1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
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Registered15,874,238[1]
Turnout44.52%
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19 February 1962
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All 288 seats in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly 145 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 15,874,238[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 44.52% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in February 1962. 1,336 candidates contested for the 288 constituencies in the Assembly.[1] The Indian National Congress won the most seats and Dwarka Prasad Mishra was sworn in for his second term as the Chief Minister.[2]
After the passing of The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1961, double-member constituencies were eliminated and Madhya Pradesh's Legislative Assembly was assigned 288 single-member constituencies.[3]
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Indian National Congress | 2,527,257 | 38.54 | 142 |  90 | |
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 1,092,237 | 16.66 | 41 |  31 | |
| Praja Socialist Party | 703,188 | 10.72 | 33 | 21 | |
| Socialist Party | 310,181 | 4.73 | 14 | New | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | 248,525 | 3.79 | 10 | 5 | |
| Hindu Mahasabha | 211,639 | 3.23 | 6 | 1 | |
| Swatantra Party | 80,470 | 1.23 | 2 | New | |
| Communist Party of India | 132,440 | 2.02 | 1 | 1 | |
| Republican Party of India | 82,345 | 1.26 | 0 | New | |
| All India Forward Bloc | 16,913 | 0.26 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 1,151,955 | 17.57 | 39 | 19 | |
| Total | 6,557,150 | 100.00 | 288 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 6,557,150 | 73.71 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 2,338,719 | 26.29 | |||
| Total votes | 8,895,869 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 15,874,238 | 56.04 | |||
| Source: ECI[4] | |||||