Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Contai

Dass, Basanta Kumar (INC) won by 127 votes (0.1%).

Electors
3,75,591
Votes polled
2,10,471
Valid votes
2,10,471
Turnout
56.0%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1952-03-27

Margin vs 1952 national median: 0.1% (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.

Competitive (5–10%)Flipped vs 1999
Margin · 2004
6.4%(+4.9%)
Turnout
85.2%(+2.1%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
93.9%

Winning margin over time · Contai

1952195719621967197119771980198419891991199619981999200451%

Candidates

Candidates · Contai 1952
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Dass, Basanta KumarWinnerINC79,80937.9%
2Bandopadhya, Promatha NathKMPP79,68237.9%
3Sen, Pulin BehariSP_ABBR150,98024.2%

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