Lok Sabha General Election 1962
Bihar
53 parliamentary constituencies — party tallies, map, and winners.
Party Wise Results
Bihar — seats, contested & votes| Party | Seats won | Contested | Vote share | Total votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC · Indian National Congress | 61 | 53 | 43.53% | 9,036,701 |
| SWA · Swatantra Party | 11 | 44 | 15.13% | 3,141,250 |
| CPI · Communist Party of India | 7 | 28 | 12.50% | 2,595,199 |
| PSP · Praja Socialist Party | 3 | 34 | 10.52% | 2,183,540 |
| IND · Independent | 3 | 30 | 7.68% | 1,594,228 |
| JP · Janata Party | 3 | 11 | 2.25% | 467,338 |
| ML · Muslim League | 2 | 3 | 1.19% | 248,038 |
| SOC · Socialist | 1 | 25 | 2.94% | 610,865 |
| RSP · Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1 | 1 | 0.96% | 199,377 |
| NJP · Nutan Maha Gujarat Janta Parisha | 1 | 3 | 0.94% | 195,812 |
| JS · Jan Sangh | 0 | 19 | 1.67% | 346,669 |
| REP · Republican Party | 0 | 1 | 0.23% | 47,308 |
| HMS · Hindu Mahasabha | 0 | 5 | 0.21% | 44,368 |
| RCP · Rashtravadi Communist Party | 0 | 1 | 0.13% | 27,325 |
| RRP · Ram Rajya Parishad | 0 | 3 | 0.10% | 19,767 |
| Total | 93 | — | 100% | 20,757,785 |
Party Wise Results
Seats won (Doughnut)Bihar Constituency Map
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Party Wise Vote Share
Votes polled in Bihar (Pie)Constituencies
Winner · vote share · margin| Constituency | Winner | Vote share | Margin over runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kasergod
#1
|
A. K. Gopalan
Male
CPI
|
62.17% | 83,363 |
|
Tellicherry
#2
|
S. K. Pottekkatt
Male
IND
|
58.81% | 64,950 |
|
Badagara
#3
|
A. V. Raghavan
Male
IND
|
60.86% | 72,907 |
|
Kozhikode
#4
|
C. H. Muhammed Koya
Male
ML
|
33.97% | 763 |
|
Manjeri
#5
|
Muhammad Ismail Sahib
Male
ML
|
40.50% | 4,328 |
|
Palghat
#6
|
Kunhan Patinjara Veetilpadi
Male
CPI
|
65.62% | 72,335 |
|
Poonani
#7
|
Imbichi Bava Ezhukudikkal
Male
CPI
|
50.03% | 57,799 |
|
Trichur
#8
|
Krishna Warriar
Male
CPI
|
50.90% | 5,827 |
|
Mukundapuram
#9
|
Govinda Menon Panampilli
Male
INC
|
54.10% | 38,451 |
|
Ernakulam
#10
|
A. M. Thomas
Male
INC
|
50.75% | 23,399 |
|
Muvattupuzha
#11
|
Cherian
Male
INC
|
54.24% | 24,648 |
|
Kottayam
#12
|
Mathew Maniyangadan
Male
INC
|
61.24% | 65,286 |
|
Ambalapuzha
#13
|
P. K. Vasudevan Nair
Male
CPI
|
51.71% | 11,233 |
|
Thiruvalla
#14
|
G. Ravindra Varma
Male
INC
|
60.61% | 74,064 |
|
Mavilekara
#15
|
Achuthan
Male
INC
|
49.60% | 7,288 |
|
Qullon
#16
|
Sreekantan Nair
Male
RSP
|
59.73% | 64,955 |
|
Chirayinkil
#17
|
M. K. Kumaran
Male
CPI
|
55.45% | 33,219 |
|
Trivanduram
#18
|
Nataraja Pillai
Male
IND
|
50.12% | 10,458 |
|
Broach
#19
|
Chhotubhai Makanbhai Patel
Male
INC
|
46.34% | 28,037 |
|
Mandvi
#20
|
Chhaganbhai Madaribhai Kedaria
Male
INC
|
52.24% | 61,531 |
|
Surat
#21
|
Morarji Ranchhodji Desai
Male
INC
|
68.68% | 99,031 |
|
Bulsar
#22
|
Nanubhai Nichhabhai Patel
Male
INC
|
50.62% | 3,659 |
|
Katihar
#23
|
Priya Gupta
Male
PSP
|
45.44% | 17,537 |
|
Rajmahal
#24
|
Iswar Marandi
Male
JP
|
52.81% | 18,676 |
|
Godda
#25
|
Prabhudayal Himmatsingka
Male
INC
|
42.69% | 19,585 |
|
Dumka
#26
|
Satya Chandra Besra
Male
INC
|
37.73% | 1,085 |
|
Banka
#27
|
Shakuntala Devi
INC
|
55.09% | 37,394 |
|
Bhagalpur
#28
|
Bhagwat Jha Azad
Male
INC
|
49.40% | 61,129 |
|
Monghyr
#29
|
Banarsi Prasad Sinha
Male
INC
|
47.50% | 49,901 |
|
Jamui
#30
|
Nayantara Das
Male
INC
|
49.52% | 45,796 |
|
Khagaria
#31
|
Jiyalal Mandal
Male
INC
|
53.80% | 61,069 |
|
Begusarai
#32
|
Mathura Prasad Mishra
INC
|
50.90% | 54,720 |
|
Nalanda
#33
|
Sidheshwar Prasad
Male
INC
|
43.50% | 36,914 |
|
Barh
#34
|
Tarkeshwari Sinha
Female
INC
|
55.87% | 38,221 |
|
Patna
#35
|
Ramdulari Devi
Female
INC
|
44.89% | 25,082 |
|
Shahabad
#36
|
Bali Ram Bhagat
Male
INC
|
61.28% | 84,327 |
|
Buxar
#37
|
Anant Prasad Sharma
Male
INC
|
43.08% | 5,516 |
|
Bikramganj
#38
|
Ram Subhag Singh
Male
INC
|
43.42% | 10,664 |
|
Sasaram
#39
|
Jagjivan Ram
Male
INC
|
54.27% | 53,995 |
|
Aurangabad
#40
|
Lalita Rajya Laxmi
Female
SWA
|
39.19% | 9,761 |
|
Jahanabad
#41
|
Satyabhama Devi
INC
|
33.37% | 34,829 |
|
Nawada
#42
|
Ramdhani Das
INC
|
51.34% | 71,394 |
|
Gaya
#43
|
Brajeshwar Prasad
INC
|
43.49% | 18,798 |
|
Chatra
#44
|
Vijaya Raje
Female
SWA
|
62.53% | 35,304 |
|
Giridih
#45
|
Thakur Bateshwar Singh
Male
SWA
|
40.60% | 3,458 |
|
Dhanbad
#46
|
P. R. Chakravarti
Male
INC
|
37.81% | 24,206 |
|
Hazari Bagh
#47
|
Basant Narain Singh
Male
SWA
|
66.82% | 46,611 |
|
Ranchi East
#48
|
Prashanta Kumar Ghosh
Male
SWA
|
32.29% | 5,023 |
|
Jamshedpur
#49
|
Udaikar Mishra
Male
CPI
|
42.98% | 19,805 |
|
Singhbhum
#50
|
Haricharan Soy
Male
JP
|
42.50% | 17,638 |
|
Ranchi West
#51
|
Jaipal Singh
Male
JP
|
52.56% | 50,878 |
|
Lohardaga
#52
|
David Munzni
Male
SWA
|
44.16% | 16,370 |
|
Palamau
#53
|
Shashank Manjari
Male
SWA
|
58.63% | 44,609 |