Maharashtra assembly election, Feb 1962

264 assembly constituencies in Maharashtra, 56.54% turnout.

Seats

264

Candidates

1,161

36 women, 13 elected

Turnout

56.54%

1.1 cr of 1.94 cr

Leading party

INC

214 of 264 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Maharashtra

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
INC Indian National Congress	214	+214	264	56,17,347	51.22%	—
IND Independent	15	+15	437	18,36,095	16.74%	—
PWP PWP	15	+15	79	8,18,801	7.47%	—
PSP Praja Socialist Party	10	+10	101	7,92,755	7.23%	—
CPI Communist Party of India	6	+6	56	6,47,390	5.90%	—
REP REP	3	+3	66	5,89,653	5.38%	—
SOC SOC	1	+1	14	54,764	0.50%	—
JS Bharatiya Jana Sangh	0	0	127	5,48,097	5.00%	—
SWA Swatantra Party	0	0	9	48,484	0.44%	—
HMS HMS	0	0	5	12,109	0.11%	—
RRP RRP	0	0	3	784	0.01%	—

INC214 (81%)
IND15 (6%)
PWP15 (6%)
PSP10 (4%)
CPI6 (2%)
REP3 (1%)
Others1 (0%)

INC214
IND15
PWP15
PSP10
CPI6
REP3
Others1

INC214
IND15
PWP15
PSP10
CPI6
REP3
SOC1

Constituency performance

From the 264 results in Maharashtra

Closest contest

MAHAD

won by 0 (0.00%)

Biggest victory

PATAN

won by 38,389 (77.53%)

Highest turnout

PUSAD

84.12%

Lowest turnout

SANGAMESHWAR

27.06%

Vote share & turnout trend

Maharashtra, every Vidhan Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 264 seats, alphabetical · showing 151–200 of 264

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
MAZGAON	INCVITHAL KRISHNAJI TORASAKAR	CPIRAMCHANDR KRISHNAJI BHOGALE	7,39117.81%	59.2%
MEHKAR	INCANNASAHEB DESHMUKH ALIAS SHANKARRAO	INDKISAN TUKARAM SANGLE	7,15414.25%	70.7%
MELGHAT	INDMAMRAJ JAGANNATH KHANDELWAL	INCGIRJABAI W/O SHANHARRAO WATANE	5,74210.82%	63.3%
MIRAJ	INCGUNDU DASHARATH PATIL	CPINIVRUTTI BABURAO KALKE	33,88063.45%	69.2%
MOKHADA	INCMALU HARI VEER	PWPPANDURANG RAMCHANDRA PATIL	5,23520.87%	35.7%
MORSI	INDPARTAPSINH SHANKARRAO	INCLAXMANRAO RAGHUNATHRAO TARAR	13,78722.80%	74.5%
MUKHED	INCPERAJI SATWAJI SABNE	REPLAXAYA MARAYA	14,81650.54%	34.1%
MURBAD	INCSHANTARAM GOPAL GHOLAP	PWPMUKUND KANU PATIL	5,15016.26%	48.4%
MURTAJAPUR	INCKUSUMTAI WAMANRAO KORPE	REPPANDURANG GOTURAM ATHAWALE	20,26940.52%	63.5%
NAGAR AKOLA	INCYESHWANT SAKHARAM BAHANGARE	CPIBARKU ALIAS BAPURAO KRISHNAJI DESHMUKH	1,1683.42%	52.9%
NAGPADA	INCVISHWANATH RAJANNA TULLA	INDMAHMOOD MAHOMED MULLA	4,96111.21%	57.3%
NAGPUR	INCSHUSILABAI BALRAJ	CPIARDHENDU BHUSHAN HEMENDRA KUMAR BARDHAN	1580.36%	65.3%
NAGPUR I	INDVINAYAK SAKHARAM DANDEKAR	INCMAANGOPAL JODHARAJ AGARWAL	15,45223.39%	69.9%
NAGPUR I I	INDDHONDBAJI DASHRATH HADAV	INCPRATAPSINHRAO LAXMANRAO BHONSLE	17,00127.64%	73.0%
NAGPUR I I I	REPD. P. MESHRAM	INDPANJABRAO HUKUM SHAMBHAKAR	2,9254.79%	68.2%
NAIGAUM	INCSHAKUNTALA CHINTAMAN SALVE	REPWAMANRAO SIRARAM PAGARE	4,3178.20%	54.7%
NANDED	INCS. FAROOK PASHA S. MAKHDUM PASHA	CPIVITHAL RAO DEVIDAS RAO	11,30927.28%	55.0%
NANDGAON	INCVYANKATRAO BHAUSAHEB HIRE	PSPSHIVRAM DADAJI HIRE	16,73932.90%	61.7%
NANDURBAR	INCGAJMAL TULSHIRAM PATIL	INDSHANKARRAO CHINDUJI BEDSE	13,00930.50%	56.3%
NASIK	INCVASANT NARAYAN NAIK	INDRAMCHANDRA JAGANNATH PANDE	12,71430.95%	55.6%
NAWAPUR	INCDHARMA JAYARAM KOKANI	INDSATTARSINGH SONA VASAVE	1,2786.76%	40.9%
NILANGA	INCSHIVAJIRAO BHAURAO PATIL	PWPSRIPATRAO GAYANURAO	8,36914.46%	70.5%
NIPHAD	INCDATTATRAYE BHIKAJI PATIL	CPINARAYAN LAKHUJI SHINDE	10,36025.42%	59.1%
NORTH SHOLAPUR	INCGOVIND BHAURAO BURGUTE	PWPVISHWASRAO KONDIBA PHATE	5,02213.39%	58.4%
OMERGA	PWPVIJAYSING SHIVRAM	INCTATAYARAO MADHAVRAO	8762.14%	58.9%
OSMANABAD	INCVISHWASRAO GANPATRAO	PWPNARSINGRAO BALBHIMRAO	1,0102.80%	53.4%
PACHORA	INCSUPADU BHADU PATIL	PSPONKAR NARAYAN WAGH	15,65438.29%	57.1%
PAITHAN	INCKALYANRAO PANDHORINATH	PSPKASHINATH (BABANRAO ) PRALHADRAO KULKARNI	8,68730.52%	38.2%
PALGHAR	INCSHRIDHAR SAKHARAM PATIL	PSPNAVANITRAI BHOGILAL SHAH	4,3498.71%	65.5%
PANDHARPUR	INCAUDUMBER KONDIBA PATIL	INDJAYAWANT GHANASHYAM MORE	14,97131.45%	61.1%
PANHALA	PWPSADASHIVA DAULATRAO PATIL	INCBABAJIRAO BALASAHEB DESAI	2,3318.11%	47.0%
PANVEL	PWPDINKAR BALU PATIL	INCPRATAPSINHA VISHWASRAO CHAVAN	5,08412.89%	54.1%
PARBHANI	PWPSHESHRAO APPARAO	INCAMBADASRAO GANESHRAO	4,03612.02%	46.8%
PAREL	INCMADHAVRAO GANPATRAO MANI	INDKRISHNAJI GANGARAM DESAI	4,58110.10%	63.1%
PARENDA	PWPKRISHNAJI BAJIRAO	INCTARABAI MANSINGHRAO	1,8974.99%	50.0%
PARLE ANDHERI	INCSHANTILAL HARIJIVAN SHAH	CPIBALKRISHANA SHANTARAM DHUME	5,2227.03%	62.3%
PARNER	INCDATTATRAYA KOUNDIRAM BHAGAT	CPIBHASKARRAO TUKARAMJI AUTY	1,0133.72%	46.9%
PAROLA	INCGULABRAO NARAYANRAO PAWAR	JSSHRINIVAS CHUNILAL AGARWAL	12,68528.67%	55.3%
PARTUR	INCBHAGWANRAO DAULATRAO	PWPANKUSHRAO VENKATRAO GHARE	4,10913.75%	40.5%
PATAN	INCDAULATRAO SHRIPATTARAO DESAI	PWPBALASAHEB GANPATRAO PATANKAR	38,38977.53%	69.6%
PATHARDI	CPINARAYAN GANPAT AVHAD	INCTRIMBAK LAHANU GARJE	3,1178.58%	53.2%
PATHRI	PWPBABARAO SOPAN	INCSAKHRAM GOPALRAO	1420.46%	39.1%
PEINT	INCKACHARU BHAU RAUT	INDSITARAM SAYAJI BHOYE	1,1674.92%	41.6%
PEN	INCLAXMAN SHANKAR MHATRE	PWPTUKARAM HARI VAJEKAR	4,34710.92%	54.5%
PHALTAN	INCNIMBALKAR MALOJJRAO MUDHOJIRAO NAIK	CPIHARIBHAU VITHAL NIMBALKAR	24,53253.86%	64.0%
POONA CANTONMENT	INCKRISHNARAO TUKARAM GIRME	PSPJAYSING GANPAT SASANE	11,05533.48%	51.3%
PULGAON	INCSHANKARRAO VITHLRAO SONAWANE	REPDHARMDAS SAKHARAM	4,5779.49%	61.4%
PURANDHAR	INCDAYANESHWAR RAGHUNATH KHALRE	INDVITHAL SAULOBA DESHMUKH	5,55015.90%	56.6%
PUSAD	INCVASANTRAO PHULSING NAIK	INDNALINIBAI GODHAJIRAO MUKHARE	17,54429.28%	84.1%
RADHANAGARI	INCDNYANDEV SANTARAM KHANDEKAR	PWPDINKAR NATHAJI NALAVADE	4,73413.83%	56.4%

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

Indian National Congress won 214 of 264 seats in Maharashtra, a clear majority.

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

Turnout was 56.54% — 1.1 cr of 1.94 cr registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does Maharashtra have?

Maharashtra has 264 assembly seats.