1962 Indian general election in Madras State

For State Assembly election, see 1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election.
Indian general election in Madras, 1962
February 1962
41 (of 494) seats in the Lok Sabha
Registered18675436
Turnout12843914 (68.77%) 21.02%
  First party Second party
 
Leader K. Kamaraj C.N. Annadurai
Party INC DMK
Leader's seat Did not contest Rajya Sabha
Seats won 31 7
Seat change 5
Popular vote 5,623,013 2,315,610
Percentage 45.26% 18.64%
Swing 1.26% Contested as Independents
Prime Minister before election

Jawaharlal Nehru
INC

Prime Minister after election

Jawaharlal Nehru
INC

The 1962 Indian general election 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

Party Seats Popular vote
Contested Won +/− Votes % ±pp
Indian National Congress 41 31 56,23,013 45.26 1.26%
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 18 7 7 23,15,610 18.64 New
Communist Party of India 14 2 12,72,313 10.24 0.18%
Swatantra Party 16 0 New 13,00,526 10.47 New
Independents 46 0 8 9,33,150 7.51 32.26%
Total 41 1,24,24,036
Invalid votes 4,19,878 3.26
Votes cast / turnout 1,28,43,984 68.77
Registered voters 1,86,75,436 100.00

List of Elected MPs

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Madras North P. Srinivasan INC 122,160 37.67 Abdus Samad IUML 113,311 34.94 8,849 2.73
2 Madras South K. Manoharan DMK 151,917 44.73 C. R. Ramaswamy INC 89,771 26.43 62,146 18.30
3 Sriperumbudur (SC) P. Sivasankaran DMK 157,733 52.56 K. Munuswamy INC 142,361 47.44 15,372 5.12
4 Chingleput O. V. Alagesan INC 169,988 53.10 S. Krishnaswamy IND 150,110 46.90 19,878 6.20
5 Tiruvallur V. Govindaswamy Naidu INC 157,343 47.92 M. Gopal DMK 143,908 43.83 13,435 4.09
6 Vellore Abdull Wahid INC 114,872 41.03 N. Sivaraj RPI 90,906 32.47 23,966 8.56
7 Wandiwash (SC) Jayaraman INC 111,053 39.39 M. Krishnasami RPI 100,256 35.56 10,797 3.83
8 Tiruvannamalai Dharmalingam DMK 141,254 48.99 G. Neelakantan INC 137,528 47.69 3,726 1.30
9 Tindivanam R. Venkatasubba Reddiar INC 132,330 48.35 K. Ramamoorthi Goundar SWA 118,033 43.12 14,297 5.23
10 Cuddalore T. Ramabadra Naidu DMK 160,811 51.38 T. D. Muthukumaraswami Naidu INC 125,424 40.08 35,387 11.30
11 Chidambaram R. Kangagosabai INC 140,731 44.63 R. Thillaivaillalan DMK 136,671 43.34 4,060 1.29
12 Tirukoilur (SC) L. Elaya Perumal INC 134,815 53.51 C. Govindaraju DMK 117,115 46.49 17,700 7.02
13 Tiruppattur R. Muthu Gounder DMK 151,938 51.59 Duraiswami Goundan INC 118,303 40.17 33,635 11.42
14 Krishnagiri K. Rajaram DMK 127,508 48.78 C. R. Narasimhan INC 118,907 45.49 8,601 3.29
15 Salem S. V. Ramaswamy INC 147,525 49.34 K. Rajagopal DMK 135,787 45.42 11,738 3.92
16 Tiruchengode P. Subbarayan INC 109,799 43.74 S. Kandappan DMK 97,635 38.90 12,164 4.84
17 Namakkal (SC) V. K. Ramaswamy INC 118,603 43.83 M. P. Vadivelu DMK 109,652 40.52 8,951 3.31
18 Erode Paramasiva Gounder INC 156,739 45.75 Narayanan DMK 117,561 34.32 39,178 11.43
19 Gobichettipalayam P. G. Karuthiruman INC 142,993 49.77 K. M. Ramasami Gounder IND 71,558 24.91 71,435 24.86
20 Nilgiris Akkamma Devi INC 163,420 52.54 M. E. Madhanan CPI 75,299 24.21 88,121 28.33
21 Coimbatore P. R. Ramakrishnan INC 151,019 39.06 Parvathi Krishnan CPI 108,458 28.05 42,561 11.01
22 Pollachi C. Subramaniam INC 176,512 56.40 R. M. Ramasami SWA 76,415 24.41 100,097 31.99
23 Periyakulam Malaichamy Thevar INC 146,829 48.44 Muthaih IND 143,930 47.48 2,899 0.96
24 Madurai N. M. R. Subbaraman INC 140,574 39.55 K. T. K. Tangamani CPI 123,386 34.72 17,188 4.83
25 Melur (SC) P. Maruthaiah INC 155,629 52.17 V. S. Sivaprakasam SWA 142,710 47.83 12,919 4.34
26 Dindigul T. S. Soundaram Ramachandram INC 138,574 43.23 M. S. Abdul Khader DMK 84,921 26.49 53,653 16.74
27 Karur R. Ramanathan Chettiar INC 139,385 48.59 P. Ponnambala Gounder SWA 100,229 34.94 39,156 13.65
28 Tiruchirapalli K. Anada Nambiar CPI 156,706 47.80 M. K. M. Abdul Salam INC 147,332 44.94 9,374 2.86
29 Perambalur Era Sezhiyan DMK 188,926 55.90 M. Palaniyandi INC 133,536 39.51 55,390 16.39
30 Pudukkottai R. Umanath CPI 134,162 44.99 L. Alagusundaram Chettiar INC 103,944 34.86 30,218 10.13
31 Kumbakonam C. R. Pattabiraman INC 155,389 47.21 T. K. Srinivasan DMK 144,490 43.90 10,899 3.31
32 Mayuram (SC) Maragatham INC 149,330 45.74 Subirravelu DMK 106,059 32.48 43,271 13.26
33 Nagapattinam Gopalsamy Thenkondar INC 161,421 45.98 C. Kandasamy Thevar CPI 129,004 36.74 32,417 9.24
34 Thanjavur Vairava Thevar INC 143,185 43.58 Vallatharasu PSP 115,112 35.04 28,073 8.54
35 Ramanathapuram N. Arunachalam INC 145,396 41.14 Salivateeswaran SWA 114,513 32.40 30,883 8.74
36 Aruppukkottai U. Muthu Ramalinga Thevar AIFB 175,772 51.72 Arumugasami INC 155,919 45.88 19,853 5.84
37 Koilpatti (SC) S. C. Balakrishnan INC 150,175 47.94 Velu Kudumban SWA 93,843 29.96 56,332 17.98
38 Tirunelveli Muthiah INC 151,822 47.69 Mariadas Ruthnasamy SWA 129,803 40.77 22,019 6.92
39 Tenkasai M. P. Swamy INC 165,169 51.15 S. A. Muruganandam CPI 93,729 29.02 71,440 22.13
40 Tiruchendur T. T. Krishnamachari INC Won Uncontested
41 Nagercoil A. Nesamony INC 157,208 56.37 P. Vivekananda IND 81,587 29.25 75,621 27.12

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