1962 Mysore Legislative Assembly election

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The 1962 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election was held in the Indian state of Mysore (currently Karnataka) to elect 208 members to the Mysore Legislative Assembly.[1]

1962 Mysore Legislative Assembly election

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All 208 seats in the Mysore Legislative Assembly
105 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party INC Praja Socialist Party
Seats won 138 20
Popular vote 3,164,811 887,363
Percentage 50.22% 14.02%

Chief Minister of Mysore before election

B. D. Jatti
INC

Chief Minister of Mysore

S. R. Kanthi
INC

Results

e • d 
Political Party
Contestants
Seats won
Seat change
Number of votes
Vote share
Net change
Indian National Congress 208 138   12 3,164,811 50.22%   1.80
Praja Socialist Party 84 20   2 887,363 14.08%   0.02
Swatantra Party 59 9 450,713 7.15%
Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti 6 6 136878 2.17%
Lok Sewak Sangh 17 4 159,545 2.53%
Independents 27   9 1,091,011 17.31% N/A
Total 208 '

References

  1. "Karnataka 1962". Election Commission of India.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)