BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR MADHYA PRADESH

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Election to the Legislative Assembly,1962
1. No. of Seats 288
2. No. of Contestants 1336 (INCLUDING 3 UNCONTESTED)
3. ELECTORS           
    MEN WOMEN TOTAL
i. No. of Electors 8014562 7859676 15874238
ii. No. of Voters 4783095 2284835 7068005
iii. Polling Percentage     44.52%
4. No. of Valid Votes 6557150
5. Votes Rejected 510783 (7.23%)
6. No. of Polling Stations
7. Average No.of Electors per Polling Station
  Performance of Parties      
PARTY No. of candidates Seats won % of votes polled
CONGRESS 288 142 38.54
COMMUNIST 42 1 2.02
SWANTANTRA 43 2 1.23
PRAJA SOCIALIST 140 33 10.72
JAN SANGH 195 41 16.66

REPUBLICAN

33 0 1.26
       
NATIONAL PARTIES      
SOCIALIST 86 14 4.73
HINDU MAHASABHA 50 6 3.23
RAM RAJYA PARISHAD 76 10 3.79
STATE PARTIES TOTAL      
UN REC PARTIES 9 0 0.26
IND 374 39 17.56
TOTAL 1336 288 100.00

 

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