Highest Voter Turnout Lok Sabha Constituencies

1962 Lok Sabha (Parliament) Election · Top 25 constituencies by turnout

In the 1962 Lok Sabha election, the highest voter turnout was recorded in Nagapattinam (Tamil Nadu) at 80.68% — 361,753 votes polled out of 448,355 electors. The full ranked list of the top 25 constituencies is below — click any constituency to see its complete candidate-wise result.

Percentage of registered electors who cast a vote.

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Rank Constituency State Winner Party Turnout
1 Nagapattinam Tamil Nadu Gopalsamy Thenkondar Indian National Congress 80.68%
2 Mukundapuram Kerala Govinda Menon Panampilli Indian National Congress 80.35%
3 Ernakulam Kerala A. M. Thomas Indian National Congress 79.84%
4 Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh K.L.Rao Indian National Congress 78.99%
5 Gudivada Andhra Pradesh Manganti Ankineedu Indian National Congress 78.76%
6 Coimbatore Tamil Nadu P. R. Ramakrishnan Indian National Congress 78.08%
7 Yavatmal Maharashtra Deorao Shioram Patil Indian National Congress 77.52%
8 Chingleput Tamil Nadu O. V. Alagesan Indian National Congress 77.40%
9 Narasapuram Andhra Pradesh Datla Balaramaraju Indian National Congress 77.20%
10 Kollam Kerala Sreekantan Nair Revolutionary Socialist Party 76.76%
11 Tiruchirappalli Tamil Nadu K. Anada Nambiar Communist Party Of India 76.60%
12 Thrissur Kerala Krishna Warriar Communist Party Of India 75.91%
13 Tenali Andhra Pradesh Kolla Venkaiah Communist Party Of India 75.89%
14 Karad Maharashtra Dajisaheb Ramrao Chavan Indian National Congress 75.33%
15 Mayuram SC Tamil Nadu Maragatham Indian National Congress 75.32%
16 Khammam Andhra Pradesh T. Lakshikantamma Indian National Congress 75.25%
17 Thanjavur Tamil Nadu Vairava Thevar Indian National Congress 75.25%
18 Kumbakonam Tamil Nadu C. R. Pattabiraman Indian National Congress 75.22%
19 Alappuzha Kerala P. K. Vasudevan Nair Communist Party Of India 75.11%
20 Machilipatnam Andhra Pradesh Mandali Venkataswamy Independent 74.94%
21 Madurai Tamil Nadu N. M. R. Subbaraman Indian National Congress 74.83%
22 Tellicherry Kerala S. K. Pottekkatt Independent 74.82%
23 Kadapa Andhra Pradesh Yeddula Eswara Reddy Communist Party Of India 74.81%
24 Vatakara Kerala A. V. Raghavan Independent 74.07%
25 Chennai North Tamil Nadu P. Srinivasan Indian National Congress 73.73%

Why this list matters

The highest-turnout constituencies tend to be in states with a strong tradition of civic participation — often rural, often in the Northeast, Kerala, West Bengal, or hill states — where parties have well-organised booth-level workers and voters treat polling day as a community event. High turnout doesn't favour any one party uniformly; it tends to amplify whichever side has the better organisation on the ground.

Turnout figures are computed from the official electoral roll size and votes-polled count.

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