Madras assembly election, Feb 1962

206 assembly constituencies in Madras, 67.81% turnout.

Seats

206

Candidates

798

17 women, 10 elected

Turnout

67.81%

1.27 cr of 1.87 cr

Leading party

INC

139 of 206 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Madras

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
INC Indian National Congress	139	+139	206	58,48,974	46.14%	—
DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	50	+50	143	34,35,633	27.10%	—
SWA Swatantra Party	6	+6	94	9,91,773	7.82%	—
IND Independent	5	+5	207	6,76,892	5.34%	—
FB FB	3	+3	6	1,73,261	1.37%	—
CPI Communist Party of India	2	+2	68	9,78,806	7.72%	—
SOC SOC	1	+1	7	48,753	0.38%	—
PSP Praja Socialist Party	0	0	21	1,59,212	1.26%	—
WT WT	0	0	16	1,17,640	0.93%	—
ML ML	0	0	6	89,968	0.71%	—
REP REP	0	0	4	57,457	0.45%	—
TNP TNP	0	0	9	44,048	0.35%	—
SL SL	0	0	7	43,186	0.34%	—
JS Bharatiya Jana Sangh	0	0	4	10,743	0.08%	—

INC139 (67%)
DMK50 (24%)
SWA6 (3%)
IND5 (2%)
FB3 (1%)
CPI2 (1%)
Others1 (0%)

INC139
DMK50
SWA6
IND5
FB3
CPI2
Others1

INC139
DMK50
SWA6
IND5
FB3
CPI2
SOC1

Constituency performance

From the 206 results in Madras

Closest contest

RASIPURAM

won by 70 (0.13%)

Biggest victory

KANYAKUMARI

won by 36,438 (63.47%)

Highest turnout

COIMBATORE I I (SC)

94.33%

Lowest turnout

VANUR (SC)

42.33%

Vote share & turnout trend

Madras, every Vidhan Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 206 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 206

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
ACHARAPAKKAM	INCVENKATASUBBA REDDY	DMKV. VENKA	4,4227.90%	68.5%
ADIRAMPATTINAM	INCDHANDAUTHAPANI PILLAY	PSPMARIMUTHU	5,3998.11%	74.3%
ADUTHURAI	DMKK. S. MANI	INCRAMAMIRTHA THONDAMAN	7,62510.24%	74.2%
ALANGUDI (SC)	DMKP. MURUGAIYAN	INCV. R. MANGAPPAN	12,96625.15%	62.9%
ALANGULAM	INCS. CHELLAPANDIAN	SWAN. H. M. PANDIAN	10,21216.09%	66.8%
AMBASAMUDRAM	INCG. GOMATHISANKARA DIKSHITHER	CPIA. NALLASIVAN	5,6678.36%	73.9%
AMBUR (SC)	INCP. RAJAGOPAL	REPS. R. MUNISWAMY	9,52620.07%	59.0%
ANAMALAI (SC)	INCK. PONNIAH	DMKRAMASAMY	6,70712.62%	63.8%
ANDANALLUR	INCA. CHINNATHURAI AMBALAKARAN	DMKK. P. ANNAVI	11,61020.77%	62.8%
ANDHIYUR (SC)	INCPERUMALRAJU	DMKKALIMUTHU	10,54926.22%	45.4%
ANDIPATTI (SC)	INCA. KRISHNAVENI	FBT. MOKKAYAN	3,3757.77%	48.1%
ARANTANGI	DMKA. DURAI ARASAN	INCK. RAMANATHAN SERVAI	8,66914.18%	69.6%
ARAVAKURICHI	INCS. SADASIVAM	SWAC. MUTHUSAMI GOUNDER	7,29011.63%	68.2%
ARCOT	DMKMUNIRATHINAM	INCS. KHADER SHORIFF	8,78014.87%	71.7%
ARIYALUR	DMKR. NARAYANAN	INCR. VISWANATHAN	24,04037.07%	66.9%
ARKONAM	DMKS. J. RAMASWAMY MUDALI	INCB. BAKTHAVATSALU NAIDU	1,4342.10%	77.5%
ARNI	INCC. KOTHANDARAMA BAGAVATHAR	DMKA. C. NARASIMHAN	7,71812.94%	75.2%
ARUPPUKKOTTAI	INCT. KADAMBAVANA SUNDARAM	FBS. SOWDI SUNDARA BHARATHI	7,01410.75%	77.4%
ATTUR	INCS. ANGAMUTHU NAICKER	DMKK. N. SIVAPERUMAL	3,7316.22%	67.7%
AUTHOOR	DMKV. S. S. MANI	INCM. A. B. ARUMUGASAMY	5,4967.98%	65.1%
AVANASHI	INCMARAPPA GOUNDER	SWAM. PONNUSAMI	14,81329.08%	63.0%
BASIN BRIDGE	INCT. N. ANANTHANAYAKI	DMKN. V. NATARAJAN	5,5648.95%	70.4%
BHAVANI	INCN. K. RANGANAYAKI	DMKA. M. RAJA	9,82014.73%	65.2%
BHUVANAGIRI	INCRAMACHANDRA RAYAR	DMKVAITHILINGAM	1,4702.18%	68.3%
BODINAYAKANOOR	INCA. S. SUBBARAJ	INDR. SUBBIAH	18,63928.75%	70.7%
CHENGAM	DMKC.K. CHINNARAJI GOUNDER	INCY. SHANMUGAM	9,36615.04%	71.5%
CHENNIMALAI	SOCK. R. NALLASIVAM	INCK. S. PERIASAMI GOUNDER	8,40112.07%	78.2%
CHEYYAR	DMKK. GOVINDAN	INCV. DHARAMALINGA NAICKAR	3580.65%	69.6%
CHIDAMBARAM (SC)	INCS. SIVASUBRAMANIAN	DMKARUMUGHAM K.	9,60115.32%	69.6%
CHINGLEPUT	DMKC. G. VISWANATHAN	INCG. RAJARATHANA NAYAGAR	2,1243.83%	72.3%
COIMBATORE I	INCG. E. CHINNADURAI	DMKRAJAMANICKAM	17,62219.20%	76.5%
COIMBATORE I I (SC)	INCPALANISAMY K. P.	CPIN. MARUDACHALAM	8,3659.68%	94.3%
COLACHEL	INDA. SWAMIDHES NADAR	INCLOURDHAMMAL	7,77912.00%	73.1%
COONOOR	INCJ. MATHA GOWDER	DMKJ. BELLI	21,56530.37%	69.4%
CUDDALORE	INCP. R. SEENUVASA PADAYACHI	DMKR. SAMBASIVA REDDIAR	6,4209.48%	68.0%
DHARAPURAM	INCPARAVATHI ARJUMAN	DMKA. R. SUBRAMANIAN	19,78330.03%	65.5%
DHARMAPURI	INDR. S. VEERAPPA CHETTIAR	DMKM. SUBRAMANIA GOUNDER	5,4379.17%	59.3%
DINDIGUL	INCR. RENGASWAMY	CPIA. BALASUBRAMANIAN	2,8734.32%	69.5%
EGMORE	INCJOTHI VENKATACHALAM	DMKANBAZHAGAN	1,6172.66%	72.0%
ERODE	INCA. S. DHAKSHINAMOORTHY GOUNDER	WTM. CHINNASAMI GOUNDER	7,5039.03%	73.0%
GANDARVAKOTTAI	INCR. KRISHNASWAMY GOPALAR	DMKGOVINDARASU KALINGARAR	2,8174.75%	66.6%
GANGAIKONDAN (SC)	INCR. S. ARUMUGAM	INDS. CHELLIAH	3,7687.50%	56.1%
GINGEE	INCRAJARAM	SWAARANGANATHAN	1,7413.07%	63.3%
GOBICHETIPALAYAM	INCMUTHUVELAPPA GOUNDER	SWASUNDARAMURTHI	14,72822.64%	71.6%
GUDIYATTAM (SC)	INCT. MANAVALAN	REPC. KUPPUSWAMY	10,53718.37%	60.1%
GUMMIDIPUNDI	SWAA, RAGHAVA REDDI	INCK. KAMALAMBUJAMMAL	6291.49%	55.7%
HARBOUR	INCK. S. G. HAJA SHARIFF	DMKC. P. CHINNARAJ ALIAS C. P. CHITTRARASU	3,2326.12%	69.3%
HARUR (SC)	DMKC. MANICKAM	INCM. K. MARIAPPA	4,4686.87%	58.8%
HOSUR	INCRAMACHANDRA REDDY	SWAK. SHAMANNA	11,47628.92%	43.1%
JAYANKONDAM	DMKJAGADAMBAL VELAYUDAM	INCS. SAMIKKANNU PADAYACHI	8,14912.88%	69.0%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Madras 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 Madras assembly election, Feb 1962?

Indian National Congress won 139 of 206 seats in Madras, a clear majority.

What was the voter turnout in the Madras assembly election, Feb 1962?

Turnout was 67.81% — 1.27 cr of 1.87 cr registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does Madras have?

Madras has 206 assembly seats.