Constituency
474. Calcutta South West
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-CALCUTTA-SOUTH-WEST
CPI 50.1%won by 3.8%INC 46.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 3.8%.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 0.0% to 50.1% of the vote here (+50.1%).
- TurnoutTurnout rose 19.7% to 66.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,32,966
Turnout
66.4%
Valid votes
2,87,482
Margin
10,990
3.82%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPI- 1INDRAJIT GUPTACommunist Party of India · CPI1,43,91850.1%
- 2ISMAIL IBRAHIMIndian National Congress · INC1,32,92846.2%
- 3KRISHNA KUMAR CHATTERJEEIndependent · IND10,6363.7%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–INC swing
- +47.5%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 50.1%
- INC share
- 43.7% → 46.2%
- Turnout
- 46.7% → 66.4%