1962 Mysore Legislative Assembly election

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.

1962 Mysore Legislative Assembly election

1962
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

	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

{{#seo: |keywords=State Assembly elections in Karnataka, Government of Mysore |description= }}