1962 Agrestiumontian general election

1962 Agrestiumontian general election

12 February 1962
All 376 seats in the National Assembly 188 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	92.3% ( 2.3 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Party PU/RPP Social Democrats Communist Leader's seat Middle Mountains The Suburbs Thousand Lakes Last election 44.3%, 172 seats 42.0%, 158 seats 8.1%, 32 seats Seats won 182 178 16 Seat change 10 20 16 Percentage 46.7% 45.9% 5.2% Swing 2.4% 3.9% 2.9%
Largest political party by municipality   SD   PU   RPP   LSR

The People's party (PU) and the Regionalist People's Party (RPP) formed a political alliance to not compete against each other. The RPP only contests elections in Spitsberg, while the PU contests elections in the other seven regions.

Results

1962 Agrestiumontian general election
Party				%	Seats	+/–
		People's Union	PU	40.5%	157	4
		Regionalist People's Party	RPP	6.2%	25	5
'62 Alliance				46.7%	182	10
	Social Democrats		SD	45.9%	178	20
	Communist Party		KPA	5.2%	16	16
	League of Independents and Regionalists		LSR	1.8%	1	16
	Others			0.2%	0
Total				100%	376

By Region

Regions	SD	PU	RPP	KPA	LSR	Others
Region of the Capital	57.0	31.8	-	7.6	3.2	0.4
The Suburbs	54.9	37.0	-	5.3	2.4	0.4
Middle Mountains	32.3	62.6	-	3.1	1.8	0.2
Spitsberg	44.6	-	49.3	3.2	2.6	0.3
Northern Pass	44.4	50.0	-	4.1	0.7	0.8
Southern Pass	43.0	53.0	-	2.9	0.9	0.2
Thousand Lakes	43.0	42.2	-	11.9	2.5	0.4
Yellow Mountain	48.0	47.6	-	3.7	0.3	0.4

Parties

Name				Ideology
					seats
	SD		Social Democrats	Social democracy	178 / 376
	PU		People's Union	Conservatism	158 / 376
	RPP		Regionalist People's Party	Regionalism Centrism	25 / 376
	KPA		Communist Party	Communism	16 / 376
	LSR		League of Independents and Regionalists	Liberalism Regionalism	1 / 376