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1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
Assembly Election of West Bengal, India
Assembly Election of West Bengal, India
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| election_name | 1962 West Bengal state assembly election |
| country | India |
| type | parliamentary |
| ongoing | no |
| previous_election | 1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election |
| previous_year | 1957 |
| next_election | 1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election |
| next_year | 1967 |
| election_date | 8 May 1962 |
| seats_for_election | All 252 seats in the West Bengal state assembly |
| majority_seats | 127 |
| party1 | Indian National Congress |
| image1 | |
| leader1 | Prafulla Chandra Sen |
| leaders_seat1 | Arambag |
| seats1 | 157 |
| seat_change1 | 5 |
| popular_vote1 | 4,522,476 |
| percentage1 | 47.3% |
| swing1 | 1.15 pp |
| party2 | Communist Party of India |
| image2 | |
| leader2 | Jyoti Basu |
| leaders_seat2 | Baranagar |
| seats2 | 50 |
| seat_change2 | 4 |
| popular_vote2 | 2,386,834 |
| percentage2 | 25% |
| swing2 | 8.64 pp |
| title | Chief Minister |
| posttitle | Chief Minister after election |
| before_election | Bidhan Chandra Roy |
| before_party | Indian National Congress |
| after_election | Prafulla Chandra Sen |
| after_party | Indian National Congress |
| outgoing_members | 1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election#Elected members |
| elected_members | 1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election#Elected members |
| leader_since1 | 1962 |
| last_election1 | 46.14%, 152 seats |
| last_election2 | 17.8%, 46 seats |
| leader_since2 | 1952 |
| map_image | File:India West Bengal Legislative Assembly 1962.svg |
| map_caption | Structure of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly after the election |
Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1962.
Parties
Ahead of the polls, the Communist Party of India, the All India Forward Bloc, the Marxist Forward Bloc, the Revolutionary Communist Party of India, the Bolshevik Party of India and the Revolutionary Socialist Party had formed the electoral alliance United Left Front.
Results
| [[File:India West Bengal Legislative Assembly 1962.svg]] | Party | Candidates | Seats | Votes | Vote % | Total | 935 | 252 | 10,469,803 | - |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 252 | 157 | 4,522,476 | 47.29% | |||||||
| 145 | 50 | 2,386,834 | 24.96% | |||||||
| 87 | 5 | 477,254 | 4.99% | |||||||
| 34 | 13 | 441,098 | 4.06% | |||||||
| 17 | 9 | 245,261 | 2.56% | |||||||
| 25 | 0 | 76,138 | 0.80% | |||||||
| 11 | 0 | 69,844 | 0.73% | |||||||
| 11 | 4 | 68,583 | 0.72% | |||||||
| 16 | 1 | 58,806 | 0.62% | |||||||
| 24 | 0 | 55,447 | 0.58% | |||||||
| 25 | 0 | 43,483 | 0.45% | |||||||
| 4 | 2 | 38,076 | 0.40% | |||||||
| 8 | 0 | 26,913 | 0.24% | |||||||
| 7 | 0 | 2,663 | 0.03% | |||||||
| 295 | 11 | 1,050,515 | 10.98% |
Elected members
| Constituency | Reserved for | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (SC/ST/None) | Member | Party | |
| Makliganj | None | Amarendra Nath Roy Prohan | |
| Mathabhanga | SC | Mahendra Nath Dakua | |
| Sital Kuchi | SC | Bejoy Kumar Roy | |
| Dinhata | None | Kamal Kanti Guha | |
| Cooch Behar South | SC | Sunil Basunia | |
| Cooch Behar North | None | Sunil Das Gupta | |
| Tufanganj | None | Jiban Krishna Dey | |
| Alipur Duars | None | Pijush Kanti Mukherjee | |
| Kalchini | None | Nani Bhattacharjee | |
| Madarihat | ST | A. H. Beshterwitch | |
| Falakata | None | Hiralal Singha | |
| Mainaguri | SC | Kamini Mohan Roy | |
| Kharia | SC | Bhupendra Deb Raikut | |
| Jalpaiguri | None | Khagendra Nath Das Gupta | |
| Nagrakata | ST | Budhu Bhagat | |
| Mal | None | Barendra Krishna Bhowmik | |
| Kalimpong | None | Lakshmi Ranjan Josse | |
| Darjeeling | None | Deo Prakash Rai | |
| Jore Bungalow | None | Bhadra Bahadur Hamal | |
| Siliguri | None | Jagadish Chandra Bhattacharjee | |
| Phansidewa | ST | Tenzing Wangdi | |
| Chopra | None | Mohammad Afaque Choudhury | |
| Goalpokhar | None | Mohammad Hayat Ali | |
| Karandighi | None | Phanis Chandra Sinha | |
| Raiganj | None | Ramendra Nath Dutta | |
| Kaliaganj | SC | Syama Prasad Barman | |
| Kushmandi | None | Khalil Sayed | |
| Gangarampur | ST | Mangla Kisku | |
| Balurghat | None | Susil Ranjan Chattopadhyay | |
| Tapan | ST | Nathaniel Murmu | |
| Itahar | None | Joynal Abedin | |
| Habibpur S N | None | Nimai Chand Murmu | |
| Malda | None | Dharanidhar Sarkar | |
| Kharba | None | Golam Yazdani | |
| Harischandrapur | None | Birendra Kumar Moitra | |
| Ratua | SC | Dhaneswar Saha | |
| Manikchak | None | Sowrindra Mohan Misra | |
| Englishbazar | None | Santigopal Sen | |
| Sujapur | None | Ashadulla Choudhury | |
| Kaliachak | None | Promode Ranjan Bose | |
| Farakka | None | Mohamad Giasuddin | |
| Suti | None | Lutfal Hoque | |
| Jangipur | None | Muktipada Chatterjee | |
| Sagardighi | SC | Ambika Charan Das | |
| Lalgola | None | Syed Kazim Ali Mirza | |
| Bhagawangola | None | Sailendra Nath Adhikary | |
| Raninagar | None | Syed Badrudduja | |
| Murshidabad | None | Birendra Narayan Ray | |
| Khargram | SC | Abhayapada Saha | |
| Kandi | None | Kumar Jagdish Chandra Sinha | |
| Bharatpur | None | Shambhu Gopal Das | |
| Beldanga | None | Debsaran Ghosh | |
| Naoda | None | Mohammad Israil | |
| Berhampore | None | Sanat Kumar Raha | |
| Hariharpara | None | Abdul Latif | |
| Jalangi | None | Abdul Bari Moktar | |
| Karimpur | None | Samarajit Bandyopadhyay | |
| Tehatta | None | Sankardas Bandyopadhyay | |
| Nakashipara | None | S. M. Fazlur Rahman | |
| Chapra | SC | Mohananda Haldar | |
| Krishnagar | None | Kashi Kanta Maitra | |
| Nabadwip | None | Debi Prasad Basu | |
| Santipur | None | Kanai Pal | |
| Hanskhali | SC | Pramitha Ranjan Thakur | |
| Ranaghat | None | Gour Chandra Kundu | |
| Chakdah | None | Santi Das | |
| Haringhata | None | Narendra Nath Sarker | |
| Bagdah | SC | Manindra Bhusan Biswas | |
| Bongaon | None | Jiban Ratan Dhar | |
| Habra | None | Tarun Kanti Ghose | |
| Barasat | None | Asoke Krishna Dutta | |
| Bijpur | None | Monoranjan Roy | |
| Naihati | None | Gopal Basu | |
| Bhatpara | None | Dayaram Begi | |
| Noapara | None | Jamini Bhusha Saha | |
| Titagarh | None | Krishna Kumar Shukla | |
| Khardah | None | Gopal Banerjee | |
| Baranagar | None | Jyoti Basu | |
| Dum Dum | None | Tarun Kumar Sen Gupta | |
| Rajarhat | SC | Pranab Prasad Roy | |
| Deganga | None | Maulana Bazlur Rahaman Dargapuri | |
| Swarupnagar | None | Abdul Gafur | |
| Baduria | None | Md. Ziaul Haque | |
| Basirhat | None | Bijesh Chandra Sen | |
| Hasnabad | None | Dinabandhu Das | |
| Sandeshkhali | SC | Ananta Kumar Baidya | |
| Kalinagar | SC | Rajkrishna Mondal | |
| Haroa | None | Jehangir Kabir | |
| Bhangar | None | A. K. M. Isahaque | |
| Basanti | None | Shakila Khatun | |
| Canning | SC | Khagendra Nath Naskar | |
| Joynagar North | None | Jnantosh Chakravarti | |
| Joynagar South | SC | Anadi Mohan Tanti | |
| Mathurapur South East | None | Bhusan Chandra Das | |
| Kakdwip | None | Maya Banerjee | |
| Mathurapur North West | None | (sc) Brindaban Gayen | |
| Kulpi | None | Hrishikesh Halder | |
| Diamond Harbour | None | Jagdish Chandra Halder | |
| Falta | None | Khagendra Nath Das | |
| Magrahat West | None | Abul Hashem | |
| Magrahat East | SC | Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar | |
| Baruipur | SC | Sakti Kumar Sarkar | |
| Sonarpur | None | Khagendra Kumar Roy Chowdhary | |
| Bishnupur East | SC | Santilata Mondal | |
| Bishnupur West | None | Jugal Charan Santra | |
| Budge Budge | None | Haralal Haldar | |
| Maheshtola | None | Ahammad Ali Mufti | |
| Behala | None | Rabindra Nath Mukhopadhyay | |
| Garden Reach | None | S. M. Abdullah | |
| Fort | None | Maitreyee Bose | |
| Ekbalpore | None | Narendra Nath Sen | |
| Alipore | None | Somnath Lahiri | |
| Kalighat | None | Beva Mitra | |
| Chowringhee | None | Bidhan Chandra Roy | |
| Bhowanipur | None | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | |
| Rashbehari Avenue | None | Bejoy Kumar Banerjee | |
| Tollygunge | None | Niranjan Sengupta | |
| Ballygunge | None | Anil Maitra | |
| Beliaghata South | SC | Gonesh Prosad Roy | |
| Beliaghata North | None | Jagat Basu | |
| Manicktola | None | Ila Mitra | |
| Belgachia | None | Ganesh Ghosh | |
| Burtola North | None | Nikil Das | |
| Sukeas Street | None | Keshab Chandra Basu | |
| Entally | None | Abu Asad Mohammed Obaidul Ghani | |
| Taltola | None | Karam Hossain | |
| Vidyasagar | None | Narayan Chandra Roy | |
| Muchipara | None | Pratap Chandra Chunder | |
| Bow Bazar | None | Bijoy Singh Nahar | |
| Bara Bazar | None | Ishawar Das Jalan | |
| Burtola South | None | Amarendra Nath Basu | |
| Jorsanko | None | Badri Prasad Poddar | |
| Jorabagan | None | Napal Ch, Roy | |
| Shampukur | None | Hemanta Kumar Basu | |
| Cossipur | None | Sunil Kumar Das Gupta | |
| Howrah East | None | Bejoy Bhattacharya | |
| Howrah South | None | Kanai Lal Bhattacharya | |
| Howrah West | None | Anadi Dass | |
| Howrah North | None | Saila Mukerjee | |
| Bally | None | Shahkar Lal Mukharjee | |
| Domjur | None | Tara Pada Dey | |
| Jagatballavpur | None | Satyanarayan Khan | |
| Panchla | None | Apurba Lal Majumdar | |
| Sankrail | SC | Dulal Chandra Mondal | |
| Uluberia North | SC | Bejoy Bhusan Mondal | |
| Uluberia South | None | Abani Kumar Basu | |
| Syampur | None | Muraari Mohan Manya | |
| Bagnan | None | Ranjit Kimar Ghosh Choudhury | |
| Udaynarayanpur | None | Arabinda Roy | |
| Amta | None | Tarapada Pramanik | |
| Jangipara | SC | Biswanath Saha | |
| Chanditala | None | Kanai Lall Dey | |
| Uttarpara | None | Monoranjan Hazra | |
| Serampore | None | Panchu Gopal Bhaduri | |
| Bhadreswar | None | Girija Bhusan Mukherjee | |
| Singur | None | Probhakar Pal | |
| Chandernagore | None | Bhabani Mukhapadhyay | |
| Chinsurah | None | Sambhu Charan Ghose | |
| Balagarh | None | Brindaban Chattopadhyya | |
| Pandua | SC | Radha Nath Das | |
| Dhaniakhali | None | Birendra Chaudhury | |
| Tarakeswar | None | Parbati Charan Hazra | |
| Khanakul | SC | Krishna Pada Pandit | |
| Arambagh East | None | Prafulla Chandra Sen | |
| Arambagh West | None | Radha Krishna Pal | |
| Chandrakona | None | Indrajit Roy | |
| Ghatal | SC | Nagen Dolai | |
| Daspur | None | Mrigendra Bhattachariyya | |
| Panskura West | None | Syamadas Bhattachiryya | |
| Panskura East | None | Rajani Kanta Pramanik | |
| Tamluk | None | Ajoy Kumar Mukherji | |
| Mayna | None | Ananga Mohan Das | |
| Mahishadal | None | Sushil Kumar Dhara | |
| Sutahata | SC | Mahatab Chand Das | |
| Nandigram South | None | Prabir Chandra Jana | |
| Nandigram North | None | Subodh Chandra Maiti | |
| Bhagabanpur | None | Abha Maiti | |
| Khajuri | SC | Abanti Kumar Das | |
| Contai North | None | Bejoy Krishna Maity | |
| Contai South | None | Sudhir Chandra Das | |
| Ramnagar | None | Balailal Das Mahapatra | |
| Egra | None | Hrishikeh Chakraborty | |
| Pataspur | None | Radha Nath Dasadhikari | |
| Dantan | None | Charu Chandra Mahanti | |
| Narayangarh | SC | Krishna Prasad Mandal | |
| Sabang | None | Aditya Kumar Bakura | |
| Kharagpur | None | Narayan Choubey | |
| Kharagpur Local | None | Mrityunjoy Jana | |
| Midnapore | None | Syed Shamsul Bari | |
| Debra | None | Santosh Kumar Mukherjee | |
| Keshpur | None | Bankim Roy | |
| Garhbeta | ST | Tushar Tudu | |
| Salbani | None | Niranjan Khamrai | |
| Gopiballavpur | None | Surendra Nath Mahta | |
| Nayagram | ST | Debnath Hansda | |
| Jhargram | None | Mahendra Nath Mahata | |
| Binpur | ST | Mangal Chandra Saren | |
| Banduan | ST | Kandru Majhi | |
| Manbazar | None | Girish Mahato | |
| Balarampur | None | Padak Mahata | |
| Arsa | None | Daman Kuiry | |
| Jhalda | None | Debendra Nath Mahato | |
| Jaipur | None | Adwaita Mandal | |
| Purulia | None | Tara Pada Roy | |
| Para | SC | Nepal Bauri | |
| Raghunathpura | None | Shankar Narayan Singhadeo | |
| Kashipura | ST | Budhan Majhi | |
| Hura | None | Ajit Prasad Singhadeo | |
| Indpur | SC | Ashutosh Mallick | |
| Ranibandh | ST | Jaleswar Hansda | |
| Raipur | None | Sudha Rani Dutta | |
| Talangra | None | Purabi Mukhopadhyay | |
| Onda | None | Gakul Behari Das | |
| Vishnupur | SC | Radhika Dhibar | |
| Kotulpur | None | Jagannath Kolay | |
| Patrasayer | SC | Guru Pada Khan | |
| Barjora | None | Pramatha Ghosh | |
| Gangajalghati | SC | Sishuram Mondal | |
| Bankura | None | Aboni Bhattacharyya | |
| Chhatna | ST | Kamla Kanta Hemram | |
| Saltora | None | Bidhan Chandra Roy | |
| Hirapur | None | Gopikaranjan Mitra | |
| Asansol | None | Bijoy Pal | |
| Kulti | None | Jaynarayan Sharma | |
| Barabani | None | Haridas Chakravarty | |
| Jamuria | SC | Amarendra Mondal | |
| Raniganj | None | Lakhan Bagdi | |
| Durgapur | None | Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhya | |
| Ausgram | None | Monoranjan Baksi | |
| Bhatar | None | Aswini Roy | |
| Galsi | SC | Kanai Lal Das | |
| Khandaghosh | None | Jahar Lal Banerjee | |
| Burdwan | None | Radharani Mahatab | |
| Raina | None | Probodh Kumar Guha | |
| Jamalpur | SC | Mrityunjoy Pramanik | |
| Memari | ST | Suchand Soren | |
| Kalna | None | Hare Krishna Konar | |
| Manteswar | None | Syed Abul Mansur Habibullah | |
| Purbasthali | None | Bimalananda Tarkatirtha | |
| Katwa | None | Subodh Choudhury | |
| Mangalkot | SC | Narayandas Das | |
| Ketugram | None | Shreemohan Thakur | |
| Labhpur | None | Radhanath Chattoraj | |
| Bolpur | None | Radha Krishna Singha | |
| Dubrajpur | None | Bhakti Bhushan Mandal | |
| Rajnagar | None | Siddheswar Mandal | |
| Suri | None | Baidyanath Banerjee | |
| Mahammad Bazar | ST | Bhusan Hansdah | |
| Mayureswar | SC | Gobardhan Das | |
| Rampurhat | None | Niharika Majumdar | |
| Nalhati | SC | Shiromani Prasad | |
| Murarai | None | Ahammad Shamsuddin |
References
References
- M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. ''Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal''. [[Hyderabad, India. Hyderabad]]: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 220.
- Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1962 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL]''
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