Lok Sabha General Election 1962
West Bengal
36 parliamentary constituencies — party tallies, map, and winners.
Party Wise Results
West Bengal — seats, contested & votes| Party | Seats won | Contested | Vote share | Total votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC · Indian National Congress | 22 | 36 | 46.79% | 4,553,677 |
| CPI · Communist Party of India | 9 | 24 | 29.38% | 2,859,731 |
| IND · Independent | 2 | 13 | 6.06% | 589,761 |
| FB · Forward Block | 1 | 6 | 6.32% | 615,395 |
| RSP · Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1 | 2 | 2.59% | 252,340 |
| LSS · Lok Sewak Sangh | 1 | 1 | 0.70% | 68,295 |
| PSP · Praja Socialist Party | 0 | 12 | 4.54% | 441,656 |
| JS · Jan Sangh | 0 | 4 | 1.05% | 102,184 |
| HMS · Hindu Mahasabha | 0 | 7 | 1.04% | 101,171 |
| SWA · Swatantra Party | 0 | 4 | 1.02% | 99,293 |
| GL · Gorkha League | 0 | 1 | 0.47% | 46,127 |
| Total | 36 | — | 100% | 9,733,184 |
Party Wise Results
Seats won (Doughnut)West Bengal Constituency Map
Parliamentary seats — click for detailsMap loads when scrolled into view…
Party Wise Vote Share
Votes polled in West Bengal (Pie)Constituencies
Winner · vote share · margin| Constituency | Winner | Vote share | Margin over runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Cooch Behar
#1
|
Debendra Nath Karjee
Male
FB
|
56.32% | 31,760 |
|
Jalpaiguri
#2
|
Nalini Ranjan Ghosh
Male
INC
|
45.40% | 24,593 |
|
Darjeeling
#3
|
T. Manaen
INC
|
35.03% | 8,427 |
|
Raiganj
#4
|
Chapala Kanta Bhattacharjee
Male
INC
|
42.51% | 29,403 |
|
Balurghat
#5
|
Sarkar Murmu
Male
CPI
|
51.85% | 9,820 |
|
Malda
#6
|
Renuka Ray
INC
|
43.74% | 35,821 |
|
Murshidabad
#7
|
Syed Badrudduja
Male
IND
|
47.01% | 19,836 |
|
Berhampur
#8
|
Tridib Kumar Chaudhuri
Male
RSP
|
54.73% | 27,489 |
|
Nebadwip
#9
|
Haripada Chattopadhyay
Male
IND
|
52.26% | 13,237 |
|
Barasat
#10
|
Arun Chandra Guha
INC
|
50.17% | 46,803 |
|
Barrackpore
#11
|
Renu Chakraborty
Male
CPI
|
57.56% | 94,424 |
|
Basirhat
#12
|
Humayun Kabir
Male
INC
|
53.74% | 54,059 |
|
Joynagar
#13
|
Paresh Nath Kayal
INC
|
53.28% | 18,771 |
|
Mathurapur
#14
|
Purnendu Sekhar Naskar
Male
INC
|
51.11% | 7,266 |
|
Daimond Harbour
#15
|
Sudhanshu Bhushan Das
Male
INC
|
47.57% | 19,140 |
|
Calcutta South West
#16
|
Indrajit Gupta
Male
CPI
|
50.06% | 10,990 |
|
Calcutta East
#17
|
Ranendra Nath Sen
Male
CPI
|
56.88% | 43,467 |
|
Calcutta Central
#18
|
Hirendra Nath Mukherjee
Male
CPI
|
58.22% | 43,690 |
|
Calcutta North West
#19
|
Asoke Kumar Sen
Male
INC
|
54.54% | 33,378 |
|
Howrah
#20
|
Mohammad Elias
Male
CPI
|
42.37% | 3,936 |
|
Uluberia
#21
|
Punendu Khan
Male
INC
|
48.62% | 10,975 |
|
Serampore
#22
|
Dinendra Nath Bhattacharya
Male
CPI
|
51.62% | 10,862 |
|
Hooghly
#23
|
Provat Kar
CPI
|
34.65% | 2,643 |
|
Ghatal
#24
|
Sachindra Nath Choudhury
Male
INC
|
53.56% | 30,838 |
|
Tamluk
#25
|
Satis Chandra Samanta
Male
INC
|
53.39% | 36,621 |
|
Contai
#26
|
Basanta Kumar Das
Male
INC
|
58.06% | 85,408 |
|
Midnapur
#27
|
Gobinda Kumar Singhu
Male
INC
|
49.45% | 37,419 |
|
Jhargram
#28
|
Subodh Hansda
Male
INC
|
48.86% | 45,359 |
|
Purulia
#29
|
Bhajahari Mahato
Male
LSS
|
41.78% | 7,413 |
|
Vishnupur
#30
|
Pashupati Mandal
INC
|
52.94% | 52,251 |
|
Bankura
#31
|
Ramgati Bandopadhyay
Male
INC
|
51.13% | 27,444 |
|
Asansol
#32
|
Atulya Ghosh
INC
|
38.84% | 8,844 |
|
Ausgram
#33
|
Mono Mohan Das
INC
|
51.17% | 23,689 |
|
Burdwan
#34
|
Gurugobinda Basu
Male
INC
|
55.83% | 32,470 |
|
Katwa
#35
|
Saradish Roy
Male
CPI
|
56.57% | 35,266 |
|
Birbhum
#36
|
Sisir Kumar Saha
Male
INC
|
43.15% | 32,404 |