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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962

252 seats · vs 1957 (195-seat house — comparison approximate)

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Party standings

West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962 · 9 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 157 seatsCommunist Party of India — 50 seatsFB — 13 seatsIndependent — 11 seatsRashtriya Sarvajan Party — 9 seatsPraja Socialist Party — 5 seatsLSS — 4 seats2 other parties — 3 seats127252of 252 seats
  • INC157
  • CPI50
  • FB13
  • IND11
  • RSP9
  • PSP5
  • LSS4
  • Others3

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress15762%45,22,47647.3%251
CPICommunist Party of India5020%23,86,83425.0%145
FBFB135%4,41,0984.6%34
INDIndependent114%10,50,51511.0%295
RSPRashtriya Sarvajan Party94%2,45,2612.6%17
PSPPraja Socialist Party52%4,77,2545.0%87
LSSLSS42%68,5830.7%11
GLGL21%38,0760.4%4
SBPSwarna Bharat Party10%58,8060.6%16

+ 6 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

West Bengal Assembly Election, 1962 · winner by seat

294 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 127

1962 · selected
Majority 127
INC157CPI50FB13IND11RSP9PSP5LSS4GL2SBP1
1957 · previous
Majority 98

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1957 → 1962

1957 1962· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
46.1
47.3
17.8
25.0
0.0
4.6
19.0
11.0
9.9
5.0
4.1
0.0
INCCPIFBINDPSPFBM

Seat change

1962 seats minus 1957 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
113 → 157
+44
CPI
37 → 50
+13
FB
0 → 13
+13
IND
21 → 11
−10
RSP
0 → 9
+9
PSP
18 → 5
−13
LSS
0 → 4
+4
GL
0 → 2
+2
SBP
0 → 1
+1
FBM
6 → 0
−6

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1957 → 1962

share lostshare gained
CPI
17.8% → 25.0%
+7.1%
FB
0.0% → 4.6%
+4.6%
RSP
0.0% → 2.6%
+2.6%
INC
46.1% → 47.3%
+1.1%
SUC
0.0% → 0.7%
+0.7%
LSS
0.0% → 0.7%
+0.7%
SBP
0.0% → 0.6%
+0.6%
SWA
0.0% → 0.6%
+0.6%
JS
0.0% → 0.5%
+0.5%
GL
0.0% → 0.4%
+0.4%

Biggest INC–CPI swings

Seats where the INC-vs-CPI vote gap moved most, 1957 → 1962. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (INC share − CPI share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward INC; to the left, toward CPI.

toward CPItoward INC
Bhadreswar
−65.3%
Bhatar
−64.8%
Tarakeswar
−64.0%
Suri
+63.5%
Khardah
−60.7%
Dum Dum
−54.0%
Rampurhat
+53.2%
Kakdwip
−52.9%
Ranaghat
−49.4%
Tollygunge
−47.1%
Chandernagore
−46.9%
Tufanganj
−46.1%

Closest races · 1962

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1962

252 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1957