Constituency
475. Calcutta East
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-CALCUTTA-EAST
CPI 56.9%won by 13.8%INC 43.1%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.2% to 13.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 21.1% to 67.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,71,011
Turnout
67.1%
Valid votes
3,15,871
Margin
43,467
13.76%
Candidates
2 contested · winner CPI- 1RANENDRA NATH SENCommunist Party of India · CPI1,79,66956.9%
- 2SAILENDRA NATH MUKHERJEEIndian National Congress · INC1,36,20243.1%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–INC swing
- −13.4%
- CPI share
- 62.7% → 56.9%
- INC share
- 35.5% → 43.1%
- Turnout
- 46.0% → 67.1%