The 1962 Maharashtra State Assembly election was held for the second term of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha. A total of 264 seats were contested. The
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...
won 215 of the 264 seats.
List of participating political parties
Results
Party results
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Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...
, 264
, 215
, 80
, 5,617,347
, 51.22%
, 2.56%
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,
, align="left",
Peasants and Workers Party of India
The Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWP) is a Marxist political party in Maharashtra, India. The party was founded in 1948, having its roots from the pre-Independence period and has around 10,000 members. The influence of the party is large ...
, 79
, 15
, 16
, 818,801
, 7.47%
, 0.81%
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,
, align="left",
Praja Socialist Party
The Praja Socialist Party, abbreviated as PSP, was an Indian political party. It was founded in 1952 when the Socialist Party, led by Jayaprakash Narayan, Rambriksh Benipuri, Acharya Narendra Deva and Basawon Singh (Sinha), merged with the ...
, 101
, 9
, 24
, 792,755
, 7.23%
, 1.74%
, -
,
, align="left",
Communist Party of India
The Communist Party of India (CPI) is a political party in India. The CPI considers the Foundation of the Communist Party of India, December 26, 1925 Cawnpore (Kanpur) conference as its foundation date. Between 1946 and 1951, the CPI led m ...
, 56
, 6
, 7
, 647,390
, 5.90%
, 2.27%
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,
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Republican Party of India
The Republican Party of India (RPI, often called the Republican Party or simply Republican) was a political party in India. It had its roots in the All-India Scheduled Castes Federation led by N. Sivaraj and B. R. Ambedkar. The Party was e ...
, 66
, 3
, 10 (from
SCF seats)
, 589,653
, 5.38%
, 0.85% (from
SCF vote share)
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Socialist Party
Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...
, 14
, 1
, 1
, 54,764
, 0.50%
, 0.50% ''(New Party)''
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Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh
, 127
, 0
, 4
, 548,097
, 5.00%
, 3.44%
, -
,
, 9
, 0
, ''(New Party)''
, 48,484
, 0.44%
, 0.44% ''(New Party)''
, -
,
, 5
, 0
, 1
, 12,109
, 0.11%
, 0.32%
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,
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Independents
, 437
, 15
, 19
, 1,836,095
, 16.74%
, 7.03%
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Elected members
References
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1962
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Maharashtra
Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...