Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Howrah

Santosh Kumar Dutta (INC) won by 1,766 votes (1.0%).

Electors
3,78,918
Votes polled
1,78,071
Valid votes
1,78,071
Turnout
47.0%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1952-03-27

Margin vs 1952 national median: 1.0% (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%)Party held vs 2019
Margin · 2024
13.4%(+4.9%)
Turnout
71.9%(+3.8%)
NOTA
0.8%
Top-2 squeeze
85.9%

Winning margin over time · Howrah

19521957196219671971197719801984198919911996199819992004200920142019202428%

Candidates

Candidates · Howrah 1952
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Santosh Kumar DuttaWinnerINC60,92934.2%
2Sarkar, Anil KumarCPI59,16333.2%
3Bhattacharya Bejoy KrishnaKMPP37,98921.3%
4Banerjee Raghabendra NathIND15,5678.7%
5Bandopadhyay, SibnathSP_ABBR14,4232.5%

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