,0036.42%	73.6%
MANDYA	INDJ. DEVAIAH	INCK. V. SHANKARA GOWDA	6601.34%	70.6%
MANDYA	JNPS. D. JAYARAM	INCM. D. RAMESH RAJU	4,0045.52%	63.6%
MANGALORE	INCBLASIUS M. D. SOUZA	JNPJUDITH MASCARENHAS	8,76915.91%	65.3%
MANGALORE I	INCM. SHRINIVASA NAYAK	CPIA. SHANTHARAM PAI	5,72614.11%	78.8%
MANGALORE I I	CPIA. KRISHNA SHETTY	INCB. M. IDDINABBA	8131.94%	73.0%
MANVI	JNPTHIMMANGOUDA ANWARI	INCN. S. BOSE RAJU	7,64613.33%	66.6%
MANVI	INCBASWARAJESHWARI	SWARAMACHANDRARAO VINAYAK RAO	11,28351.49%	38.6%
MAYAKONDA	JNPK. MALLAPPA	INCK. R. JAYADEVAPPA	3,8185.13%	67.8%
MERCARA	INCK. MALLAPPA	SWAB. D. APPAIAH	9,94524.55%	64.8%
MOLAKALMURU	JNPPURNA MUTHAPPA	INCN. G. NAIK	9011.52%	62.9%
MOLAKALMURU	INCS. H. BASANNA	PSPG. VEERANNA	5,80415.05%	66.4%
MOODABIDRI	JNPAMARNATH SHETTY K.	INCK. SOMAPPA SUVARNA	1,6082.84%	74.5%
MUDABIDRI	SWAGOPAL SALENNA	INCMANJAPPA ULLAL	2581.25%	42.3%
MUDDEBIHAL	INCSIVASHANKARAPPA MALLAPPA GURADDI	SWASHRISHAILAPPA CHANNAPPA MASALI	3,28913.34%	51.9%
MUDDEBIHAL	JNPDESHMUKH JAGADEVARAO SANGANABAJAPPA	INCJAGGAL BASAVARAO GAYANAPPA	19,00437.18%	65.4%
MUDHOL	INCNINGAPPA KALLAPPA NAIK	SWAKRISHTAPPA PANDAPPA NADAGOUDA	2,4706.66%	64.5%
MUDHOL	JNPJAMAKHANDI BHIMAPPA GAMGAPPA	INCKATTIMANI ASHOK KRISHWAJI	14,71221.67%	72.1%
MUDIGERE	JNPB. B. NINGAIAH	INCMOTAMMA	330.06%	63.4%
MUDIGERE	PSPK. H. RANGANATH	INCL. H. THIMMABHOVI	500.23%	39.9%
MULBAGAL	CPMR. VENKATARAMAIAH	INCM. V. PRAMEELAMMA	22,10432.62%	67.2%
MULBAGAL	INCJ. NARAYANAPP A	INDP. MUNIYAPPA	8,04943.14%	31.8%
MUNDARGI	JNPHUMBARAWADI NAGAPPA SHIVALINGAPPA	INCKURADGI KUBERAPPA	14,74124.30%	71.5%
MUNDARGI	INCCHANABASAPPA SADASHIVAPPA HULKOTI	INDTAMMINAGOUDA YALLAPPAGOUDA PATIL	10,72938.96%	50.6%
MYSORE	INCK. PUTTASWAMY	PSPT. V. SRINIVASA RAO	10,75533.64%	55.0%
MYSORE CITY	INCK. S. SURYANARAYANA RAO	SOCSREEKANTASHARMA	3,56414.84%	50.6%
MYSORE CITY NORTH	PSPB. K. PUTTIAH	INCM. J. MOHAMAD YAKUB	3,52815.11%	53.2%
NAGAMANGALA	INDT. N. MADAPPA GOWDA	INCK. SINGARI GOWDA	4,22512.31%	67.8%
NAGAMANGALA	JNPH. T. KRISHNAPPA	INCT. M. CHANDRASHEKAR	22,21134.88%	68.9%

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.