| Election Name: | Indian general election in Madras, 1962 |
| Country: | India |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | Indian general election in Madras, 1957 |
| Previous Year: | 1957 |
| Next Election: | Indian general election in Madras, 1967 |
| Next Year: | 1967 |
| Election Date: | February 1962 |
| Seats For Election: | 41 (of 494) seats in the Lok Sabha |
| Registered: | 18675436 |
| Turnout: | 12843914 (68.77%) 21.02% |
| Party1: | Indian National Congress |
| Leaders Seat1: | Did not contest |
| Seats1: | 31 |
| Popular Vote1: | 5,623,013 |
| Percentage1: | 45.26% |
| Swing1: | 1.26% |
| Leader2: | C.N. Annadurai |
| Leaders Seat2: | Rajya Sabha |
| Party2: | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Seats2: | 7 |
| Seat Change2: | 5 |
| Popular Vote2: | 2,315,610 |
| Percentage2: | 18.64% |
| Swing2: | Contested as Independents |
| Map Size: | 200px |
| Before Election: | Indian National Congress |
| After Party: | Indian National Congress |
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.
| Party | Seats | Popular vote | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 41 | 1,24,24,036 | |||||
| Invalid votes | 4,19,878 | 3.26 | |||||
| Votes cast / turnout | 1,28,43,984 | 68.77 | |||||
| Registered voters | 1,86,75,436 | 100.00 | |||||
| Constituency | Winner | Party | Margin | Runner-upa | Partya | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[1] | N/A | ||
| Nagercoil | A. Nesamony | INC | 75,621 | P. Vivekananda | IND |