1962 Madras State Legislative Assembly election

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The third legislative assembly election to the Madras state (presently Tamil Nadu) was held between 17 and 24 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 formed a majority Government in the State as its support has heavily declined due to rise of Dravidian political parties. The election also marked the last time a non-Dravidian party emerged as the largest party in the legislature, a record not broke until 59 years later by Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam. While the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam emerged as the opposition, its leader C. N. Annadurai, lost in his Kanceehpuram constituency, thus becoming the first and only DMK leader to lose his seat until 2026, when the incumbent DMK Chief Minister Stalin lost re-election in his bastion...

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