1962 Madras State Legislative Assembly election explained

Election Name:	1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election
Country:	India
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election
Previous Year:	1957
Next Election:	1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election
Next Year:	1967
Election Date:	17–24 February 1962
Seats For Election:	All 206 seats in the Legislature of Madras State
Majority Seats:	104
Turnout:	70.65%
Leader1:	K. Kamaraj
Party1:	Indian National Congress
Leaders Seat1:	Sattur
Seats1:	139
Seat Change1:	14^[1]
Popular Vote1:	5,848,974
Percentage1:	46.14%
Swing1:	0.80%
Party2:	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Leader2:	C. N. Annadurai
Leaders Seat2:	Kancheepuram (lost)
Seats2:	50
Seat Change2:	38
Popular Vote2:	3,435,633
Percentage2:	27.10%
Swing2:	contested as independents
CM
Before Election:	K. Kamaraj
Before Party:	Indian National Congress
After Election:	K. Kamaraj
After Party:	Indian National Congress

The third legislative assembly election to the Madras state (presently Tamil Nadu) was held on 21 February 1962. The Indian National Congress party, led by K. Kamaraj, won the election. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam made significant in-roads in the election and emerged as the second party for the first time by winning 50 seats. 1962 Election remains the most recent election in which Indian National Congress to form a majority Government in the State as its support was heavily declined due to rise of Dravidian political parties.

Constituencies

Two member constituencies were abolished in 1961 by the Two-Member Constituencies(Abolition) Act, 1961. 38 two member constituencies were abolished and an equal number of single member constituencies were established and reserved for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates. The total number of constituencies remained at 206.^[2]

Background

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam was emerging as a major challenger to Indian National Congress party in Tamil Nadu. However, its popularity was limited to the urban areas surrounding Madras and North and South Arcot districts. It had lacked a major support base in rural central and southern Tamil Nadu, a strong base of the Congress party. It won three city elections of the five largest cities, Madras, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, Salem and Coimbatore in Madras state in alliance with the Communist Party of India in 1959 capitalising on its powerful urban base.

While trying to clarify DMK's position on "Northern domination", Annadurai said his party only meant that the existing Central Government was holding extraordinary powers over the States and his party only seeks to change this by "amendment of the Constitution through Constitutional methods". Infuriated by the softening of DMK's position, E. V. K. Sampath condemned what he called Annadurai's "dictatorship".^[3]

Parties and issues

Indian National Congress contested the election alone. Periyar E. V. Ramasamy supported Congress headed by K. Kamaraj. He said

I am old and may not live much longer. After I am gone, Kamaraj will safeguard the interests of the Tamils. He is my heir. Ultimately, Kamaraj is the one who matters—not others, candidates, or even voters who are unfit to judge what is right and good for them! Trust me, vote Congress, and you will be well. If you don't, the cunning Rajaji, riding the DMK horse, will trample you all without mercy.

Kamaraj fully made use of the popularity of E. V. Ramaswamy and identified himself with Tamil Nationalist aspirations. In February 1962, he introduced a bill Changing the name of Madras to Tamil Nadu for communications within the state and advocated to establish Madurai as the capital city of Madras.^[3]

As the 1962 election approached, the two wings of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam further polarised over the issue of electoral alliance. E. V. K. Sampath favoured alliance with Communist Party of India and Annadurai favoured alliance with the newly formed C. Rajagopalachari's Swatantra Party. Rajaji, the Chief Minister of Madras State between 1952 and 1954 had been a declared enemy of DMK and now he sought alliance with DMK. He said that the

Congress party is more communal than parties which are openly communal.

In 1961, Sampath left DMK to form his own party Tamil Nationalist Party with an objective and goal to establish an "autonomous Tamil State". Annadurai's idea to include Swatantra Party in the electoral alliance was not totally welcome in the DMK party and despite Rajaji's opposition DMK aligned with the Communist Party of India. It also formed coalition with Muthuramalinga Thevar's Forward Bloc and Mohammad Ismail's Muslim League.^[3] ^[4]

Support from Tamil film industry

M. G. Ramachandran actively campaigned for Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. S. S. Rajendran, one of the popular actors contested and won from Theni Constituency. Shivaji Ganesan extended his support & actively campaigned to Congress Party. Congress party made a movie Vakkurimai by popular film actors which was played all across Tamil Nadu.^[3] ^[4]

Voting and results

Source: Election Commission of India^[5]

Results


Alliances	Party		Popular Vote	Vote %	Seats contested	Seats won	Change
align=left rowspan=1 valign=top	INC Seats: 139 Seat Change: -12 Popular Vote: 5,848,974 Popular Vote %: 46.14%		5,848,974	46.14%	206	139	12
align=left rowspan=13 valign=top	Others Seats: 67 Seat Change: +25 Popular Vote: 6,827,372 Popular Vote %: 53.86%		3,435,633	27.10%	143	50	37
	991,773	7.82%	94	6	6
	173,261	1.37%	6	3	3
	978,806	7.72%	68	2	2
	48,753	0.38%	7	1	–
	159,212	1.26%	21	0	2
	117,640	0.93%	16	0	–
	89,968	0.71%	6	0	–
	57,457	0.45%	4	0	–
	44,048	0.35%	9	0	–
	43,186	0.34%	7	0	–
	10,743	0.08%	4	0	–
	676,892	5.34%	207	5	17
Total	align=center colspan="2"	13 Political Parties	12,676,346	100%	—	206	—

By constituency

Assembly Constituency! colspan="5"
k	Name	Candidate		Votes	Margin	Candidate	Party
Winner	Runner Up				Margin
1	Washermanpet	M. Mayandi Nadar	25,732	37.77	M. Vedachalam	24,095	35.37	1,637
2	Harbour	K. S. G. Haja Shareef	26,330	49.87	C. P. Chinnaraj	23,098	43.74	3,232
3	Basin Bridge	T. N. Anandanayaki	31,477	50.63	N. V. Natarajan	25,913	41.68	5,564
4	Perambur	D. Sulochana	40,451	54.48	Satyavani Muthu	32,309	43.51	8,142
5	Purasawalkam	Bashyam Reddy	27,474	42.04	Pakkiriswami Pillai	18,713	28.64	8,761
6	Thousand lights	K. A. Mathialagan	27,984	45.59	Indrani Chengalvarayan	25,609	41.72	2,375
7	Egmore	Jothi Venkatachalam	29,283	48.25	Anbazhagan	27,666	45.58	1,617
8	Triplicane	V. R. Nedunchezhiyan	33,273	51.29	Sivanesan	22,903	35.31	10,370
9	Mylapore	Arangannal	25,825	40.24	A. Varadappa Chettiar	18,472	28.78	7,353
10	T. Nagar	Kanchi Manimozhiar	35,402	41.02	Guntur Narasimha Rao	26,834	31.09	8,568
11	Gummidipundi	A. Ragahava Reddy	19,575	46.50	K. Kamalambujammal	18,946	45.01	629
12	Ponneri	T. P. Elumalai	26,125	48.41	P. Nagalingam	15,721	29.13	10,404
13	Madhavaram	R. Govindarajulu Naidu	29,896	47.00	A. P. Arasu	29,646	46.6	250
14	Saidapet	Munu Adhi	37,123	58.08	Vinayakam	23,902	37.4	13,221
15	Kunnathur	P. Appavoo	20,207	41.61	A. Ratnam	19,422	40	785
16	Chengapattu	C. G. Viswanathan	27,933	50.32	G. Rajarathana Nayagar	25,809	46.5	2,124
17	Maduranthakam	B. Parameswaran	29,743	51.67	P. S. Ellappan	19,424	33.75	10,319
18	Acharapakkam	Venkatasubba Reddy	27,170	48.55	V. Venka	22,748	40.65	4,422
19	Uttangarai	M. Kamalanathan	33,766	53.71	T. Theerthagiri Gounder	24,276	38.61	9,490
20	Kancheepuram	S. V. Natesa Mudaliar	46,018	54.80	C. N. Annadurai	36,828	43.86	9,190
21	Sriperumbudur	M. Bhaktavatsalam	33,825	49.64	Annamalai	32,588	47.82	1,237
22	Tiruvallur	V. S. Arunachalam	21,609	50.19	S. M. Durairaj	17,175	39.89	4,434
23	Kadambathur	Ekambara Mudaliar	17,314	44.28	Govindaswamy Naidu	10,767	27.54	6,547
24	Tiruttani	C. Chiranjeevulu Naidu	36,884	50.51	E. S. Thyagarajan Mudaliar	34,176	46.81	2,708
25	Arakkonam	S. J. Ramaswamy Mudali	26,586	38.98	B. Bhaktavatsalu Naidu	25,152	36.87	1,434
26	Sholinghur	A. M. Ponnuranga Mudaliar	33,291	56.02	V. Munuswamy	20,762	34.94	12,529
27	Cheyyar	K. Govindan	23,250	41.99	V. Dharmalinga Naicker	22,892	41.35	358
28	Vandavasi	S. Muthulingam	34,922	64.57	D. Dasarathan	19,160	35.43	15,762
29	Peranamallur	P. Ramachandra	24,817	49.50	V. D. Annamalai Mudaliar	16,252	32.41	8,565
30	Arcot	Munirathinam	28,485	48.26	S. Khader Sheriff	19,705	33.38	8,780
31	Ranipet	Abdul Khaleel	24,082	39.32	A. E. Chandrasekara Naicker	23,218	37.91	864
32	Katpadi	B. Rajagopal Naidu	26,389	44.19	Natarajan	20,710	34.68	5,679
33	Gudiyatham	T. Manavalan	25,795	44.97	C. Kuppuswamy	15,258	26.6	10,537
34	Vellore	R. Jeevarathna Mudaliar	26,739	40.61	M. P. Sarathy	26,549	40.32	190
35	Virinchipuram	Sampangi Naidu	23,459	50.40	Krishnamurthi	11,229	24.13	12,230
36	Ambur	P. Rajagopal	25,505	53.73	S. R. Muniswamy	15,979	33.66	9,526
37	Vaniyambadi	M. P. Vadivel	27,275	54.86	T. Karia Gounder	20,068	40.37	7,207
38	Tiruppattur (41)	K. Thirupathy Gounder	32,400	62.38	R. C. Samanna Gounder	19,540	37.62	12,860
39	Chengam	C. K. Chinnaraji Gounder	34,374	55.22	Y. Shanmugam	25,008	40.17	9,366
40	Polur	Kesava Reddiar	29,283	62.16	Periasami	17,828	37.84	11,455
41	Arni	C. Kothandarama Bhagavathar	30,773	51.60	A. C. Narasimhan	23,055	38.66	7,718
42	Thurinjapurma	S. Murugaiyan	21,163	43.18	Nataraja Mudaliar	13,865	28.29	7,298
43	Tanippadi	A. Arumugam	33,129	56.26	P. S. Santhanam	25,753	43.74	7,376
44	Tiruvannamalai	P. Palani Pillai	35,148	50.06	P. U. Shanmugham	33,399	47.57	1,749
45	Sathyamangalam	Gopal Kounder	23,914	59.63	Anthonisamy	10,115	25.22	13,799
46	Gingee	Rajaram	29,235	51.53	Aranganathan	27,494	48.47	1,741
47	Tindivanam	A. Thangavelu	27,687	45.33	P. Veerappa Gounder	27,422	44.9	265
48	Vanur	A. G. Balakrishnan	22,463	51.70	S. Kannana	20,987	48.3	1,476
49	Vazhapadi	Ramasamy Udayar	38,580	54.88	Karipatti T. Ponnumalai	31,718	45.12	6,862
50	Villupuram	M. Shanmugam	39,923	59.36	V. P. Sarangapani Gounder	26,115	38.83	13,808
51	Ulundurpet	Manonmani	25,234	48.16	M. Kandaswamy Padayachi	22,627	43.18	2,607
52	Nellikkuppam	V. Krishnamurthy Gounder	37,419	56.14	L. Subbarayalu Reddiar	27,989	41.99	9,430
53	Kurinjipadi	N. Rajangam	32,046	56.48	Jayarama	21,898	38.59	10,148
54	Cuddalore	P. R. Seenivasa Padayachi	27,567	40.72	R. Sambasiva Reddiar	21,147	31.24	6,420
55	Bhuvanagiri	Ramachandra Rayar	29,434	43.55	Vaithialingam	27,964	41.38	1,470
56	Chidambaram	S. Sivasubramanian	33,438	53.34	K. Arumugham	23,837	38.02	9,601
57	Kattumannarkoil	M. R. Krishnamurthi	27,706	47.14	G. Vageesam Pillai	27,599	46.95	107
58	Vridachalam	G. Boovaraghan	26,990	44.42	M. Selvaraj	25,138	41.37	1,852
59	Nallur	K. Narayanasami	28,322	55.03	T. Pichamuthu	20,209	39.27	8,113
60	Tirukoilur	Lakshminarasimma Ammal	27,954	51.26	Balasubramaniam	14,687	26.93	13,267
61	Rishivandiyam	L. Anandan	25,057	58.82	M. Anadan	17,544	41.18	7,513
62	Kallakurichi	T. Chinnasamy	25,084	48.76	P. Vedamanickam	18,837	36.61	6,247
63	Sankarapuram	K. Parthasarathi	26,123	52.71	S. P. Pachaiya Pillai	23,441	47.29	2,682
64	Harur	C. Manickam	26,879	41.33	M. K. Mariappa	22,411	34.46	4,468
65	Uthiramerur	O. Srinivasa Reddiar	37,259	58.38	Doraisamy Naicker	23,313	36.53	13,946
66	Krishnagiri	Sreeramulu	38,833	58.47	P. M. Munisamy Gounder	27,583	41.53	11,250
67	Udagamandalam	T. Karchan	12,732	30.13	K. Bojan	10,107	23.92	2,625
68	Hosur	Ramachandra Reddy	25,577	64.46	K. Shamanna	14,101	35.54	11,476
69	Pennagaram	M. V. Karivengadam	26,911	53.86	S. Hemalatha Devi	17,303	34.63	9,608
70	Dharmapuri	R. S. Veerappa Chettiar	24,191	40.81	M. Subramania Gounder	18,754	31.64	5,437
71	Yercaud	M. Kolandaisamy Gounder	19,921	52.47	Chinna Gounder	18,048	47.53	1,873
72	Valavanur	K. M. Krishna Kounder	31,154	55.51	A. Govindasamy	23,259	41.44	7,895
73	Salem - I	G. Venkataraman	43,726	50.67	E. R. Krishnan	39,838	46.16	3,888
74	Salem - II	A. Rathnavel Gounder	28,811	47.56	S. M. Ramiah	19,976	32.98	8,835
75	Veerapandi	S. Arumugam	30,840	54.78	A. Mariappan	22,171	39.39	8,669
76	Attur	S. Angamuthu Naicker	23,542	39.28	K. N. Sivaperumal	19,811	33.05	3,731
77	Talavasal	A. Doraiswamy	22,286	46.84	K. R. Thangavel	17,386	36.54	4,900
78	Rasipuram	N. P. Sengottuvel	26,846	49.21	Muthuswamy Gounder	26,776	49.08	70
79	Sendamangalam	V. R. Periannan	27,728	53.39	P. B. K. Thiagaraja Reddiar	24,205	46.61	3,523
80	Namakkal	S. Chinnayan	26,756	48.48	K. V. Rasappan	24,937	45.18	1,819
81	Kapilamali	V. Velappa Gounder	36,960	63.82	P. K. Ramalinga Gounder	20,954	36.18	16,006
82	Mallasamudram	R. Nallamuthu	18,718	56.30	R. Kandasamy	12,545	37.73	6,173
83	Tiruchengode	T. M. Kaliannan	24,640	48.64	T. A. Rajavelu	21,050	41.55	3,590
84	Sankari	K. S. Subramania Gounder	26,531	48.38	B. Pandarinathan	17,587	32.07	8,944
85	Taramangalam	N. S. Sundararajan	30,020	52.65	P. R. Nallathambi Gounder	26,997	47.35	3,023
86	Mettur	K. S. Ardhanareeswara Gounder	18,065	34.04	M. Sundaram	17,620	33.21	445
87	Bhavani	N. K. Ranganayaki	32,739	49.10	A. M. Raja	22,919	34.37	9,820
88	Andhiyur	Perumalraju	22,533	56.01	Kalimuthu	11,984	29.79	10,549
89	Gobichettipalayam	Muthuvelappa Gounder	31,977	49.14	Sundaramurthi	17,249	26.51	14,728
90	Nambiyur	A. K. Kaliappa Gounder	27,795	55.66	P. A. Saminathan	16,275	32.59	11,520
91	Perundurai	N. Nallasenapathi Sarkarai Manrdadiar	36,225	58.41	N. K. Palaniswami	24,986	40.29	11,239
92	Erode	A. S. Dhakshinamoorthy Gounder	32,895	39.61	M. Chinnasami Gounder	25,392	30.57	7,503
93	Chennimalai	K. R. Nallasivam	35,379	50.82	K. S. periasami Gounder	26,978	38.75	8,401
94	Kangayam	K. S. Nataraja Gounder	41,006	61.56	M. Palanisamy Gounder	24,711	37.1	16,295
95	Dharapuram	Parvathi Anjuman	37,842	57.45	A. R. Subramanian	18,059	27.42	19,783
96	Udumalpet	R. rajagopalasami Naicker	29,529	41.72	S. J. Sadiq Pasha	25,514	36.05	4,015
97	Anamalai	K. Ponniah	22,474	42.30	Ramasamy	15,767	29.67	6,707
98	Pollachi	N. Mahalingam	38,929	56.18	Rangaswamy	28,780	41.53	10,149
99	Kovilpalayam	M. P. Muthukaruppasami Kounder	27,464	51.22	K. Gopal	13,636	25.43	13,828
100	Palladam	Sengaliappan	33,437	51.66	P. S. Chinnadurai	14,736	22.77	18,701
101	Tiruppur	K. N. Palanisamy Gounder	41,748	51.89	Ponnulinga Gounder	26,175	32.53	15,573
102	Avanashi	Marappa Gounder	27,009	53.02	M. Ponnusami	12,196	23.94	14,813
103	Sulur	C. Kolantaiammal	25,732	38.76	K. N. Chinnaiyan	21,375	32.19	4,357
104	Tondamuttur	V. Ellama Naidu	32,520	52.67	L. Arputhaswamy	12,735	20.63	19,785
105	Coimbatore - I	G. E. Chinnadurai	38,645	42.10	Rajamanickam	21,023	22.9	17,622
106	Coimbatore - II	K. P. Palanisamy	32,313	37.38	N. Marudachalam	23,948	27.7	8,365
107	Mettupalayam	N. Shamnugasundaram	25,398	46.90	K. Vellingiri	19,145	35.36	6,253
108	Coonoor	J. Matha Gowder	36,668	51.65	J. Belli	15,103	21.27	21,565
109	Uddanapalli	Chinna Munisamy Chettiar	32,860	49.57	K. Muni Reddy	26,278	39.64	6,582
110	Palani	Venkidusamy Gounder	29,908	46.32	Lakshmipathy Raju	22,174	46.32	7,734
111	Kodaikanal	M. Alagarsamy	31,062	49.71	Somasundaram	27,671	44.29	3,391
112	Bodinayakanoor	A. S. Subbaraj	35,398	54.61	R. Subbiah	16,759	25.85	18,639
113	Uthamapalayam	M. Rajangam	28,907	42.99	K. S. Rajagopal	27,368	40.7	1,539
114	Theni	S. S. Rajendran	37,404	59.91	N. R. Thyagarajan	24,610	39.42	12,794
115	Andipatti	A. Krishnaveni	19,853	45.68	T. Mokkayan	16,478	37.91	3,375
116	Tirumangalam	Thiruvengada Reddiar	34,188	53.58	M. C. M. Muthurama Thevar	25,919	40.62	8,269
117	Usilampatti	P. K. Mookiah Thevar	47,069	67.18	Thinagarasamy Thevar	22,992	32.82	24,077
118	Madurai East	P. K. R. Lakshmi Kanthan	36,679	48.11	N. Sankariah	27,228	35.72	9,451
119	Madurai Central	V. Sankaran	32,801	54.60	S. Devasahayam	15,445	25.71	17,356
120	Thirupparangundram	Chinnakaruppa Thevar	35,491	42.82	Janakiammal	25,179	30.38	10,312
121	Samayanallur	P. Kakkan	33,091	52.23	G. R. Muniyandi	16,596	26.19	16,495
122	Melur	M. Sivaramanambalam	28,986	43.19	V. V. N. Natarajan	20,985	31.27	8,001
123	Sholavandan	V. Ponnammal	25,911	46.37	A. Muniandi	18,445	33.01	7,466
124	Nilakkottai	Abdul Aziz	20,187	31.75	Anbuchezhiyan	19,246	30.27	941
125	Athoor	V. S. S. Mani	34,632	50.30	M. A. B. Arumugasamy	29,136	42.32	5,496
126	Oddanchatram	A. Senapathi Gounder	30,380	54.25	Nachimuthu Gounder	24,327	43.44	6,053
127	Dindigul	R. Rengaswamy	32,047	48.23	A. Balasubramanian	29,174	43.91	2,873
128	Vadamadurai	M. Maruthanayagam Pillai	27,975	57.97	A. Nallathambi	18,788	38.93	9,187
129	Vedasandur	S. Nanjunda Roy	30,394	48.58	V. Madanagopal	25,171	40.24	5,223
130	Aravakurichi	S. Sadasivam	28,372	45.26	C. Muthusami Gounder	21,082	33.63	7,290
131	Karur	T. M. Nallasamy	35,969	51.02	K. S. Ramasamy	20,160	28.59	15,809
132	Kulittalai	V. Ramanathan	47,243	64.04	N. Rathanam	26,525	35.96	20,718
133	Panjapatti	K. Karunagiri Muthiah	25,520	56.27	A. S. Ganapathy	15,416	33.99	10,104
134	Manapparai	P. Chinniah Gounder	24,048	42.54	S. Annavi	19,412	34.34	4,636
135	Tirumayam	V. Ramaiah	28,219	43.58	V. Balakrishnan	17,916	27.67	10,303
136	Alangudi	P. Murugaiyan	31,438	60.99	V. R. Mangappan	18,472	35.84	12,966
137	Pudukkottai	A. Thiagarajan	37,563	64.97	V. Arunachala Thevar	20,252	35.03	17,311
138	Andanallur	A. Chinnathurai Ambalakaran	32,580	58.29	K. P. Annavi	20,970	37.52	11,610
139	Tiruchirappalli - I	M. S. Mani	31,221	51.37	E. P. Mathuram	28,379	46.69	2,842
140	Tiruchirappalli - II	M. Kalyanasundaram	38,281	55.71	T. N. Rajendran	30,436	44.29	7,845
141	Srirangam	N. Subramanian Chettiar	39,101	54.76	T. Oraisamy	24,651	34.52	14,450
142	Musiri	S. Ramalingam	32,155	50.79	A. Dorairaju	27,661	43.69	4,494
143	Uppiliapuram	V. A. Muthiah	29,435	47.26	N. Pethu Reddiar	29,077	46.69	358
144	Perambalur	T. P. Alagamuthu	38,686	55.38	R. Rama Reddiar	31,168	44.62	7,518
145	Vengalam	S. Mani	24,091	41.66	M. Ayyakannu	22,498	38.9	1,593
146	Lalgudi	P. Dharmalingam	38,951	51.85	I. Anthoniswamy	31,707	42.21	7,244
147	Ariyalur	R. Narayanan	41,721	64.34	R. Viswanathan	17,681	27.27	24,040
148	Jayankondam	Jagadambal Velayudam	33,005	52.16	S. Samikannu Padayachi	24,856	39.28	8,149
149	T. Palur	S. Ramasami	40,593	60.06	T. K. Subiah	22,969	33.98	17,624
150	Tiruvayar	Palani	33,332	53.77	Vaiyapuri Nattar	24,220	39.07	9,112
151	Papanasam	R. Subramanian	33,144	53.42	N. Somasundaram	28,904	46.58	4,240
152	Saliamangalam	A. Appavoo Thevar	36,259	57.01	Abdul Samad	11,527	18.12	24,732
153	Kumbakonam	Ramaswami	32,397	49.72	Krishnamoorthy	22,704	34.84	9,693
154	Aduthurai	K. S. Mani	39,750	53.38	Ramamirtha Thondaman	32,125	43.14	7,625
155	Kudavasal	P. Jayaraj	29,819	48.64	P. Appasamy	16,433	26.81	13,386
156	Mayuram	G. Narayanasamy Naidu	37,362	51.10	Palanisamy Nadar	25,220	34.49	12,142
157	Sirkazhi	R. Thangavelu	22,434	35.80	K. B. S. Mani	15,890	25.36	6,544
158	Porayar	K. R. sambandam	24,112	39.45	S. Ganesan	21,018	34.39	3,094
159	Nannilam	M. D. Thiagaraja Pillai	26,346	39.78	Ramiah Mudaliar	21,519	32.49	4,827
160	Tiruvarur	C. M. Ambikapathy	29,384	44.89	S. Vadivelu	23,993	36.66	5,391
161	Nagapattinam	A. M. P. S. Balagangadaran	27,447	42.89	G. Bhaktavatchalam	20,355	31.81	7,092
162	Vedaranyam	N. S. Ramalingam	27,200	40.09	N. Dharmalingam	17,764	26.18	9,436
163	Thiruthuraipundi	A. K. Subbaiah	45,148	56.28	V. VEdaiyan	35,078	43.72	10,070
164	Mannargudi	T. S. Swaminatha Odayar	37,117	51.94	P. Narayanasami	19,021	26.62	18,096
165	Thanjavur	M. Karunanidhi	32,145	50.89	A. Y. S. Parisutha Nadar	30,217	47.84	1,928
166	Gandarvakottai	R. Krishnaswamy Gopalar	24,878	41.99	Govindarasu Kalingarar	22,061	37.24	2,817
167	Adiramapattinam	Dhandayuthapani Pillai	31,503	47.33	Marimuthu	26,104	39.22	5,399
168	Pattukkottai	V. Arunachala Thevar	35,151	44.39	R. Srinivasa Iyer	28,806	36.38	6,345
169	Arantangi	A. Durai Arasan	33,781	55.25	K. Ramanathan Servai	25,112	41.07	8,669
170	Tiruvadanai	KR. RM. Kariya Manickam Ambalam	37,612	59.88	S. Ramakrishna Thevar	23,011	36.64	14,601
171	Karaikudi	Saw Ganesan	27,890	49.31	A. I. Subbiah Ambalam	23,282	41.16	4,608
172	Tirukostiyur	S. Madhavan	24,833	37.95	N. V. Chokkalingam Ambalam	21,284	32.53	3,549
173	Sivaganga	R. V. Swaminathan	43,410	53.93	Kalailingam	34,159	42.44	9,251
174	Ramanathapuram	Shanmuga Rajeshwara Sethupathi	44,942	61.92	S. Abdul Rahim	18,363	25.3	26,579
175	Paramakudi	C. Srinivasa Iyengar	33,301	44.78	S. P. Thangavelan	22,439	30.17	10,862
176	Manamadurai	K. Cheemaichamy	33,895	54.62	M. Amin Nainar Howth	26,627	42.91	7,268
177	Tiruchili	A. Perumal	28,524	55.94	M. Vellathurai	18,428	36.14	10,096
178	Mudukulathur	T. L. Sasivarna Thevar	37,162	49.36	Kasinatha Dorai	34,217	45.45	2,945
179	Aruppukkottai	T. Kadambavana Sundaram	35,597	54.54	S. Sowdi Sundara Bharathi	28,583	43.8	7,014
180	Sattur	K. Kamaraj Nadar	46,950	56.38	P. Ramamoorthy	33,506	40.24	13,444
181	Sivakasi	S. Ramasamy Naidu	35,726	57.62	K. Doraisamy Thevar	23,078	37.22	12,648
182	Srivilliputhur	M. Chelliah	36,122	57.60	G. Gurusamy	26,595	42.4	9,527
183	Rajapalayam	R. Krishnasamy Naidu	41,692	51.73	V. Ramakrishna Raja	19,165	23.78	22,527
184	Kovilpatti	N. V. Venugopalakrishnasami	22,158	36.22	R. S. Appasami	18,059	29.52	4,099
185	Kadambur	S. Sangili	19,200	50.29	M. Muthiah	17,838	46.73	1,362
186	Ottapidaram	A. L. Ramakrishna Naicker	30,067	44.17	K. Vaiyappan	19,906	29.24	10,161
187	Tuticorin	Ponnusamy Nadar	31,280	43.88	K. R. Ramalingam	19,924	27.95	11,356
188	Srivaikuntam	A. P. C. Veerabahu	29,949	48.28	S. Pechi	12,844	20.7	17,105
189	Tirunelveli	Rajathi Kunchithapatham	25,985	36.89	Ramasami	24,544	34.85	1,441
190	Gangaikondan	R. S. Arumugam	17,548	34.92	S. Chelliah	13,780	27.42	3,768
191	Alangulam	S. Chellapandian	32,650	51.44	N. H. M. Pandian	22,438	35.35	10,212
192	Puliyangudi	P. Urkavala Kudumbar	23,485	42.69	P. Dorairaj	13,458	24.46	10,027
193	Sankarankoil	S. M. Abdul Majid Sahib	32,799	52.41	S. Krishnan Servai	16,388	26.19	16,411
194	Tenkasi	A. R. Subbiah Mudaliar	29,684	44.33	Reboi Sahib	16,882	25.21	12,802
195	Ambasamudram	G. Gomathisankara Dikshithar	25,883	38.16	A. Nallasivan	20,216	29.81	5,667
196	Kadayam	A. B. Balagan	46,160	67.75	R. V. Ananthakrishnan	13,821	20.28	32,339
197	Tiruchendur	M. S. Selvarajan	39,944	58.00	S. P. Adithanar	27,994	40.65	11,950
198	Sathankulam	K. T. Kosalram	43,428	68.42	A. P. Rajsingh	17,351	27.33	26,077
199	Radhapuram	N. Soundrapandian	42,334	67.04	P. R. Carmel	19,271	30.52	23,063
200	Nanguneri	M. G. Sankar	28,548	43.97	S. Madasamy	23,211	35.75	5,337
201	Kanyakumari	B. Natarajan	46,263	80.58	S. Rassiah	9,825	17.11	36,438
202	Nagercoil	A. Chidambaranatha Nadar	37,079	54.13	M. C. Balan	17,318	25.28	19,761
203	Colachel	A. Swamidhes Nadar	36,054	55.64	Lourdammal Simon	28,275	43.63	7,779
204	Killiyur	R. Ponnappan Nadar	25,278	60.05	G. Devadas	9,872	23.45	15,406
205	Padmanabapuram	Kunjan Nadar (Rayan Nadar)	23,747	46.47	Francis	11,572	22.65	12,175
206	Vilavancode	M. William	30,386	58.19	D. Gnanasigamony	21,388	40.96	8,998

Footnotes

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Web site: 1962 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India . 19 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130127201143/https://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Madras_1962.pdf . 27 Jan 2013.