1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

19 February 1962
All 288 seats in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly 145 seats needed for a majority
Registered	15,874,238[1]
Turnout	44.52%
First party Second party   Leader Dwarka Prasad Mishra undeclared Party INC ABJS Last election 232 10 Seats won 142 42 Seat change 90 32 Percentage 38.54% 16.66%
Chief Minister before election Kailash Nath Katju INC Elected Chief Minister Dwarka Prasad Mishra INC

Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in February 1962. 1,336 candidates contested for the 288 constituencies in the Assembly.^[1] The Indian National Congress won the most seats and Dwarka Prasad Mishra was sworn in for his second term as the Chief Minister.^[2]

After the passing of The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1961, double-member constituencies were eliminated and Madhya Pradesh's Legislative Assembly was assigned 288 single-member constituencies.^[3]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	2,527,257	38.54	142	90
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	1,092,237	16.66	41	31
	Praja Socialist Party	703,188	10.72	33	21
	Socialist Party	310,181	4.73	14	New
	Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad	248,525	3.79	10	5
	Hindu Mahasabha	211,639	3.23	6	1
	Swatantra Party	80,470	1.23	2	New
	Communist Party of India	132,440	2.02	1	1
	Republican Party of India	82,345	1.26	0	New
	All India Forward Bloc	16,913	0.26	0	New
	Independents	1,151,955	17.57	39	19
Total		6,557,150	100.00	288	0
Valid votes		6,557,150	73.71
Invalid/blank votes		2,338,719	26.29
Total votes		8,895,869	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		15,874,238	56.04
Source: ECI[4]

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