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 51–100 of 206

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
KADAMBATTUR	INC EKAMBARA MUDALIAR	SWAGOVINDASWAMY NAIDU	6,54716.75%	55.9%
KADAMBUR (SC)	INC S. SANGILI	SWAM. MUTHIAH	1,3623.57%	50.4%
KADAYAM	INC A. B. BALAGAN	CPIR. V. ANANTHAKRISHNAN	32,33947.46%	72.7%
KALLAKURICHI (SC)	DMK T. CHINNASAMY	INCP. VEDAMANICKAM	6,24712.14%	56.4%
KANCHEEPURAM	INC S. V. NATESA MUDALIAR	DMKC. N. ANNADURAI	9,19010.94%	85.4%
KANGAYAM	INC NATARAJA GOUNDER K. S.	DMKM. PALANISAMY GOUNDER	16,29524.46%	71.1%
KANYAKUMARI	INC B. NATARAJAN	PSPS. RASSIAH	36,43863.47%	71.6%
KAPILAMALAI	DMK V. VELAPPA GOUNDAR	INCP. K. RAMALINGA GOUNDER	16,00627.64%	69.1%
KARAIKUDI	SWA SAW GANESAN	INCA. I. SUBBIAH AMBALAM	4,6088.15%	66.6%
KARUR	INC T. M. NALLASAMY	CPIK. S. RAMASAMY	15,80922.42%	79.2%
KATPADI	INC B. RAJAGOPAL NAIDU	DMKNATARAJAN	5,6799.51%	69.6%
KATTUMANNARKOIL	DMK M. R. KRISHNAMOORTHI	INCG. VAGEESAM PILLAI	1070.18%	74.9%
KILLIYOOR	INC R. PONNAPPAN NADAR	INDG. DEVADAS	15,40636.60%	53.9%
KODAIKANAL	INC ALAGARSAMY	DMKSOMASUNDARAM	3,3915.43%	68.8%
KODAVASAL (SC)	INC P. JAYARAJ	CPIP. APPASAMY	13,38621.84%	68.5%
KOILPALAYAM	INC M. P. MUTHUKARRUPPANASAMI GOUNDER	DMKK. GOPAL	13,82825.79%	66.5%
KOILPATTI	INC N. V. VENUGPALAKRISHNASAMI	SWAR. S. APPASAMI	4,0996.70%	75.0%
KRISHNAGIRI	DMK SREERAMULU	INCP. M. MUNISAMY GOUNDAR	11,25016.94%	65.7%
KULITTALAI	INC V. RAMANATHAN	DMKN. RATHANAM	20,71828.09%	72.9%
KUMBAKONAM	INC RAMASWAMI	DMKKRISHNAMOORTHY	9,69314.88%	76.4%
KUNNATHUR (SC)	INC P. APPAVOO	REPA. RATNAM	7851.62%	56.8%
KURINJIPPADI (SC)	DMK RAJANGAM	INCJAYARAMA	10,14817.89%	59.9%
LALGUDT	DMK P. DHARAMALINGAM	INCI. ANTONISWAMY	7,2449.64%	76.0%
MADHAVARAM	INC R. GOVINDARAJULU NAIDU	DMKA. P. ARASU	2500.39%	65.2%
MADURAI CENTRAL	INC V. SANKARAN	FBS. DEVASAHAYAM	17,35628.89%	71.0%
MADURAI EAST	INC P. K. R. LAKSHMI KANTHAM	CPISANKARIAH	9,45112.40%	75.4%
MADURANTAKAM (SC)	INC B. PARAMESWARAN	SWAP. S. ELLAPPAN	10,31917.93%	64.9%
MALLASAMUDRAM (SC)	DMK R. NALLAMUTHU	INCR. KANADASAMY	6,17318.57%	44.3%
MANAMADURAI	SWA K. CHEEMAICHAMY	INCM. AMIN NAINAR HOWTH	7,26811.71%	67.0%
MANAPPARAI	INC P. CHINNIAH GOUNDER	DMKS. ANNAVI	4,6368.20%	57.4%
MANNARGUDI	INC T. S. SWAMINATHA ODAYAR	DMKP. NARAYANASAMI	18,09625.32%	77.9%
MAYURAM	INC G. NARAYANASAMY NAIDU	DMKPALANISAMY NADAR	12,14216.61%	80.2%
MELUR	INC M. SIVARAMANAMBALAM	DMKV. V. N. NATARAJAN	8,00111.92%	71.3%
METTUPALAYAM	INC N. SHANMUGASUNDARAM	CPIK. VELLINGIRI	6,25311.55%	70.6%
METTUR	INC S. ARDHANARESWARA GOUNDER	PSPM. SURENDRAM	4450.84%	69.6%
MUDUKULATHUR	FB T. L. SASIVARNA THEVAR	INCKASINATHA DORAI	2,9453.91%	60.6%
MUSIRI (SC)	INC S. RAMALINGAM	DMKA. DORAIRAJU	4,4947.10%	68.1%
MYLAPORE	DMK ARANGANNAL	INCA. VARADAPPA CHETTIAR	7,35311.46%	69.8%
NAGAPATTINAM	INC A. M. P. S. BALAGANGADHARAN	CPIG. BHAKTAVACHALAM	7,09211.08%	78.3%
NAGERCOIL	INC A. CHIDAMBARANATHA NADAR	DMKC. BALAN	19,76128.85%	68.9%
NALLUR	INC K. NARAYANASAMI	DMKT. PICHAMUTHU	8,11315.76%	58.1%
NAMAKKAL (SC)	INC S. CHINNAYAN	DMKK. V. RASAPPAN	1,8193.30%	65.5%
NAMBIYUR	INC A. K. KALIAPPA GOUNDAR	DMKP. A. SAMINATHAN	11,52023.07%	65.5%
NANGUNERI	INC M. G. SANKAR	SWAS. MADASAMY	5,3378.22%	75.2%
NANNILAM	INC M. D. THIYAGARAJA PILLAI	DMKRAMIAH MUDALIAR	4,8277.29%	77.1%
NELLIKUPPAM	DMK V. KRISHNAMURTHY KOWNDER	INCL. SUBBARAYALU REDDIAR	9,43014.15%	69.6%
NILAKKOTTAI	INC ABDUL AZIZ	DMKAMBUCHEZHIAN	9411.48%	70.5%
OOTACAMUND	INC T. KARCHAN	SWAK. BOJAN	6,5829.93%	65.7%
OTTANCHATTRAM	INC A. SENAPATHI GOUNDER	DMKNACHIMUTHU GOUNDER	6,05310.81%	65.9%
OTTAPIDARAM	INC A. 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 Tamil Nadu alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.