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 201–250 of 264

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
RAHURI	INCBABURAO BAPUJI TANAPURE	CPIPUNJAJI BAPU KADU	8,60720.14%	62.8%
RAJAPUR	INCSAHADEO MUKUND THAKARE	PSPLAXMAN RANGANATH MATANKAR	1,8348.60%	41.0%
RAJURA	INCVITHALRAO LAXMANRAO DHOTE	INDYADAORAO RAMCHANDRARAO DHOTE	730.14%	57.1%
RAMTEK	INCPATHAN MOHAMMAD ABDULLAKHAN	INDVISHNU MAHADEO DHOBLE	3,55710.41%	47.9%
RATNAGIRI	INCSHANTARAM LAXMAN PEJE	PSPMOHAN SHANKAR TODANKAR	9,92631.10%	48.0%
RATNAGIRI KHED	INCHUSSAIN MISARIKHAN DALWAI	PSPTANAJI BALKRISHNA MORE	14,57942.20%	51.2%
RAVER	INCMAHUKAR DHANAJI CHAUDHARI	PSPGAJANANRAO RAGHUNATHRAO GARUD	10,67922.11%	73.3%
RENAPUR	CPIGANPATHI ANNA	INCWAMANRAO DESHMUKH	5,51017.19%	45.9%
ROHA	PWPPANDURANG RAMAJI SANAP	INCYASHWANT DWARKANATH DESHMUKH	1,8605.08%	60.2%
SADAK ARJUNI	INCSHRAWAN MANGRUJI KANHEKAR	REPMAROTI WAKTU SAHKARE	8872.45%	47.1%
SAKOLI	INCADKUJI SONUJI PAULSAGADE	JSSHAMRAO PAGA KAPGATE	4,2117.92%	64.9%
SAKRI	INCGOKUL RUPLA GAVIT	CPIHIRAMAN BHAVADU PAWAR	8,64222.42%	45.0%
SANGAMESHWAR	PSPJAYARAM BALKRISHNA SHETYE ALIAS BHAI SHETYE	INCDHONDIRAM KRISHNAJI GHAG	4182.32%	27.1%
SANGAMNER	INCBHIKAJI JIJABA KHATAL	INDDATTA APPAJI DESHMUKH	9472.24%	59.1%
SANGLI	INCVASANTRAO BANDUJI PATIL	PWPBHAGWAN DNYANDEV SURYAVANSHI	38,73961.49%	75.2%
SANGOLA	PWPGANPATRAO ANNASAHEB DESHMUKH	INCKESHAVRAO SHRIPATRAO RAUT	2,0575.84%	46.3%
SAOLI	INCMAROTRAO SAMBASHIO KANNAMWAR	INDDAMODHAR LAXMAN KALE	7281.56%	66.3%
SAONER	INCNARENDERA MAHIPATI TIDKE	INDRAMJI CHIMNAJI NAIK	11,64228.16%	58.1%
SATARA	INCDHONDIRAM SHIDOJI JAGTAP	INDVITHALRAO NANASAHEB PATIL	23,32245.47%	72.4%
SAWANTWADI	INCSHIVRAM SAWANT KHEM SAWANT BHONSALE	INDLAXMAN NARAYAN GOVEKAR	20,47765.01%	46.6%
SEWREE	CPISAWALRAM GOPAL PATKAR	INCMADHAVRAO PARSHARAM THORAT	8,47012.89%	63.6%
SHAHUWADI	INCUDAYASING NANASAHEB GAIKWAD	PWPSHANKARRAO NAMDEO PATIL	7,92221.95%	52.0%
SHEVGAON	INCMARUTRAO SHANKARAO GHULE	INDEKANATH LAXMAN BHAGWAT	10,82426.52%	59.1%
SHIRALA	INCVASANTRAO ANANDRAO NAIK	PWPTASHWANT CHANDRU PATIL	23,94545.40%	70.2%
SHIRDI	INCKARBHARI BHIMAJI ROHAMARE	INDMOHANRAO ABASAHEB GADE	12,19327.00%	68.3%
SHIROL	INCRATNAPPA BHARAMAPPA KUMBHAR	INDSATGONDA REVAGONDA PATIL	24,65140.98%	83.5%
SHIRPUR	INCVYANKATRAO TANAJI DHOBI	JSPRAHLADRAO MADHAVRAO PATIL	13,83734.36%	54.9%
SHIVAJINAGAR	INCSADASHIV GOVIND BARVE	JSRAMCHANDRA KASHINATH MHALAGI	15,58330.84%	70.1%
SHOLAPUR CITY NORTH	CPIYANKAPA RAMAYA MADUR	INCKESHAVLAL VIRCHAND SHAH	2,7245.25%	58.0%
SHOLAPUR CITY SOUTH	INCRAJARAM SAVALARAM DHAVALE	PSPBHIMRAO LAXMAN RONE	2,0575.11%	57.6%
SHRIGONDA	INCBABURAO MAHADEO BHARASKAR	REPPRABHAKAR JANARDHAN ROHAN	6,53227.08%	37.9%
SHRIRAMPUR	INCBABURAO SAWLERAM CHATURBHUJ	REPWAMAN DAMODHAR WAKCHAURE	10,85033.03%	49.8%
SHRIWARDHAN	INCABDUL RAHIM A. GAFOOR ANTULAY	PSPDIGAMBAR VINAYAK PUROHIT	9,20931.73%	60.5%
SHUKRAWAR PETH	INCRAMBHAU VITHAL TELANG	PSPSHRIDHAR MAHADEV JOSHI	9,17117.35%	63.4%
SILLOD	INCBABURAO JANGLU	CPIKARUNA CHANDRAGUPTA	16,98043.96%	47.0%
SINDKHEDA	INCNARAYANRAO SAHADEORAO PATIL	PSPBABURAO NABAJI DESAI	27,53955.73%	57.1%
SINNAR	INCSHANKAR BALAJI WAJE	CPIGANGADHAR WAMANRAO CHAVANKE	3,0607.31%	61.6%
SIRONCHA	INDVISHWESHWARRAO DHARMARRAO ATRAM	INCMURLI MANOHARRAO SRINIWAS VENKAT	18,04046.82%	60.4%
SIRUR	INCRAOSAHEB BABURAO PAWAR	PSPSHAMKANT DAMODAR MORE	1,0613.97%	44.9%
SOUTH SHOLAPUR	INCVIRUPAKSHAPPA GURUPPA SHIVDARE	INDVISHWANATH RAMCHANDRA LAD	19,18857.86%	51.6%
TALODA	INCDIGAMBAR NARSHI PADVI	JSRAMU DHARMA PADVI	7,93440.42%	38.0%
TASGAON	INCDHONDIRAM YESHWANT PATIL	PWPGANPATI DADA LAD	14,15726.53%	76.7%
THANA	INCCHAMPA GOVARDHAN MOKAL	CPIB. K. KHOPKAR	9,15118.50%	60.4%
TIRORA	INCSHGALIGRAM RAMRATAN DIXIT	REPNARAYAN HARI KJUMBHARE	2,8616.02%	68.9%
TULJAPUR	INCSAHEBRAO DADARAO	PWPDEVIDAS NAGOBA	4,69112.57%	45.1%
TUMSAR	INCRAM BAKARAMJI LANJEWAR	PWPKESJAPRAP LOSAMRAP KAWALE	4,41310.23%	53.0%
UDGIR	INCVITHALRAO BAPURAO	REPKISAN SAKHARAM	13,87845.09%	46.2%
ULHASNAGAR	SOCPARCHARAM KEWALRAM AILANI (ALIAS VIDYARTHI)	INCNEWANDRAM VISHINDAS GURBANI	3,2107.25%	63.3%
UMERKHED	INCRAMCHANDRA NAMDEO SHINGANKAR	INDVISHWASRAO SUKAJI KAMBALE	18,09541.06%	71.7%
UMRER	INCDAMU SADASHIV TARNEKAR	INDRAJARAM LAXMAN MAHALE	6,03014.70%	49.7%

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.