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 301–350 of 432

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
NANJANGUD	JNPD. T. JAYA KUMAR	INCM. LINGANNA	4,2627.11%	69.2%
NANJANGUD	INCN. RACHAIAH	INDL. SRIKANTAIAH	2,7859.63%	57.0%
NARAGUND	JNPB. R. YAVAGAL	INCKATARKI S.N.	20,27238.06%	72.0%
NARASIMHARAJA	INCMUKTHAR UNNISA	BJPMURUTHI RAO PAWAR	4,1647.94%	47.5%
NARGUND	INCADIVEPPAGOUDA SIDDANAGOUDA PATIL	INDSHIDDANGOUDA HANAMANTGOUDA PATIL	16,65049.68%	56.6%
NAVALGUND	INCKULKARNI MALLAPPA KARAVEERAPPA	JNPCHANDRAKANT KALLANNAVAR	4720.94%	62.1%
NAVALGUND	INCR. M. PATIL	INDMALLAPPA KARIVEERAPPA KULKARNI	7,43521.00%	64.2%
NELAMANGALA	INCK. PRABHAKAR	INDM. LOKASEVANIRATHA HANUMANTHAIAH	3,76119.43%	46.0%
NELAMANGALA	JNPB. GURUPRASAD	INCANJANAMURTHY	15,79025.41%	73.7%
NIPANI	MESGOVIND KRISHNA MANAVI	INCBALARISHNA KESHAV PATWARDHAN	18,00649.26%	70.4%
NIPPANI	INCPATIL VEERKUMAR APPASO	INDCHAVAN BALWANTRAO GOPAL	38,19061.64%	68.6%
PALYA	INDG. VENKATAI GOWDA	INCH. NAGAPPA	670.18%	66.2%
PANDAVAPURA	INDK. KEMPEGOWDA	INCK. M. KENGEGOWDA	4800.64%	76.7%
PANDAVAPURA	INCB. Y. NEELEGOWDA	INDN. A. CHANNEGOWDA	3,0059.67%	56.6%
PANEMANGALORE	INCK. NAGAPPA ALVA	CPIM. H. KRISHNAPPA	5,36515.82%	59.1%
PARASGAD	INCVENKARADDI SHIDARADDI TIMMARADDI	INDSHANKARRAO BINDURAO PADAKI	2,5697.77%	62.4%
PARASGAD	INDCHANDRASHEKHAR MALLIKARJUN MAMANI	INCPATIL RAMANGGOUD VENKANGOUD	13,30218.77%	70.9%
PAVAGADA	JNPSOMLA NAIK	INCUGRANARASIMHAPPA	11,56314.99%	66.8%
PAVAGADA	INCR. KENCHAPPA	PSPN. B. HANUMANTHA RAYAPPA	5,49823.44%	40.2%
PERIYAPATNA	INCK. M. DEVAYYA	SWAT. VENKATARAM	2,4167.97%	52.0%
PERIYAPATNA	JNPK. VENKATESH	INCL. ANAND	9,81312.31%	76.9%
PUTTUR	INCK. VENKATRAMANA GOWDA	SWAK. UGGAPPA SHETTY	6,09620.71%	52.8%
PUTTUR	INCVINAYA KUMAR SORAKE	BJPK. RAMA BHAT, URIMAJADE	20,82328.63%	73.6%
RAIBAG	JNPGHEVARI MARUTI GANGAPPA	INCBASANAIK SHRIMANT KRISHNA	2,8913.60%	70.4%
RAIBAG	INCBALU SHIDRAYA SOUDAGAR	REPVASANT GURUPAD PATTAN	22,92478.58%	57.8%
RAICHUR	INCM. MOHIUDDIN GHOUSE	LSSNARAYANAPPA GANDHAL	1,3827.67%	32.2%
RAICHUR	INCMOHAMED ONER ABDUL RAHMAN	JNPABDUL SANAD SIDDIQUI	13,50432.60%	39.9%
RAJAJINAGAR	CPIM. S. KRISHNAN	INCS. G. VENKATAIAH	16,48017.15%	53.1%
RAMADURG	INCRAMANAGOUDA SHIVASHIDDAPPAGOUDA PATIL	LSSMAHADEVAPPA SHIVABASAPPA PATTAN	1,4383.87%	68.0%
RAMANAGARAM	JNPPUTTASWAMY GOWDA	INCC. M. LINGAPPA	2,0042.59%	72.5%
RAMANAGARAM	INCT. MADAIAH GOWDA	INDC. RAMAIAH	5,64719.67%	52.3%
RAMDURG	JNPHIRAREDDI BASAVANTAPPA BASAPPA	INCFAKIRAPPA ALLAPPA	10,06114.78%	73.2%
RANIBENNUR	INCKOLIWAD KRISHNAPPA BHEEMAPPA	JNPPATIL BASANAGOUDA GURANAGOUDA	3570.47%	71.8%
RANIBENNUR	INCYALLAWA DHARMAPPA SAMBRANI	PSPYALLAPPA VENKAPA JOGANNOWAR	6,11919.15%	62.8%
ROBERTSONPET	INCD. VENKATA RAMIAH	CPIV. M. GOVINDAN	11,60155.65%	57.1%
RON	JNPDODDAMETI JANANADEV SHIVANAGAPPA	INCPATIL RUDRAGOUDA SANGANAGOUDA	10,74218.73%	66.0%
RON	INCANDANEPPA JNANAPPA DODDAMETI	INDSIVAMURTAYYA MADIWALAYYA MATH	10,09734.63%	60.5%
SADALGA	JNPMAGENNAVAR KALLAPPA PARISA	INCKORE PRABHAKAR BASAPRABHU	4,0105.76%	77.1%
SADALGA	INCSHIDAGOUDA SHIVAGOUDA PATIL	INDKRISHNA BALAPPA TELAVEKAR	12,89734.80%	70.3%
SAGAR	JNPB. DHARMAPPA	INCL. T THIMMAPPA	1,5502.52%	66.1%
SAGAR	INCV. S. LAXMIKANTHAPPA	SOCK. THIMMAPPA	3,2998.20%	50.8%
SAKLESHPUR	JNPB. D. BASAVARAJU	INCH. B. YAJAMAN	19,51425.08%	73.0%
SAKLESHPUR	INCS. A. VASANNA SETTY	JSN. B. SHETTY	10,18634.63%	51.0%
SAMPAGAON I	INCKALLUR ALIAS WALI CHANAPPA SHANKARAPPA	PSPBASAVARAJ GURUNAIK NAIK	9,70533.43%	57.1%
SAMPAGAON I I	INCMUGUTSAB NABISAB NAGANUR	INDPARWATGOUDA BASANGOUDA PATIL	7,26419.21%	75.8%
SANDUR	JNPU. BHUPATHI	INCK. S. VEERABHADRAPPA	10,12021.25%	53.1%
SANDUR	INCMURAR RAO YESHWANT RAO GHORPADE	SWAHANUMANTHAPPA	19,77567.37%	46.8%
SANKESHWAR	INCPATIL MALHARGOUDA SHANKARGOUD	JNPKARAGUPPI PRABHAKAR SHIVAMALLAPPA	3,0164.83%	70.3%
SANKESHWAR	INCCHAMPABAI PIRAJI BHOGALE	REPB. SHANKARANAND	4,79520.19%	53.8%
SANTHEMARAHALLI	INCB. RACHAIAH	PSPB. BASAVIAH	2,5568.11%	64.1%

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.