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Election to the Lok Sabha, 1962 - MP |
| 1. | No. of Seats |
36 |
| 2. | No. of contestants |
159 |
| 3. | ELECTORS | |
| MEN | WOMEN | TOTAL | ||
| i. | No. of Electors | 8014562 | 7859676 | 15874238 |
| ii | No. of Voters | 4837677 | 2271608 | 7109378 |
| iii | Polling percentage | 60.36 | 28.90 | 44.79 |
| 4. | No. of Valid Votes | 6704417 |
| 5. | Votes rejected | 404468 (5.68%) |
| 6. | No. of polling Stations | |
| 7. | Average No.of Electors per polling station |
| 8. | Performance of parties |
| PARTY | No. of candidates | Seats won | % of votes polled |
| CONGRESS | 35 | 24 | 39.55 |
| JANASANGH | 28 | 3 | 17.87 |
| COMMUNIST | 3 | 0 | 0.90 |
| SWA | 5 | 0 | 0.73 |
| SOCIALIST | 14 | 1 | 5.29 |
| PSP | 19 | 3 | 12.30 |
| RPI | 7 | 0 | 1.84 |
| HINDU MAHASABHA | 7 | 0 | 3.80 |
| RRP | 14 | 1 | 4.83 |
| TOTAL OF N.P | 132 | 32 | 87.11 |
| TOTAL OF S.P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL OF R.P | 1 | 0 | 0.53 |
| TOTAL INDEPENDENT | 26 | 4 | 12.36 |
| GRAND TOTAL | 159 | 36 | 100.00 |