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West Bengal Lok Sabha 1962

Results board · 36 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateWest Bengal
Seats
36
Constituencies
Majority
19
Seats needed of 36
Electors
1.80Cr
On the roll
Votes polled
1.00Cr
55.8% of electors
Median turnout
56.2%
Median of 36 seats
INC lead
+3
Above majority · 22 − 19

[01]Seat matrix

36 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 36 seats: INC 22, CPI 9, IND 2, RSP 1, FB 1, LSS 1. Majority line at 19 seats. Hemicycle of 36 seats: INC 22, CPI 9, IND 2, RSP 1, FB 1, LSS 1. Majority line at 19 seats.
Majority · 19 of 36INC 22 · +3 above majority
INC 2261.1% Indian National Congress
CPI 925.0% Communist Party of India
IND 25.6% Independents
RSP 12.8% Revolutionary Socialist Party
FB 12.8% Forward Block
LSS 12.8% Lok Sewak Sangh

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
INC 46.8%22 seats · 61.1%
CPI 29.4%9 seats · 25.0%
FB 6.3%1 seat · 2.8%
PSP 4.5%0 seats
RSP 2.6%1 seat · 2.8%
Others 10.4%3 seats · 8.3%

Vote share not published

  • IND2 seats
  • LSS1 seat

The published shares sum to 100.0%, so these parties' votes sit inside Others.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. INC converted 46.8% of votes into 61.1% of seats, a seat premium of 14.3 pp.

    22 ÷ 36 = 61.1% · 61.1 − 46.8 = +14.3

  2. CPI polled 29.4% of votes, the 2nd-highest share, but won 9 seats (25.0%).

    9 ÷ 36 = 25.0% · 25.0 − 29.4 = −4.4

  3. Hooghly was decided by 2,643 votes, the closest of 36 seats; Barrackpore had the widest margin, 94,424.

    min / max of margin over 36 seats with a recorded margin

  4. 1 seat was won by a margin under 1%; CPI won 1 of them.

    count(margin % < 1.0) = 1 of 36 · CPI 1

  5. In SC-reserved seats INC won 5 of 6 (83.3%), against 61.1% of all seats.

    5 ÷ 6 = 83.3% · 22 ÷ 36 = 61.1%

  6. Turnout ran from 33.5% in Bankura to 73.2% in Tamluk; the median seat polled 56.2%.

    min / median / max over 36 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

36 of 36 seats carry a turnout
025507510056.2%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 1130.6% of seats
50–60 1233.3% of seats
60–70 1233.3% of seats
70–80 12.8% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestBankura33.5%
  • HighestTamluk73.2%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

36 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, West Bengal Lok Sabha 1962, all 36 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
446 Cooch BeharSC Debendra Nath Karjee Forward Block 2,59,577 31,760 12.2 48.6
447 Jalpaiguri Nalini Ranjan Ghosh Indian National Congress 2,70,980 24,593 9.1 52.0
448 Darjeeling T. Manaen Indian National Congress 1,97,796 8,427 4.3 47.0
449 Raiganj Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee Indian National Congress 2,00,085 29,403 14.7 43.9
450 BalurghatST Sarkar Murmu Communist Party of India 2,75,027 9,820 3.6 57.8
451 Malda Renuka Ray Indian National Congress 2,43,644 35,821 14.7 52.5
452 Murshidabad Syed Badrudduja Independent 2,26,548 19,836 8.8 46.6
453 Berhampur Tridib Kumar Chaudhuri Revolutionary Socialist Party 3,00,297 27,489 9.2 56.3
454 Nebadwip Haripada Chattopadhyay Independent 3,01,179 13,237 4.4 55.0
455 Barasat Arun Chandra Guha Indian National Congress 3,85,859 46,803 12.1 59.6
456 BarrackporeWIDEST Renu Chakraborty Communist Party of India 4,04,181 94,424 23.4 68.8
457 Basirhat Humayun Kabir Indian National Congress 3,22,678 54,059 16.8 62.1
458 JoynagarSC Paresh Nath Kayal Indian National Congress 2,97,962 18,771 6.3 56.0
459 MathurapurSC Purnendu Sekhar Naskar Indian National Congress 3,36,667 7,266 2.2 64.0
460 Daimond Harbour Sudhanshu Bhushan Das Indian National Congress 3,28,720 19,140 5.8 56.5
461 Calcutta South West Indrajit Gupta Communist Party of India 2,92,873 10,990 3.8 67.6
462 Calcutta East Ranendra Nath Sen Communist Party of India 3,20,419 43,467 13.6 68.0
463 Calcutta Central Hirendra Nath Mukherjee Communist Party of India 2,69,526 43,690 16.2 66.8
464 Calcutta North West Asoke Kumar Sen Indian National Congress 2,68,078 33,378 12.5 64.6
465 Howrah Mohammad Elias Communist Party of India 3,33,014 3,936 1.2 62.3
466 Uluberia Punendu Khan Indian National Congress 3,02,042 10,975 3.6 56.6
467 Serampore Dinendra Nath Bhattacharya Communist Party of India 3,43,698 10,862 3.2 65.9
468 HooghlyCLOSEST Provat Kar Communist Party of India 3,23,968 2,643 0.8 63.3
469 Ghatal Sachindra Nath Choudhury Indian National Congress 3,41,324 30,838 9.0 65.2
470 Tamluk Satis Chandra Samanta Indian National Congress 3,64,835 36,621 10.0 73.2
471 Contai Basanta Kumar Das Indian National Congress 3,32,199 85,408 25.7 64.7
472 Midnapur Gobinda Kumar Singhu Indian National Congress 2,74,849 37,419 13.6 54.5
473 JhargramST Subodh Hansda Indian National Congress 2,17,704 45,359 20.8 46.1
474 Purulia Bhajahari Mahato Lok Sewak Sangh 1,68,297 7,413 4.4 39.3
475 VishnupurSC Pashupati Mandal Indian National Congress 2,14,661 52,251 24.3 45.6
476 Bankura Ramgati Bandopadhyay Indian National Congress 1,51,859 27,444 18.1 33.5
477 Asansol Atulya Ghosh Indian National Congress 1,88,992 8,844 4.7 41.6
478 AusgramSC Mono Mohan Das Indian National Congress 2,33,065 23,689 10.2 46.7
479 Burdwan Gurugobinda Basu Indian National Congress 2,87,685 32,470 11.3 53.9
480 Katwa Saradish Roy Communist Party of India 2,77,329 35,266 12.7 53.4
481 BirbhumSC Sisir Kumar Saha Indian National Congress 1,80,916 32,404 17.9 38.3
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 94,424 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1962 · West Bengal · 36 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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