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 51–100 of 206

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
KADAMBATTUR	INCEKAMBARA MUDALIAR	SWAGOVINDASWAMY NAIDU	6,54716.75%	55.9%
KADAMBUR (SC)	INCS. SANGILI	SWAM. MUTHIAH	1,3623.57%	50.4%
KADAYAM	INCA. B. BALAGAN	CPIR. V. ANANTHAKRISHNAN	32,33947.46%	72.7%
KALLAKURICHI (SC)	DMKT. CHINNASAMY	INCP. VEDAMANICKAM	6,24712.14%	56.4%
KANCHEEPURAM	INCS. V. NATESA MUDALIAR	DMKC. N. ANNADURAI	9,19010.94%	85.4%
KANGAYAM	INCNATARAJA GOUNDER K. S.	DMKM. PALANISAMY GOUNDER	16,29524.46%	71.1%
KANYAKUMARI	INCB. NATARAJAN	PSPS. RASSIAH	36,43863.47%	71.6%
KAPILAMALAI	DMKV. VELAPPA GOUNDAR	INCP. K. RAMALINGA GOUNDER	16,00627.64%	69.1%
KARAIKUDI	SWASAW GANESAN	INCA. I. SUBBIAH AMBALAM	4,6088.15%	66.6%
KARUR	INCT. M. NALLASAMY	CPIK. S. RAMASAMY	15,80922.42%	79.2%
KATPADI	INCB. RAJAGOPAL NAIDU	DMKNATARAJAN	5,6799.51%	69.6%
KATTUMANNARKOIL	DMKM. R. KRISHNAMOORTHI	INCG. VAGEESAM PILLAI	1070.18%	74.9%
KILLIYOOR	INCR. PONNAPPAN NADAR	INDG. DEVADAS	15,40636.60%	53.9%
KODAIKANAL	INCALAGARSAMY	DMKSOMASUNDARAM	3,3915.43%	68.8%
KODAVASAL (SC)	INCP. JAYARAJ	CPIP. APPASAMY	13,38621.84%	68.5%
KOILPALAYAM	INCM. P. MUTHUKARRUPPANASAMI GOUNDER	DMKK. GOPAL	13,82825.79%	66.5%
KOILPATTI	INCN. V. VENUGPALAKRISHNASAMI	SWAR. S. APPASAMI	4,0996.70%	75.0%
KRISHNAGIRI	DMKSREERAMULU	INCP. M. MUNISAMY GOUNDAR	11,25016.94%	65.7%
KULITTALAI	INCV. RAMANATHAN	DMKN. RATHANAM	20,71828.09%	72.9%
KUMBAKONAM	INCRAMASWAMI	DMKKRISHNAMOORTHY	9,69314.88%	76.4%
KUNNATHUR (SC)	INCP. APPAVOO	REPA. RATNAM	7851.62%	56.8%
KURINJIPPADI (SC)	DMKRAJANGAM	INCJAYARAMA	10,14817.89%	59.9%
LALGUDT	DMKP. DHARAMALINGAM	INCI. ANTONISWAMY	7,2449.64%	76.0%
MADHAVARAM	INCR. GOVINDARAJULU NAIDU	DMKA. P. ARASU	2500.39%	65.2%
MADURAI CENTRAL	INCV. SANKARAN	FBS. DEVASAHAYAM	17,35628.89%	71.0%
MADURAI EAST	INCP. K. R. LAKSHMI KANTHAM	CPISANKARIAH	9,45112.40%	75.4%
MADURANTAKAM (SC)	INCB. PARAMESWARAN	SWAP. S. ELLAPPAN	10,31917.93%	64.9%
MALLASAMUDRAM (SC)	DMKR. NALLAMUTHU	INCR. KANADASAMY	6,17318.57%	44.3%
MANAMADURAI	SWAK. CHEEMAICHAMY	INCM. AMIN NAINAR HOWTH	7,26811.71%	67.0%
MANAPPARAI	INCP. CHINNIAH GOUNDER	DMKS. ANNAVI	4,6368.20%	57.4%
MANNARGUDI	INCT. S. SWAMINATHA ODAYAR	DMKP. NARAYANASAMI	18,09625.32%	77.9%
MAYURAM	INCG. NARAYANASAMY NAIDU	DMKPALANISAMY NADAR	12,14216.61%	80.2%
MELUR	INCM. SIVARAMANAMBALAM	DMKV. V. N. NATARAJAN	8,00111.92%	71.3%
METTUPALAYAM	INCN. SHANMUGASUNDARAM	CPIK. VELLINGIRI	6,25311.55%	70.6%
METTUR	INCS. ARDHANARESWARA GOUNDER	PSPM. SURENDRAM	4450.84%	69.6%
MUDUKULATHUR	FBT. L. SASIVARNA THEVAR	INCKASINATHA DORAI	2,9453.91%	60.6%
MUSIRI (SC)	INCS. RAMALINGAM	DMKA. DORAIRAJU	4,4947.10%	68.1%
MYLAPORE	DMKARANGANNAL	INCA. VARADAPPA CHETTIAR	7,35311.46%	69.8%
NAGAPATTINAM	INCA. M. P. S. BALAGANGADHARAN	CPIG. BHAKTAVACHALAM	7,09211.08%	78.3%
NAGERCOIL	INCA. CHIDAMBARANATHA NADAR	DMKC. BALAN	19,76128.85%	68.9%
NALLUR	INCK. NARAYANASAMI	DMKT. PICHAMUTHU	8,11315.76%	58.1%
NAMAKKAL (SC)	INCS. CHINNAYAN	DMKK. V. RASAPPAN	1,8193.30%	65.5%
NAMBIYUR	INCA. K. KALIAPPA GOUNDAR	DMKP. A. SAMINATHAN	11,52023.07%	65.5%
NANGUNERI	INCM. G. SANKAR	SWAS. MADASAMY	5,3378.22%	75.2%
NANNILAM	INCM. D. THIYAGARAJA PILLAI	DMKRAMIAH MUDALIAR	4,8277.29%	77.1%
NELLIKUPPAM	DMKV. KRISHNAMURTHY KOWNDER	INCL. SUBBARAYALU REDDIAR	9,43014.15%	69.6%
NILAKKOTTAI	INCABDUL AZIZ	DMKAMBUCHEZHIAN	9411.48%	70.5%
OOTACAMUND	INCT. KARCHAN	SWAK. BOJAN	6,5829.93%	65.7%
OTTANCHATTRAM	INCA. SENAPATHI GOUNDER	DMKNACHIMUTHU GOUNDER	6,05310.81%	65.9%
OTTAPIDARAM	INCA. L. RAMAKRISHNA NAICKER	SWAK. VAIYAPPAN	10,16114.93%	67.6%

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.