Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Calcutta North West

Asoke Kumar Sen (INC) won by 33,378 votes (12.7%).

Electors
4,15,122
Votes polled
2,68,078
Valid votes
2,63,539
Turnout
64.6%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1962-03-19

Margin vs 1962 national median: 12.7% (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.

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 1962
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Asoke Kumar SenWinnerINC1,43,72554.5%
2Snehangshu Kanta AcharyyaCPI1,10,34741.9%
3Chandi Prasad KediaHMS5,9132.2%
4Dinesh Das GuptaSOC3,5541.3%

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