Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Asansol

Atulya Ghosh (INC) won by 8,844 votes (4.8%).

Electors
4,54,700
Votes polled
1,88,992
Valid votes
1,82,389
Turnout
41.6%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1962-03-19

Margin vs 1962 national median: 4.8% (median 12.2%). Back to West Bengal · 1962 national · Target seats

Seat health

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

Marginal (2–5%)Flipped vs 2019
Margin · 2024
4.6%(-11.5%)
Turnout
73.5%(+3.6%)
NOTA
1.2%
Top-2 squeeze
89.6%

Winning margin over time · Asansol

1957196219671971197719801984198919911996199819992004200920142019202426%

Candidates

Candidates · Asansol 1962
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Atulya GhoshWinnerINC70,83538.8%
2Ket Narayan MisraCPI61,99134.0%
3Deben SenPSP49,56327.2%

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