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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| vote_type = Popular 
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 1957
| election_date =
| elected_members =
| next_election = 1967 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 1967
| seats_for_election= All 288 seats in the [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats =
| registered = 1,58,74,238<ref name="results_1962">{{cite web |url=https://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/History%20web/OldElectionResults/1962.pdf |title= Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh|access-date= November 23, 2020}}</ref>
| turnout = 70,67,930

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| title = [[Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = [[Kailash Nath Katju]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election = [[Dwarka Prasad Mishra]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
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Elections to the [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] were held in 1962. 1,336 candidates contested for the 288 constituencies in the Assembly.<ref name="results_1962" />

==Results==
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|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=2527257|seats1=142|sc1={{decrease}}90
|party2=[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]|votes2=1092237|seats2=41|sc2={{increase}}31
|party3=[[Praja Socialist Party]]|votes3=703188|seats3=33|sc3={{increase}}21
|party4=[[Socialist Party]]|votes4=310181|seats4=14|sc4=New
|party5=[[Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad]]|votes5=248525|seats5=10|sc5={{increase}}5
|party6=[[Hindu Mahasabha]]|votes6=211639|seats6=6|sc6={{decrease}}1
|party7=[[Swatantra Party]]|votes7=80470|seats7=2|sc7=New
|party8=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes8=132440|seats8=1|sc8={{decrease}}1
|party9=[[Republican Party of India]]|votes9=82345|seats9=0|sc9=New
|party10=[[All India Forward Bloc]]|votes10=16913|seats10=0|sc10=New
|party11=[[Independent (politics)|Independents]]|votes11=1151955|seats11=39|sc11={{increase}}19
|total_sc=0
|invalid=2338719
|electorate=15874238
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3729-madhya-pradesh-1962/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref>
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==References==
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{{Madhya Pradesh elections}}

[[Category:State Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh|1962]]
[[Category:1960s in Madhya Pradesh|1962]]
[[Category:1962 State Assembly elections in India]]

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