1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election

Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1962 was held in Indian state of Maharashtra in 1962, to elect 264 members to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.[1]

Maharashtra State Assembly Elections, 1962
1962
All 264 assembly constituencies to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
133 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party INC PWP
Seats won 215 15
Popular vote 5,617,347 818,801
Percentage 51.22% 7.47%
Chief Minister before election

Yashwantrao Chavan
INC

 Elected Chief Minister

Marotrao Kannamwar
INC

Results

Indian National Congress won 215 out of 264 seats.[1]

Political Party No. of candidates No. of elected Votes polled Votes (%)
Indian National Congress 264 215 5,617,347 51.22%
Peasants and Workers Party of India 79 15 818,801 7.47%
Praja Socialist Party 101 9 792,755 7.23%
Communist Party of India 56 6 647,390 5.90%
Republican Party of India 66 3 589,653 5.38%
Socialist 14 1 54,764 0.50%
Independents 437 15 1,836,095 16.74%

References
  1. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1962 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MAHARASHTRA". New Delhi: Electoral Commission of India. Retrieved 30 October 2019.


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