Constituency
477. Calcutta North West
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-CALCUTTA-NORTH-WEST
INC 54.5%won by 12.7%CPI 41.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.9% to 12.7%.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 41.9% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 13.7% to 63.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,15,122
Turnout
63.5%
Valid votes
2,63,539
Margin
33,378
12.67%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1ASOKE KUMAR SENIndian National Congress · INC1,43,72554.5%
- 2SNEHANGSHU KANTA ACHARYYACommunist Party of India · CPI1,10,34741.9%
- 3CHANDI PRASAD KEDIAHMS · HMS5,9132.2%
- 4DINESH DAS GUPTASOC · SOC3,5541.3%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPI swing
- −37.2%
- INC share
- 49.9% → 54.5%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 41.9%
- Turnout
- 49.7% → 63.5%