Close contests · 1962
Tightest races by winning margin for the 1962 general election.
| Constituency | State | Winner | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kendrapara | Orissa | SURENDRANATH DWIVEDY (PSP) | SURENDRA MAHANTY (INC) | 66 (0.0%) |
| Outer Manipur | Manipur | RISHANG (SOC) | SIBO LARHO (INC) | 42 (0.0%) |
| Bara Banki | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | RAM SEWAK YADAV (SOC) | HUSAIN KAMIL KIDWAI (INC) | 321 (0.1%) |
| Kozhikode | Kerala | C. H. MUHAMMED KOYA (ML) | H. MANJUNATHA RAO (CPI) | 763 (0.2%) |
| Gonda | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | RAM RATAN GUPTA (INC) | DANDEKAR NARAYAN (SWA) | 498 (0.3%) |
| WARRANGAL | Andhra Pradesh 27 | BAKAR ALI MIRZA (INC) | S. RAMANATHAM (CPI) | 736 (0.3%) |
| Mainpuri | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | BADSHAH GUPTA (INC) | RAM NATH (CPI) | 804 (0.3%) |
| Eluru | Andhra Pradesh 27 | VIRAMACHANENI VIMALADEVI (CPI) | KUMARI MOTHEY VEDAKUMARI (INC) | 1,469 (0.4%) |
| Jorhat | Assam | RAJENDRA NATH BARUAH (PSP) | MOFIDA AHMED (INC) | 907 (0.5%) |
| Ludhiana | Punjab | KAPUR SINGH (AD) | MANGAL SINGH (INC) | 1,870 (0.6%) |
| jodhpur | Rajasthan | LAXMI MAL SINGHAVI (IND) | NARENDRA KUMAR SANGHI (INC) | 1,634 (0.6%) |
| Tarn Taran | Punjab | SURJIT SINGH MAJITHIA (INC) | ACHHAR SINGH (CPI) | 1,990 (0.6%) |
| Narsipatnam | Andhra Pradesh 27 | MATCHARASA MATCHARAJU (INC) | KARAM BAPANNA DORA (SWA) | 1,347 (0.7%) |
| Ongole | Andhra Pradesh 27 | MADALA NARAYANASWAMY (CPI) | T.S. PAULUS (INC) | 2,343 (0.7%) |
| Domariaganj | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | KRIPA SHANKER (INC) | MADHAVA PRASAD TRIPATHI (JS) | 1,579 (0.8%) |
| Chandauli | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | BAL KRISHNA (INC) | PRABHU NARAIN SINGH (SOC) | 1,785 (0.8%) |
| Dumka | Bihar 1947 1999 | SATYA CHANDRA BESRA (INC) | DEBI SOREN (JP) | 1,085 (0.8%) |
| Hooghly | West Bengal | PROVAT KAR (CPI) | NIRMAL KUMAR SEN (INC) | 2,643 (0.8%) |
| Balrampur | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | SUBHADRA JOSHI (INC) | Atal Bihari Vajpayee (JS) | 2,052 (0.9%) |
| PERIYAKULAM | Madras | MALAICHAMY THEVAR (INC) | MUTHAIH (IND) | 2,899 (1.0%) |
| Madhubani | Bihar 1947 1999 | YOGENDRA JHA (PSP) | ANIRUDH SINHA (INC) | 1,912 (1.0%) |
| RAMSANEHIGHAT | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | SWAMI RAMA NAND (INC) | BHAGIRATH (JS) | 1,926 (1.0%) |
| HATRAS | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | JOTI SARUP (REP) | NAR DEO (INC) | 2,649 (1.1%) |
| MASULIPATNAM | Andhra Pradesh 27 | MANDALI VENKATASWAMY (IND) | MANDALI VENKATA KRISHNARAO (INC) | 4,212 (1.2%) |
| Howrah | West Bengal | MOHAMMAD ELIAS (CPI) | KRISHNA KUMAR CHATTERJI (INC) | 3,936 (1.2%) |
| Bhind | Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | SURAJ PRASAD ALIAS SURYA PRASHAD (INC) | ATAM DAS (PSP) | 2,787 (1.2%) |
| Bulsar | Gujarat | NANUBHAI NICHHABHAI PATEL (INC) | NAROTTAMBHAI BHULABHAI PATEL (PSP) | 3,659 (1.2%) |
| Aligarh | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | B. P. MAURYA (REP) | SHIV KUMAR (IND) | 3,025 (1.2%) |
| CHIDAMBARAM | Madras | R. KANGAGOSABAI (INC) | R. THILLAIVAILLALAN (DMK) | 4,060 (1.3%) |
| jhunjhunu | Rajasthan | RADHEYSHYAM RAMKUMAR MORARKA (INC) | RAGHUBIR SINGH (SWA) | 3,460 (1.3%) |
| TIRUVANNAMALAI | Madras | DHARMALINGAM (DMK) | G. NEELAKANTAN (INC) | 3,726 (1.3%) |
| Etawah | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | GOPI NATH DIKSHIT (INC) | ARJUN SINGH (SOC) | 3,139 (1.3%) |
| Bahraich | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | KUNWAR RAM SINGH (SWA) | JOGENDRA SINGH (INC) | 2,225 (1.3%) |
| Bilaspur | Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | SATYA PRAKASH (IND) | JAMUNA PRASAD (JS) | 2,171 (1.4%) |
| Sitapur | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | SURAJ LAL (JS) | DINESH PRATAP SINGH (INC) | 3,377 (1.6%) |
| Gorakhpur | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | SINHASAN SINGH (INC) | DIGVIJAI NATH (HMS) | 3,260 (1.6%) |
| Balaghat | Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | BHOLARAM RAMAJI (PSP) | SHANKARLAL RAJARAM TIWARI (INC) | 2,892 (1.6%) |
| KOPPAL | Mysore | SHIVAMURTHY SWAMI SIDDAPPAYYA SWAMY (LSS) | SANGANNA ANDANEPPA AGADI (INC) | 4,281 (1.7%) |
| Mahasamund | Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | VIDYA CHARAN SHUKLA (INC) | KHOOB CHAND BAGHEL (PSP) | 2,792 (1.8%) |
| Trichur | Kerala | KRISHNA WARRIAR (CPI) | SEETHA RAMAN (INC) | 5,827 (1.8%) |
| Manjeri | Kerala | MUHAMMAD ISMAIL SAHIB (ML) | MUHAMMAD KUNJU (CPI) | 4,328 (1.8%) |
| Dahod | Gujarat | HIRABHAI KUNVERBHAI BARIA (SWA) | NARSIBHAI KANJIBHAI HATHILA (INC) | 4,413 (1.9%) |
| Pilibhit | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | MOHAN SWAROOP (PSP) | MAKUND LAL (INC) | 4,432 (2.2%) |
| JHAJJAR | Punjab | JAGDEV SINGH (HLS) | PARTAP SINGH DAULATA (INC) | 7,662 (2.2%) |
| Mathurapur | West Bengal | PURNENDU SEKHAR NASKAR (INC) | KANSARI HALDER (CPI) | 7,266 (2.2%) |
| Mehsana | Gujarat | MANSINH PRITHVIRAJ PATEL (INC) | RAMCHANDRA JAMNADAS AMIN (SWA) | 6,938 (2.3%) |
| MAVILEKARA | Kerala | ACHUTHAN (INC) | KODIYAN (CPI) | 7,288 (2.4%) |
| Buxar | Bihar 1947 1999 | ANANT PRASAD SHARMA (INC) | KAMAL SINGH (IND) | 5,516 (2.4%) |
| HASSAN | Mysore | H. SIDDANANJAPPA (INC) | D. R. KARIGOWDA (PSP) | 5,815 (2.6%) |
| Bilhaur | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | BRIJ BEHARI MEHROTRA (INC) | RAM GOPAL SINGH (PSP) | 5,866 (2.7%) |
| Sambalpur | Orissa | KISAN PATTANAYAK (SOC) | BINOD BIHARI DAS (INC) | 2,368 (2.7%) |
| MADRAS NORTH | Madras | P. SRINIVASAN (INC) | ABDUS SAMAD (ML) | 8,849 (2.7%) |
| Shahdol | Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | BUDDHU SINGH (SOC) | JHALKAN KUMARI (INC) | 3,667 (2.7%) |
| Indore | Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | HOMI DAJI (IND) | RAMSINGHBHAI KARANSINGH (INC) | 6,293 (2.7%) |
| Giridih | Bihar 1947 1999 | THAKUR BATESHWAR SINGH (SWA) | CHAPALENDU BHATTACHARYA (INC) | 3,458 (2.8%) |
| TIRUCHIRAPPALLI | Madras | K. ANADA NAMBIAR (CPI) | M. K. M. ABDUL SALAM (INC) | 9,374 (2.9%) |
| Patiala | Punjab | HUKUM SINGH (INC) | GURDIAL SINGH (AD) | 10,086 (3.0%) |
| TIPTUR | Mysore | C. R. BASAPPA (INC) | C. K. RAJAIAH SETTY (PSP) | 8,096 (3.0%) |
| Phillaur | Punjab | SADHU RAM (INC) | LAHORI RAM BALLEY (REP) | 9,619 (3.1%) |
| Dewas | Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | HUKUMCHAND (JS) | KANHAIYALAL (INC) | 7,149 (3.1%) |
| Serampore | West Bengal | DINENDRA NATH BHATTACHARYA (CPI) | JITENDRA NATH LAHIRI (INC) | 10,862 (3.2%) |
| TRIVANDURAM | Kerala | NATARAJA PILLAI (IND) | KRISHNA PILLAI (PSP) | 10,458 (3.2%) |
| KRISHNAGIRI | Madras | K. RAJARAM (DMK) | C. R. NARASIMHAN (INC) | 8,601 (3.3%) |
| NAMAKKAL | Madras | V. K. RAMASWAMY (INC) | M. P. VADIVELU (DMK) | 8,951 (3.3%) |
| KUMBAKONAM | Madras | C. R. PATTABIRAMAN (INC) | T. K. SRINIVASAN (DMK) | 10,899 (3.3%) |
| Jaunpur | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | BRAHMJEET (JS) | BIRBAL SINGH (INC) | 7,937 (3.3%) |
| Hoshiarpur | Punjab | AMAR NATH VIDYA ALANKAR (INC) | AMBEDKAR YASHWANT RAO (REP) | 10,301 (3.3%) |
| AMBALAPUZHA | Kerala | P. K. VASUDEVAN NAIR (CPI) | BABY JOHN (PSP) | 11,233 (3.4%) |
| Shahabad | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | YUVRAJ DUTT SINGH (JS) | CHHEDA LAL (INC) | 7,300 (3.5%) |
| MAHENDRAGARH | Punjab | YUDHVIR SINGH (JS) | RAM KISHAN (INC) | 11,259 (3.6%) |
| Khammam | Andhra Pradesh 27 | T. LAKSHIKANTAMMA (INC) | T.B. VITTAL RAO (CPI) | 12,060 (3.7%) |
| Ghosi | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | JAI BAHADUR (CPI) | KALIKA SINGH (INC) | 8,692 (3.7%) |
| Balurghat | West Bengal | SARKAR MURMU (CPI) | SHELKU MARDI (INC) | 9,820 (3.7%) |
| Uluberia | West Bengal | PUNENDU KHAN (INC) | AUROBINDO GHOSAL (FB) | 10,975 (3.7%) |
| RANCHI EAST | Bihar 1947 1999 | PRASHANTA KUMAR GHOSH (SWA) | IBRAHIM ANSARI (INC) | 5,023 (3.7%) |
| CALCUTTA SOUTH WEST | West Bengal | INDRAJIT GUPTA (CPI) | ISMAIL IBRAHIM (INC) | 10,990 (3.8%) |
| WANDIWASH | Madras | JAYARAMAN (INC) | M. KRISHNASAMI (REP) | 10,797 (3.8%) |
| Rasra | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | SARJOO PANDEY (CPI) | SIDDHESHWAR PRASAD SINGH (INC) | 8,779 (3.9%) |
| AMALAPRUAM | Andhra Pradesh 27 | BAYYA SURYANARAYANA MURTHY (INC) | KENETI MOHANA RAO (CPI) | 12,570 (3.9%) |
| SALEM | Madras | S. V. RAMASWAMY (INC) | K. RAJAGOPAL (DMK) | 11,738 (3.9%) |
| BELLARY | Mysore | T. SUBRAMANYAM (INC) | J. MOHAMAD IMAMSAB (SWA) | 11,317 (4.0%) |
| KARNAL | Punjab | RAMESHWARANAND (JS) | VIRENDER (INC) | 12,710 (4.0%) |
| Narasapur | Andhra Pradesh 27 | DATLA BALARAMARAJU (INC) | UDDARAJU RAMAM (CPI) | 14,669 (4.0%) |
| TIRUVALLUR | Madras | V. GOVINDASWAMY NAIDU (INC) | M. GOPAL (DMK) | 13,435 (4.1%) |
| GONDIA | Maharashtra | BALKRISHNA RAMCHANDRA WASNIK (INC) | BIHARI RAMJI KAMBLE (REP) | 10,925 (4.3%) |
| bharatpur | Rajasthan | RAJ BAHADUR (INC) | MAN SINGH (SWA) | 11,891 (4.3%) |
| Misrikh | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | GOKARAN (JS) | BHAWANI PRASAD (INC) | 8,917 (4.3%) |
| MELUR | Madras | P. MARUTHAIAH (INC) | V. S. SIVAPRAKASAM (SWA) | 12,919 (4.3%) |
| Gudivada | Andhra Pradesh 27 | MANGANTI ANKINEEDU (INC) | YARLAGADDA VENKATAKRISHNARAO (CPI) | 16,734 (4.4%) |
| Darjeeling | West Bengal | T. MANAEN (INC) | RATAN LAL BRAHMAN (CPI) | 8,427 (4.5%) |
| NEBADWIP | West Bengal | HARIPADA CHATTOPADHYAY (IND) | ILA PAL CHOUDHURI (INC) | 13,237 (4.5%) |
| Purulia | West Bengal | BHAJAHARI MAHATO (LSS) | SAGAR CHANDRA MAHATO (INC) | 7,413 (4.5%) |
| GULBARGA | Mysore | MAHADEVAPPA YESHWANTAPPA (INC) | SHARANAGOWDA SIDRAMAYYA (SWA) | 8,073 (4.6%) |
| Amritsar | Punjab | GURMUKH SINGH (INC) | NARINDER SINGH (AD) | 14,416 (4.6%) |
| Kaira | Gujarat | PRAVINSINH NATVERSINH SOLANKI (SWA) | THAKORSHRI FATEHSINHJI RATANSINHJI DABHI (INC) | 12,613 (4.6%) |
| Mahua | Bihar 1947 1999 | CHANDRAMANI LAL CHOUDHARY (INC) | SATYADEO (PSP) | 9,962 (4.7%) |
| Mandsaur | Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | UMASHANKER (JS) | RAGHUBIRSINGH (INC) | 10,855 (4.7%) |
| Bikramganj | Bihar 1947 1999 | RAM SUBHAG SINGH (INC) | SHEOPUJAN SINGH (PSP) | 10,664 (4.7%) |
| Etah | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | BISHAN CHANDRA SETH (HMS) | ROSHAN LAL CHATURVEDI (INC) | 10,614 (4.7%) |
| MADURAI | Madras | N. M. R. SUBBARAMAN (INC) | K. T. K. TANGAMANI (CPI) | 17,188 (4.8%) |
| Constituency | Category | Winner | Runner-up | Vote share | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kendrapara | GEN | Surendranath Dwivedy (psp) | — | — | 66 (0.0%) | — |
| Outer Manipur | GEN | Rishang (soc) | — | — | 42 (0.0%) | — |
| Bara Banki | GEN | Ram Sewak Yadav (soc) | — | — | 321 (0.1%) | — |
| Kozhikode | GEN | C. H. Muhammed Koya (ml) | — | — | 763 (0.2%) | — |
| Gonda | GEN | Ram Ratan Gupta (inc) | — | — | 498 (0.3%) | — |
| WARRANGAL | GEN | Bakar Ali Mirza (inc) | — | — | 736 (0.3%) | — |
| Mainpuri | GEN | Badshah Gupta (inc) | — | — | 804 (0.3%) | — |
| Eluru | GEN | Viramachaneni Vimaladevi (cpi) | — | — | 1,469 (0.4%) | — |
| Jorhat | GEN | Rajendra Nath Baruah (psp) | — | — | 907 (0.5%) | — |
| Ludhiana | GEN | Kapur Singh (ad) | — | — | 1,870 (0.6%) | — |
| jodhpur | GEN | Laxmi Mal Singhavi (ind) | — | — | 1,634 (0.6%) | — |
| Tarn Taran | GEN | Surjit Singh Majithia (inc) | — | — | 1,990 (0.6%) | — |
| Narsipatnam | GEN | Matcharasa Matcharaju (inc) | — | — | 1,347 (0.7%) | — |
| Ongole | GEN | Madala Narayanaswamy (cpi) | — | — | 2,343 (0.7%) | — |
| Domariaganj | GEN | Kripa Shanker (inc) | — | — | 1,579 (0.8%) | — |
| Chandauli | GEN | Bal Krishna (inc) | — | — | 1,785 (0.8%) | — |
| Dumka | GEN | Satya Chandra Besra (inc) | — | — | 1,085 (0.8%) | — |
| Hooghly | GEN | Provat Kar (cpi) | — | — | 2,643 (0.8%) | — |
| Balrampur | GEN | Subhadra Joshi (inc) | — | — | 2,052 (0.9%) | — |
| PERIYAKULAM | GEN | Malaichamy Thevar (inc) | — | — | 2,899 (1.0%) | — |
| Madhubani | GEN | Yogendra Jha (psp) | — | — | 1,912 (1.0%) | — |
| RAMSANEHIGHAT | GEN | Swami Rama Nand (inc) | — | — | 1,926 (1.0%) | — |
| HATRAS | GEN | Joti Sarup (rep) | — | — | 2,649 (1.1%) | — |
| MASULIPATNAM | GEN | Mandali Venkataswamy (ind) | — | — | 4,212 (1.2%) | — |
| Howrah | GEN | Mohammad Elias (cpi) | — | — | 3,936 (1.2%) | — |
| Bhind | GEN | Suraj Prasad Alias Surya Prashad (inc) | — | — | 2,787 (1.2%) | — |
| Bulsar | GEN | Nanubhai Nichhabhai Patel (inc) | — | — | 3,659 (1.2%) | — |
| Aligarh | GEN | B. P. Maurya (rep) | — | — | 3,025 (1.2%) | — |
| CHIDAMBARAM | GEN | R. Kangagosabai (inc) | — | — | 4,060 (1.3%) | — |
| jhunjhunu | GEN | Radheyshyam Ramkumar Morarka (inc) | — | — | 3,460 (1.3%) | — |
| TIRUVANNAMALAI | GEN | Dharmalingam (dmk) | — | — | 3,726 (1.3%) | — |
| Etawah | GEN | Gopi Nath Dikshit (inc) | — | — | 3,139 (1.3%) | — |
| Bahraich | GEN | Kunwar Ram Singh (swa) | — | — | 2,225 (1.3%) | — |
| Bilaspur | GEN | Satya Prakash (ind) | — | — | 2,171 (1.4%) | — |
| Sitapur | GEN | Suraj Lal (js) | — | — | 3,377 (1.6%) | — |
| Gorakhpur | GEN | Sinhasan Singh (inc) | — | — | 3,260 (1.6%) | — |
| Balaghat | GEN | Bholaram Ramaji (psp) | — | — | 2,892 (1.6%) | — |
| KOPPAL | GEN | Shivamurthy Swami Siddappayya Swamy (lss) | — | — | 4,281 (1.7%) | — |
| Mahasamund | GEN | Vidya Charan Shukla (inc) | — | — | 2,792 (1.8%) | — |
| Trichur | GEN | Krishna Warriar (cpi) | — | — | 5,827 (1.8%) | — |
| Manjeri | GEN | Muhammad Ismail Sahib (ml) | — | — | 4,328 (1.8%) | — |
| Dahod | GEN | Hirabhai Kunverbhai Baria (swa) | — | — | 4,413 (1.9%) | — |
| Pilibhit | GEN | Mohan Swaroop (psp) | — | — | 4,432 (2.2%) | — |
| JHAJJAR | GEN | Jagdev Singh (hls) | — | — | 7,662 (2.2%) | — |
| Mathurapur | GEN | Purnendu Sekhar Naskar (inc) | — | — | 7,266 (2.2%) | — |
| Mehsana | GEN | Mansinh Prithviraj Patel (inc) | — | — | 6,938 (2.3%) | — |
| MAVILEKARA | GEN | Achuthan (inc) | — | — | 7,288 (2.4%) | — |
| Buxar | GEN | Anant Prasad Sharma (inc) | — | — | 5,516 (2.4%) | — |
| HASSAN | GEN | H. Siddananjappa (inc) | — | — | 5,815 (2.6%) | — |
| Bilhaur | GEN | Brij Behari Mehrotra (inc) | — | — | 5,866 (2.7%) | — |
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