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 151–200 of 206

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
TARAMANGALAM	INCN.S. SUNDARARAJAN	DMKP.R. NALLATHAMBI GOUNDER	3,0235.30%	69.9%
TENKASI	INCA. R. SUBBIAH MUDALIAR	MLREBOI SAHIB	12,80219.12%	72.9%
THANJAVUR	DMKKARUNANITHI	INCPARISUTHA NADAR	1,9283.05%	79.2%
THENI	DMKS. S. RAJENDIRAN	INCN. R. THYAGARAJAN	12,79420.49%	77.9%
THIAGARAYANAGAR	DMKKANCHI MANIMOZHIAR	INCGUNTUR NARASIMHA RAO	8,5689.93%	67.0%
THIRUMANGALAM	INCTHIRUVENGADA REDDIAR	SWAMUTHUMARAMA THEVAR M. C. M.	8,26912.96%	69.5%
THIRUMAYAM	INCV. RAMAIAH	INDV. BALAKRISHNAN	10,30315.91%	67.7%
THIRUPPARANKUNDRAM	INCCHINNAKARUPPA THEVAR	CPIJANAKIAMMAL	10,31212.44%	74.8%
THIRUTHURAIPUNDI (SC)	CPIA. K. SUBBAIAH	INCV. VEDAIYAN	10,07012.55%	82.2%
THONDAMUTHUR	INCV. ELLAMA NAIDU	CPIL. ARPUTHASAMY	19,78532.04%	76.0%
THOUSAND LIGHTS	DMKK. A. MATHIALAGAN	INCINDRANI CHANGALVARAYAN	2,3753.87%	68.6%
THURINJAPURAM	DMKMURUGAIYAN	INCNATARAJA MUDALIAR	7,29814.89%	55.7%
TINDIVANAM	DMKTHANGAVELU A.	INCVEERAPPA KOUNDER P.	2650.43%	68.8%
TIRUCHENDUR	INCM. S. SELVARAJAN	WTST. P. A. ADITANAR	11,95017.35%	68.0%
TIRUCHENGODE	INCT. M. KALIYANNAN	DMKT. A. RAJAVELU	3,5907.09%	54.1%
TIRUCHIRAPPALLI I	DMKM. S. MANI	INCE. P. MATHURAM	2,8424.68%	75.0%
TIRUCHIRAPPALLI II	CPIM. KALYANASUNDRAM	INCT. N. RAJENDRAN	7,84511.42%	71.4%
TIRUCHULI (SC)	FBA. PERUMAL	INCM. VELLATHURAI	10,09619.80%	56.4%
TIRUKOILUR	INCLAKSHIMINARASIMMA AMMAL	DMKBALASUBRAMANIAM	13,26724.33%	60.2%
TIRUKOSHTIYUR	DMKS. MADHAVAN	INCN. V. CHOKKALINGAM AMBALAM	3,5495.42%	69.9%
TIRUNELVELI	INCRAJATHI KUNCHITHAPATHAM	SWARAMASAMI (SUNDARAM)	1,4412.05%	72.9%
TIRUPPATTUR	DMKK. THIRUPATHY GOUNDER	INCR. C. SAMANNA GOUNDER	12,86024.76%	63.2%
TIRUPPUR	INCK. N. PALAMISAMY GOUNDER	CPIPONNULINGE GOUNDER	15,57319.36%	75.5%
TIRUTTANI	INDC. CHIRANJEEVULU NAIDU	INCE. S. THYAGARAJAN	2,7083.71%	74.5%
TIRUVADANAI	SWAK. R. R. M. KARIAMANCKAM AMBALAM	INCS. RAMAKRISHNA THEVAR	14,60123.25%	69.6%
TIRUVALLUR (SC)	INCV. S. ARUNACHALAM	DMKS. M. DURAIRAJ	4,43410.30%	57.9%
TIRUVANNAMALAI	INCP. PALANI PILLAI	DMKP. U. SHANMUGAM	1,7492.49%	70.5%
TIRUVARUR (SC)	INCC. M. AMBIKAPATHY	CPIS. VADIVELU	5,3918.24%	72.6%
TIRUVAYAR	INCPALANI	DMKVAIYAPURI NATTAR	9,11214.70%	75.8%
TRIPLICANE	DMKV. R. NEDUNCHEZHIAN	INCSIVANESAN	10,37015.99%	70.5%
TUTICORIN	INCPONNUSAMY NADAR	DMKRAMALINGAM K. R.	11,35615.93%	75.3%
UDAMALPET	INCR. RAJAGOPALASAMI NAICKER	DMKS. J. SADIQ PASHA	4,0155.67%	74.4%
UDDANAPALLI	SWACHINNA MUNISAMY CHETTIAR N. MUNISAMY CHETTY	INCK. MUNI REDDY	2,6256.21%	52.3%
ULUNDURPET	SWAMANONMANI	INCKANDASAMI PADAYACHI (M)	2,6074.98%	56.6%
UPPILLIAPURAM	INCV. A. MUTHIAH	DMKN. PETHUREDDIAR	3580.57%	81.8%
USILAMPATTI	FBMOOKKIAH THEVAR	INCTHINAGARASAMY THEVAR	24,07734.37%	70.8%
UTHAMAPALAYAM	DMKM. RAJANGAM	INCK. S. RAJAGOPAL	1,5392.29%	60.7%
UTTANGARAI	DMKM. KAMALANATHAN	INCT. THEERTHAGIRI GOUNDAR	13,94621.85%	64.5%
UTTIRAMERUR	INCO. SRINIVASA REDDIAR	INDDORASWAMY NAICKER	9,49015.09%	74.7%
VADAMADURAI	INCM. MARUTHANAYAGAM PILLAI	DMKA. NALLATHAMBI	9,18719.04%	67.4%
VALAPPADI	INCRAMASAMY UDAYAR	DMKPONNUMALAI	7,89514.07%	70.9%
VALAVANUR	INCK. M. KRISHNA KOUNDER	DMKA. GOVINDASAMY	6,8629.76%	68.5%
VANIYAMBADI	DMKM. P. VADIVAL	INCT. KARIA GOUNDAR	7,20714.50%	66.7%
VANUR (SC)	DMKBALKRISHNA A. G.	INCKANNANA S.	1,4763.40%	42.3%
VEDARANYAM	INCN. S. RAMALINGAM	DMKN. DHARMALINGAM	9,43613.91%	78.0%
VEDASANDUR	INCS. NANJUNDA ROY	CPIV. MADANAGOPAL	5,2238.35%	66.2%
VEERAPANDY	DMKS. ARUMUGAM	INCA. MARIAPPAN	8,66915.40%	69.9%
VELLORE	INCR. JEEVARATHNA MUDALIAR	DMKM. P. SARATHY	1900.29%	73.1%
VENGALAM (SC)	DMKS. MANI	INCM. AYYAKANNU	1,5932.75%	59.3%
VILAVANCODE	INCM. WILLIAM	CPID. GNANASIGAMONY (MARTHAMDOM)	8,99817.23%	68.0%

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.