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1962 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

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All 154 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly,
78 seats needed for a majority
Turnout63.44%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Partap Singh Kairon Gurnam Singh -
Party INC SAD CPI
Leader's seat Sujanpur Raikot -
Seats won 90 16 12
Seat change Decrease 30 Increase 16 Increase 4
Percentage 43.72 11.87 7.10
Swing Decrease 3.79% Increase 11.87% Decrease 6.46%

Chief Minister before election

Partap Singh Kairon
INC

Chief Minister

Partap Singh Kairon, Gopi Chand Bhargava, Ram Kishan, Gurmukh Singh
INC

Result

Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1962[1]
Party Contestants Seats won Popular vote %
Indian National Congress 154 90 29,46,209 43.72
Shiromani Akali Dal 46 16 7,99,925 11.87
Communist Party of India 47 12 4,78,333 7.10
bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/color"| Bharatiya Jana Sangh 80 8 6,55,160 9.72
bgcolor="Template:Socialist Party (India)/meta/color"| Socialist Party 8 4 93,801 1.39
Swatantra Party 42 3 2,61,276 3.88
Haryana Lok Samiti 8 3 1,29,036 1.91
Independents 330 18 11,57,113 17.17
Others 41 0 2,18,370 3.24
Total 756 154 67,39,223

References

  1. "List of Polling Booth For Punjab Lok Sabha Elections 1962". www.elections.in.