# 1962 Indian general election in Madras State

The 1962 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 41 seats in the state. The result was a victory for Indian National Congress winning 31 out of 41 seats. This would mark the last time, that Congress has won more than 30 seats in this state, without the help of allies. After the defeat of Congress, in Madras, in 1967, Congress sought help and allied with local parties, to get seats in Madras/Tamil Nadu.

## Voting and results

| Party | Party | Seats | Seats | Seats | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Party | Party | Contested | Won | +/− | Votes | % | ±pp |
| | Indian National Congress | 41 | 31 | | 56,23,013 | 45.26 | 1.26% |
| | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 18 | 7 | 7 | 23,15,610 | 18.64 | New |
| | Communist Party of India | 14 | 2 | | 12,72,313 | 10.24 | 0.18% |
| | Swatantra Party | 16 | 0 | New | 13,00,526 | 10.47 | New |
| | Independents | 46 | 0 | 8 | 9,33,150 | 7.51 | 32.26% |
| Total | Total | 41 | | | 1,24,24,036 | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 4,19,878 | 3.26 | 3.26 | | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 1,28,43,984 | 68.77 | 68.77 | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 1,86,75,436 | 100.00 | 100.00 | | | |

## List of Elected MPs

| Constituency | Winner | Party | Margin | Runner-up$^a$ | Party$^a$ |
| Madras North | P. Srinivasan | INC | 8,849 | Abdul Samad | ML |
| Madras South | K. Manoharan | DMK | 62,146 | C. R. Ramaswamy | INC |
| Sriperumbudur | P. Sivasankaran | DMK | 15,372 | K. Munuswamy | INC |
| Chengalpattu | O. V. Alagesan | INC | 19,878 | S. Krishnaswamy | IND |
| Tiruvallur | V. Govindaswamy Naidu | INC | 13,435 | M. Gopal | DMK |
| Vellore | Abdul Wahid | INC | 23,966 | N. Sivaraj | REP |
| Vandavasi | Jayaraman | INC | 10,797 | M. Krishnaswami | REP |
| Tiruvannamalai | Dharmalingam | DMK | 3,726 | G. Neelakantan | INC |
| Tindivanam | R. Venkatasubba Reddiar | INC | 14,297 | K. Ramamoorthi Gounder | SWA |
| Cuddalore | T. Ramabadra Naidu | DMK | 35,387 | T. D. Muthukumaraswamy Naidu | INC |
| Chidambaram | R. Kanagasabai | INC | 4,060 | R. Thillai Villalan | DMK |
| Tirukoilur | L. Elayaperumal | INC | 17,700 | C. Govindaraju | DMK |
| Tiruppattur | R. Muthu Gounder | DMK | 33,635 | Duraisamy Gounder | INC |
| Krishnagiri | K. Rajaram | DMK | 8,601 | C. R. Narasimhan | INC |
| Salem | S. V. Ramaswamy | INC | 11,738 | K. Rajagopal | DMK |
| Tiruchengode | P. Subbarayan | INC | 12,164 | S. Kandappan | DMK |
| Namakkal | V. K. Ramaswamy | INC | 8,951 | M. P. Vadivelu | DMK |
| Erode | Paramasiva Gounder | INC | 39,178 | Narayanan | DMK |
| Gobichettipalayam | P. G. Karuthiruman | INC | 71,435 | K. M. Ramaswamy Gounder | IND |
| Nilgiris | Akkamma Devi | INC | 88,121 | M. E. Madhanan | CPI |
| Coimbatore | P. R. Ramakrishnan | INC | 42,561 | Parvathi Krishnan | CPI |
| Pollachi | C. Subramanian | INC | 100,097 | R. M. Ramasamy | SWA |
| Periyakulam | Malaichamy Thevar | INC | 2,899 | Muthiaiah | IND |
| Madurai | N. M. R. Subbaraman | INC | 17,188 | K. T. K. Thangamani | CPI |
| Melur | P. Maruthaiah | INC | 12,919 | V. S. Sivaprakasam | SWA |
| Dindigul | T. S. Soundaram Ramachandran | INC | 53,653 | M. S. Abdul Khader | DMK |
| Karur | R. Ramanathan Chettiar | INC | 39,156 | P. Ponnambala Gounder | SWA |
| Tiruchirapalli | K. Ananda Nambiar | CPI | 9,374 | M.K.M. Abdul Salam | INC |
| Perambalur | Era. Sezhiyan | DMK | 55,390 | M. Palaniyandi | INC |
| Pudukkottai | R. Umanath | CPI | 30,218 | L. Alagusundaram Chettiar | INC |
| Kumbakonam | C. R. Pattabiraman | INC | 10,899 | T. K. Srinivasan | DMK |
| Mayuram | Maragatham | INC | 43,271 | Subbiravelu | DMK |
| Nagapattinam | Gopalsamy Thengondar | INC | 32,417 | C. Kandasamy Thevar | CPI |
| Thanjavur | Vairava Thevar | INC | 28,073 | Vallatharasu | PSP |
| Ramanathapuram | N. Arunachalam | INC | 30,833 | Salivatteeswaran | SWA |
| Aruppukkottai | U. Muthuramalinga Thevar | FB | 19,853 | Arumugasami | INC |
| Koilpatti | S. C. Balakrishnan | INC | 56,332 | Velu Kudumbar | SWA |
| Tirunelveli | Muthiah | INC | 22,019 | Mariadhas Rathnaswamy | SWA |
| Tenkasi | M. P. Swamy | INC | 71,440 | S. A. Muruganandam | CPI |
| Tiruchendur | T. T. Krishnamachari | INC | | Unopposed | N/A |
| Nagercoil | A. Nesamony | INC | 75,621 | P. Vivekananda | IND |