1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election

The 1962 Maharashtra State Assembly election was held for the second term of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha. A total of 264 seats were contested. The Indian National Congress won 215 of the 264 seats.

Party results
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"| !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party
 * - align=center

!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of candidates

!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of elected

!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat change

!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes

!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes

!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Change in vote %
 * align="left"|Indian National Congress
 * 264
 * 215
 * 80
 * 5,617,347
 * 51.22%
 * 2.56%
 * align="left"|Peasants and Workers Party of India
 * 79
 * 15
 * 16
 * 818,801
 * 7.47%
 * 0.81%
 * align="left"|Praja Socialist Party
 * 101
 * 9
 * 24
 * 792,755
 * 7.23%
 * 1.74%
 * align="left"|Communist Party of India
 * 56
 * 6
 * 7
 * 647,390
 * 5.90%
 * 2.27%
 * align="left"|Republican Party of India
 * 66
 * 3
 * 10 (from SCF seats)
 * 589,653
 * 5.38%
 * 0.85% (from SCF vote share)
 * align="left"|Socialist Party
 * 14
 * 1
 * 1
 * 54,764
 * 0.50%
 * 0.50% (New Party)
 * align="left"| Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh
 * 127
 * 0
 * 4
 * 548,097
 * 5.00%
 * 3.44%
 * 9
 * 0
 * (New Party)
 * 48,484
 * 0.44%
 * 0.44% (New Party)
 * 5
 * 0
 * 1
 * 12,109
 * 0.11%
 * 0.32%
 * align="left"|Independents
 * 437
 * 15
 * 19
 * 1,836,095
 * 16.74%
 * 7.03%
 * - style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
 * align="left"|Total||1161||264||||10,966,279||60.36%|| 7.20%
 * }
 * 5
 * 0
 * 1
 * 12,109
 * 0.11%
 * 0.32%
 * align="left"|Independents
 * 437
 * 15
 * 19
 * 1,836,095
 * 16.74%
 * 7.03%
 * - style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
 * align="left"|Total||1161||264||||10,966,279||60.36%|| 7.20%
 * }
 * 7.03%
 * - style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
 * align="left"|Total||1161||264||||10,966,279||60.36%|| 7.20%
 * }
 * }
 * }