Tamil Nadu assembly election, Feb 1962

206 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu, 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

Result map

Every assembly seat, shaded by winning party

A constituency-by-constituency map is planned but not shown here — we don’t yet have verified boundary geometry for Tamil Nadu’s assembly seats. Every number on this page is real; this one visual is pending real data.

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

INC139
DMK50
SWA6
IND5
FB3
CPI2
Others1

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Tamil Nadu

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%	—

INC139
DMK50
SWA6
IND5
FB3
CPI2
SOC1

Constituency performance

From the 206 results in Tamil Nadu

Closest contest

RASIPURAM

DMK N. P. SENGOTTUVEL· won by 70 (0.13%)

Biggest victory

KANYAKUMARI

INC B. NATARAJAN· won by 36,438 (63.47%)

Highest turnout

COIMBATORE I I (SC)

94.33%

Lowest turnout

VANUR (SC)

42.33%

Vote share & turnout trend

Tamil Nadu, 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	INC VENKATASUBBA REDDY	DMKV. VENKA	4,4227.90%	68.5%
ADIRAMPATTINAM	INC DHANDAUTHAPANI PILLAY	PSPMARIMUTHU	5,3998.11%	74.3%
ADUTHURAI	DMK K. S. MANI	INCRAMAMIRTHA THONDAMAN	7,62510.24%	74.2%
ALANGUDI (SC)	DMK P. MURUGAIYAN	INCV. R. MANGAPPAN	12,96625.15%	62.9%
ALANGULAM	INC S. CHELLAPANDIAN	SWAN. H. M. PANDIAN	10,21216.09%	66.8%
AMBASAMUDRAM	INC G. GOMATHISANKARA DIKSHITHER	CPIA. NALLASIVAN	5,6678.36%	73.9%
AMBUR (SC)	INC P. RAJAGOPAL	REPS. R. MUNISWAMY	9,52620.07%	59.0%
ANAMALAI (SC)	INC K. PONNIAH	DMKRAMASAMY	6,70712.62%	63.8%
ANDANALLUR	INC A. CHINNATHURAI AMBALAKARAN	DMKK. P. ANNAVI	11,61020.77%	62.8%
ANDHIYUR (SC)	INC PERUMALRAJU	DMKKALIMUTHU	10,54926.22%	45.4%
ANDIPATTI (SC)	INC A. KRISHNAVENI	FBT. MOKKAYAN	3,3757.77%	48.1%
ARANTANGI	DMK A. DURAI ARASAN	INCK. RAMANATHAN SERVAI	8,66914.18%	69.6%
ARAVAKURICHI	INC S. SADASIVAM	SWAC. MUTHUSAMI GOUNDER	7,29011.63%	68.2%
ARCOT	DMK MUNIRATHINAM	INCS. KHADER SHORIFF	8,78014.87%	71.7%
ARIYALUR	DMK R. NARAYANAN	INCR. VISWANATHAN	24,04037.07%	66.9%
ARKONAM	DMK S. J. RAMASWAMY MUDALI	INCB. BAKTHAVATSALU NAIDU	1,4342.10%	77.5%
ARNI	INC C. KOTHANDARAMA BAGAVATHAR	DMKA. C. NARASIMHAN	7,71812.94%	75.2%
ARUPPUKKOTTAI	INC T. KADAMBAVANA SUNDARAM	FBS. SOWDI SUNDARA BHARATHI	7,01410.75%	77.4%
ATTUR	INC S. ANGAMUTHU NAICKER	DMKK. N. SIVAPERUMAL	3,7316.22%	67.7%
AUTHOOR	DMK V. S. S. MANI	INCM. A. B. ARUMUGASAMY	5,4967.98%	65.1%
AVANASHI	INC MARAPPA GOUNDER	SWAM. PONNUSAMI	14,81329.08%	63.0%
BASIN BRIDGE	INC T. N. ANANTHANAYAKI	DMKN. V. NATARAJAN	5,5648.95%	70.4%
BHAVANI	INC N. K. RANGANAYAKI	DMKA. M. RAJA	9,82014.73%	65.2%
BHUVANAGIRI	INC RAMACHANDRA RAYAR	DMKVAITHILINGAM	1,4702.18%	68.3%
BODINAYAKANOOR	INC A. S. SUBBARAJ	INDR. SUBBIAH	18,63928.75%	70.7%
CHENGAM	DMK C.K. CHINNARAJI GOUNDER	INCY. SHANMUGAM	9,36615.04%	71.5%
CHENNIMALAI	SOC K. R. NALLASIVAM	INCK. S. PERIASAMI GOUNDER	8,40112.07%	78.2%
CHEYYAR	DMK K. GOVINDAN	INCV. DHARAMALINGA NAICKAR	3580.65%	69.6%
CHIDAMBARAM (SC)	INC S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN	DMKARUMUGHAM K.	9,60115.32%	69.6%
CHINGLEPUT	DMK C. G. VISWANATHAN	INCG. RAJARATHANA NAYAGAR	2,1243.83%	72.3%
COIMBATORE I	INC G. E. CHINNADURAI	DMKRAJAMANICKAM	17,62219.20%	76.5%
COIMBATORE I I (SC)	INC PALANISAMY K. P.	CPIN. MARUDACHALAM	8,3659.68%	94.3%
COLACHEL	IND A. SWAMIDHES NADAR	INCLOURDHAMMAL	7,77912.00%	73.1%
COONOOR	INC J. MATHA GOWDER	DMKJ. BELLI	21,56530.37%	69.4%
CUDDALORE	INC P. R. SEENUVASA PADAYACHI	DMKR. SAMBASIVA REDDIAR	6,4209.48%	68.0%
DHARAPURAM	INC PARAVATHI ARJUMAN	DMKA. R. SUBRAMANIAN	19,78330.03%	65.5%
DHARMAPURI	IND R. S. VEERAPPA CHETTIAR	DMKM. SUBRAMANIA GOUNDER	5,4379.17%	59.3%
DINDIGUL	INC R. RENGASWAMY	CPIA. BALASUBRAMANIAN	2,8734.32%	69.5%
EGMORE	INC JOTHI VENKATACHALAM	DMKANBAZHAGAN	1,6172.66%	72.0%
ERODE	INC A. S. DHAKSHINAMOORTHY GOUNDER	WTM. CHINNASAMI GOUNDER	7,5039.03%	73.0%
GANDARVAKOTTAI	INC R. KRISHNASWAMY GOPALAR	DMKGOVINDARASU KALINGARAR	2,8174.75%	66.6%
GANGAIKONDAN (SC)	INC R. S. ARUMUGAM	INDS. CHELLIAH	3,7687.50%	56.1%
GINGEE	INC RAJARAM	SWAARANGANATHAN	1,7413.07%	63.3%
GOBICHETIPALAYAM	INC MUTHUVELAPPA GOUNDER	SWASUNDARAMURTHI	14,72822.64%	71.6%
GUDIYATTAM (SC)	INC T. MANAVALAN	REPC. KUPPUSWAMY	10,53718.37%	60.1%
GUMMIDIPUNDI	SWA A, RAGHAVA REDDI	INCK. KAMALAMBUJAMMAL	6291.49%	55.7%
HARBOUR	INC K. S. G. HAJA SHARIFF	DMKC. P. CHINNARAJ ALIAS C. P. CHITTRARASU	3,2326.12%	69.3%
HARUR (SC)	DMK C. MANICKAM	INCM. K. MARIAPPA	4,4686.87%	58.8%
HOSUR	INC RAMACHANDRA REDDY	SWAK. SHAMANNA	11,47628.92%	43.1%
JAYANKONDAM	DMK JAGADAMBAL 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 Tamil Nadu alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.