1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election
Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1962 was held in Indian state of Maharashtra in 1962, to elect 264 members to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.
Results
won 215 out of 264 seats.Political Party | No. of candidates | No. of elected | Votes polled | Votes |
Indian National Congress | 264 | 215 | 5,617,347 | 51.22% |
Peasants and Workers Party of India | 79 | 15 | 818,801 | 7.47% |
Praja Socialist Party | 101 | 9 | 792,755 | 7.23% |
Communist Party of India | 56 | 6 | 647,390 | 5.90% |
Republican Party of India | 66 | 3 | 589,653 | 5.38% |
Socialist | 14 | 1 | 54,764 | 0.50% |
Independents | 437 | 15 | 1,836,095 | 16.74% |