Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Calcutta North West

Meghnath Shah (RSP) won by 22,956 votes (16.4%).

Electors
3,82,636
Votes polled
1,39,731
Valid votes
1,39,731
Turnout
36.5%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1952-03-27

Margin vs 1952 national median: 16.4% (median 14.5%). Back to West Bengal · 1952 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Comfortable (10–20%)Flipped vs 1999
Margin · 2004
11.9%(-9.3%)
Turnout
59.0%(-4.0%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
72.3%

Winning margin over time · Calcutta North West

1952195719621967197119771980198419891991199619981999200435%

Candidates

Candidates · Calcutta North West 1952
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Meghnath ShahWinnerRSP74,12453.0%
2Himatsingka Prabhu DayalINC51,16836.6%
3Singhi BhanwarmalIND4,6863.4%
4Sen Gupta Nalini RanjanRRP4,5953.3%
5Moitra Mohit KumarIND1,9981.4%
6Mitter KarunaIND1,3831.0%
7Roy Butto KumarIND1,0180.7%
8Sen Panchu GopalIND7590.5%

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