Indian general election, 1962 (Madras)

Indian general election in Madras, 1962

February 1962

41 seats

	First party	Second party

Leader	K. Kamaraj	C.N. Annadurai
Party	INC	DMK
Seats won	31	7
Popular vote	5,623,013	2,315,610
Percentage	45.26%	18.64%

Tamil Nadu

The Indian general election, 1962 polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 41 seats in the state. The result was a victory for Indian National Congress winning 31 out of 41 seats. This would mark the last time, that Congress has won more than 30 seats in this state, without the help of allies. After the defeat of Congress, in Madras, in 1967, Congress sought help and allied with local parties, to get seats in Madras/Tamil Nadu.

Voting and Results

Results by Alliance

INC	SEATS	DMK	SEATS	OTHERS	SEATS
INC	31	DMK	7	CPI	2
				FB	1
				SWA	0
TOTAL (1967)	31	TOTAL (1967)	7	TOTAL (1967)	3
TOTAL (1962)	24	TOTAL (1962)	n/a	TOTAL (1962)	10

List of Elected MPs

Constituency	Winner	Party	Margin	Runner-up^a	Party^a
Madras North	P. Srinivasan	INC	8,849	Abdul Samad	ML
Madras South	K. Manoharan	DMK	62,146	C. R. Ramaswamy	INC
Sriperumbudur	P. Sivasankaran	DMK	15,372	K. Munuswamy	INC
Chengalpattu	O. V. Alagesan	INC	19,878	S. Krishnaswamy	IND
Tiruvallur	V. Govindaswamy Naidu	INC	13,435	M. Gopal	DMK
Vellore	Abdul Wahid	INC	23,966	N. Sivaraj	REP
Vandavasi	Jayaraman	INC	10,797	M. Krishnaswami	REP
Tiruvannamalai	Dharmalingam	DMK	3,726	G. Neelakantan	INC
Tindivanam	R. Venkatasubba Reddiar	INC	14,297	K. Ramamoorthi Gounder	SWA
Cuddalore	T. Ramabadra Naidu	DMK	35,387	T. D. Muthukumaraswamy Naidu	INC
Chidambaram	R. Kanagasabai	INC	4,060	R. Thillai Mailalan	DMK
Tirukoilur	L. Elayaperumal	INC	17,700	C. Govindaraju	DMK
Tiruppattur	R. Muthu Gounder	DMK	33,635	Duraisamy Gounder	INC
Krishnagiri	K. Rajaram	DMK	8,601	C. R. Narasimhan	INC
Salem	S. V. Ramaswamy	INC	11,738	K. Rajagopal	DMK
Tiruchengode	P. Subbarayan	INC	12,164	S. Kandappan	DMK
Namakkal	V. K. Ramaswamy	INC	8,951	M. P. Vadivelu	DMK
Erode	Paramasiva Gounder	INC	39,178	Narayanan	DMK
Gobichettipalayam	P. G. Karuthiruman	INC	71,435	K. M. Ramaswamy Gounder	IND
Nilgiris	Akkamma Devi	INC	88,121	M. E. Madhanan	CPI
Coimbatore	P. R. Ramakrishnan	INC	42,561	Parvathi Krishnan	CPI
Pollachi	C. Subramanian	INC	100,097	R. M. Ramasamy	SWA
Periyakulam	Malaichamy Thevar	INC	2,899	Muthiaiah	IND
Madurai	N. M. R. Subbaraman	INC	17,188	K. T. K. Thangamani	CPI
Melur	P. Maruthaiah	INC	12,919	V. S. Sivaprakasam	SWA
Dindigul	T. S. Soundaram Ramachandran	INC	53,653	M. S. Abdul Khader	DMK
Karur	R. Ramanathan Chettiar	INC	39,156	P. Ponnambala Gounder	SWA
Tiruchirapalli	K. Ananda Nambiar	CPI	9,374	M. K. M. Abdul Salam	INC
Perambalur	Era. Sezhiyan	DMK	55,390	M. Palaniyandi	INC
Pudukkottai	R. Umanath	CPI	30,218	L. Alagusundaram Chettiar	INC
Kumbakonam	C. R. Pattabiraman	INC	10,899	T. K. Srinivasan	DMK
Mayuram	Maragatham	INC	43,271	Subbiravelu	DMK
Nagapattinam	Gopalsamy Thengondar	INC	32,417	C. Kandasamy Thevar	CPI
Thanjavur	Vairava Thevar	INC	28,073	Vallatharasu	PSP
Ramanathapuram	N. Arunachalam	INC	30,833	Salivatteeswaran	SWA
Aruppukkottai	U. Muthuramalinga Thevar	FB	19,853	Arumugasami	INC
Koilpatti	S. C. Balakrishnan	INC	56,332	Velu Kudumban	SWA
Tirunelveli	Muthiah	INC	22,019	Mariadhas Rathnaswamy	SWA
Tenkasi	M. P. Swamy	INC	71,440	S. A. Muruganandam	CPI
Tiruchendur	T. T. Krishnamachari	INC		Unopposed^[1]	N/A
Nagercoil	A. Nesamony	INC	75,621	P. Vivekananda	IND

Bibliography

↑ http://livechat.rediff.com/news/1998/feb/tn38.htm

Volume I, 1962 Indian general election, 3rd Lok Sabha

External links

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