1962 Indian general election in Madras State

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

PartySeatsPopular voteContestedWon+/−Votes%±pp Indian National Congress413156,23,01345.261.26% Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam187723,15,61018.64New Communist Party of India14212,72,31310.240.18% Swatantra Party160New13,00,52610.47NewIndependents46089,33,1507.5132.26% Total41 1,24,24,036Invalid votes4,19,8783.26Votes cast / turnout1,28,43,984 68.77Registered voters 1,86,75,436 100.00

List of Elected MPs Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1Madras NorthP. SrinivasanINC122,16037.67Abdus SamadIUML113,31134.948,8492.732Madras SouthK. ManoharanDMK151,91744.73C. R. RamaswamyINC89,77126.4362,14618.303Sriperumbudur (SC)P. SivasankaranDMK157,73352.56K. MunuswamyINC142,36147.4415,3725.124ChingleputO. V. AlagesanINC169,98853.10S. KrishnaswamyIND150,11046.9019,8786.205TiruvallurV. Govindaswamy NaiduINC157,34347.92M. GopalDMK143,90843.8313,4354.096VelloreAbdull WahidINC114,87241.03N. SivarajRPI90,90632.4723,9668.567Wandiwash (SC)JayaramanINC111,05339.39M. KrishnasamiRPI100,25635.5610,7973.838TiruvannamalaiDharmalingamDMK141,25448.99G. NeelakantanINC137,52847.693,7261.309TindivanamR. Venkatasubba ReddiarINC132,33048.35K. Ramamoorthi GoundarSWA118,03343.1214,2975.2310CuddaloreT. Ramabadra NaiduDMK160,81151.38T. D. Muthukumaraswami NaiduINC125,42440.0835,38711.3011ChidambaramR. KangagosabaiINC140,73144.63R. ThillaivaillalanDMK136,67143.344,0601.2912Tirukoilur (SC)L. Elaya PerumalINC134,81553.51C. GovindarajuDMK117,11546.4917,7007.0213TiruppatturR. Muthu GounderDMK151,93851.59Duraiswami GoundanINC118,30340.1733,63511.4214KrishnagiriK. RajaramDMK127,50848.78C. R. NarasimhanINC118,90745.498,6013.2915SalemS. V. RamaswamyINC147,52549.34K. RajagopalDMK135,78745.4211,7383.9216TiruchengodeP. SubbarayanINC109,79943.74S. KandappanDMK97,63538.9012,1644.8417Namakkal (SC)V. K. RamaswamyINC118,60343.83M. P. VadiveluDMK109,65240.528,9513.3118ErodeParamasiva GounderINC156,73945.75NarayananDMK117,56134.3239,17811.4319GobichettipalayamP. G. KaruthirumanINC142,99349.77K. M. Ramasami GounderIND71,55824.9171,43524.8620NilgirisAkkamma DeviINC163,42052.54M. E. MadhananCPI75,29924.2188,12128.3321CoimbatoreP. R. RamakrishnanINC151,01939.06Parvathi KrishnanCPI108,45828.0542,56111.0122PollachiC. SubramaniamINC176,51256.40R. M. RamasamiSWA76,41524.41100,09731.9923PeriyakulamMalaichamy ThevarINC146,82948.44MuthaihIND143,93047.482,8990.9624MaduraiN. M. R. SubbaramanINC140,57439.55K. T. K. TangamaniCPI123,38634.7217,1884.8325Melur (SC)P. MaruthaiahINC155,62952.17V. S. SivaprakasamSWA142,71047.8312,9194.3426DindigulT. S. SoundaramINC138,57443.23M. S. Abdul KhaderDMK84,92126.4953,65316.7427KarurR. Ramanathan ChettiarINC139,38548.59P. Ponnambala GounderSWA100,22934.9439,15613.6528TiruchirapalliK. Anada NambiarCPI156,70647.80M. K. M. Abdul SalamINC147,33244.949,3742.8629PerambalurEra SezhiyanDMK188,92655.90M. PalaniyandiINC133,53639.5155,39016.3930PudukkottaiR. UmanathCPI134,16244.99L. Alagusundaram ChettiarINC103,94434.8630,21810.1331KumbakonamC. R. PattabiramanINC155,38947.21T. K. SrinivasanDMK144,49043.9010,8993.3132Mayuram (SC)MaragathamINC149,33045.74SubirraveluDMK106,05932.4843,27113.2633NagapattinamGopalsamy ThenkondarINC161,42145.98C. Kandasamy ThevarCPI129,00436.7432,4179.2434ThanjavurVairava ThevarINC143,18543.58VallatharasuPSP115,11235.0428,0738.5435RamanathapuramN. ArunachalamINC145,39641.14SalivateeswaranSWA114,51332.4030,8838.7436AruppukkottaiU. Muthuramalinga ThevarAIFB175,77251.72ArumugasamiINC155,91945.8819,8535.8437Koilpatti (SC)S. C. BalakrishnanINC150,17547.94Velu KudumbanSWA93,84329.9656,33217.9838TirunelveliMuthiahINC151,82247.69Mariadas RuthnasamySWA129,80340.7722,0196.9239TenkasaiM. P. SwamyINC165,16951.15S. A. MuruganandamCPI93,72929.0271,44022.1340TiruchendurT. T. KrishnamachariINCWon Uncontested41NagercoilA. NesamonyINC157,20856.37P. VivekanandaIND81,58729.2575,62127.12

1962 Indian general election in Madras State

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