Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

CALCUTTA SOUTH WEST

Ashim Krishna Dutt (INC) won by 34,198 votes (23.7%).

Electors
3,80,061
Votes polled
1,44,065
Valid votes
1,44,065
Turnout
37.9%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1952-03-27

Margin vs 1952 national median: 23.7% (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.

Marginal (2–5%)Flipped vs 1957
Margin · 1962
3.8%(-2.8%)
Turnout
67.6%(+20.9%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
96.3%

Winning margin over time · CALCUTTA SOUTH WEST

19521957196224%

Candidates

Candidates · CALCUTTA SOUTH WEST 1952
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Ashim Krishna DuttWinnerINC73,63451.1%
2Bankim Chandra BhattacharyyaIND39,43627.4%
3Rajani MukherjeeIND16,96711.8%
4Kalyani BhattacharyyaSP_ABBR114,0289.7%

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