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West Bengal Lok Sabha 1952

Results board · 26 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateWest Bengal
Seats
26
Constituencies
Majority
14
Seats needed of 26
Electors
1.25Cr
On the roll
Votes polled
76.14L
60.9% of electors
Median turnout
42.5%
Median of 26 seats
INC lead
+2
Above majority · 16 − 14

[01]Seat matrix

26 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 26 seats: INC 16, CPI 5, BJS 2, RSP 2, ABHM 1. Majority line at 14 seats. Hemicycle of 26 seats: INC 16, CPI 5, BJS 2, RSP 2, ABHM 1. Majority line at 14 seats.
Majority · 14 of 26INC 16 · +2 above majority
INC 1661.5% Indian National Congress
CPI 519.2% Communist Party of India
BJS 27.7% Bharatiya Jana Sangh
RSP 27.7% Revolutionary Socialist Party
ABHM 13.8% Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
INC 42.1%16 seats · 61.5%
CPI 9.5%5 seats · 19.2%
KMPP 8.9%Seats unmatched
BJS 5.9%2 seats · 7.7%
FBL(MG) 4.5%Seats unmatched
Others 29.1%Seat count not derivable

Vote share not published

  • RSP2 seats
  • ABHM1 seat

The published shares sum to 100.0%, so these parties' votes sit inside Others.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. INC converted 42.1% of votes into 61.5% of seats, a seat premium of 19.4 pp.

    16 ÷ 26 = 61.5% · 61.5 − 42.1 = +19.4

  2. Turnout ran from 30.8% in North Bengal to 68.0% in Tamluk; the median seat polled 42.5%.

    min / median / max over 26 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

26 of 26 seats carry a turnout
025507510042.5%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 2284.6% of seats
50–60 311.5% of seats
60–70 13.8% of seats
70–80 00.0% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestNorth Bengal30.8%
  • HighestTamluk68.0%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

26 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, West Bengal Lok Sabha 1952, all 26 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
277 North Bengal Upendra Nath Barman Indian National Congress 8,62,056 not recorded not recorded 30.8
278 West Dinajpur Susil Ranjan Chattopadhyay Indian National Congress 1,49,398 not recorded not recorded 40.9
279 Malda Surendra Mohan Ghose Indian National Congress 1,45,601 not recorded not recorded 41.0
280 Birbhum Anil Kumar Chanda Indian National Congress 5,03,410 not recorded not recorded 33.0
281 Murshidabad Muhammed Khuda Bukhsh Indian National Congress 1,86,684 not recorded not recorded 49.1
282 Berhampore Tridib Chaudhuri Revolutionary Socialist Party 1,78,873 not recorded not recorded 48.1
283 Bankura Jagannath Koley Indian National Congress 5,65,367 not recorded not recorded 39.3
284 Midnapore Jhargram Bandopadhyaya Durga Charan Bharatiya Jana Sangh 5,69,207 not recorded not recorded 38.3
285 Ghatal Chowdhury Nikunja Behari Communist Party of India 1,80,379 not recorded not recorded 49.9
286 Tamluk Samanta, Satish Chandra Indian National Congress 2,55,379 not recorded not recorded 68.0
287 Contai Dass, Basanta Kumar Indian National Congress 2,10,471 not recorded not recorded 56.0
288 Uluberia Satyaban Roy Indian National Congress 1,84,939 not recorded not recorded 48.4
289 Howrah Santosh Kumar Dutta Indian National Congress 1,78,071 not recorded not recorded 47.0
290 Serampore Tusar Kanti Chattopadhyaya Communist Party of India 1,90,924 not recorded not recorded 50.0
291 Hooghly N. C. Chatterjee Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha 1,98,385 not recorded not recorded 51.4
292 Burdwan Atulla Ghose Indian National Congress 5,12,219 not recorded not recorded 35.5
293 Kalna Katwa Jonab Abdus Sattar Indian National Congress 1,85,672 not recorded not recorded 49.2
294 Nabadwip Lakshmi Kanta Maitra Indian National Congress 1,59,025 not recorded not recorded 41.7
295 Santipur Arun Chandra Guha Indian National Congress 1,60,938 not recorded not recorded 43.3
296 Basirhat Chakravartty Renu Communist Party of India 6,26,043 not recorded not recorded 41.0
297 Barrackpore Das Ramananda Indian National Congress 1,59,207 not recorded not recorded 43.6
298 Diamond Harbour Basu Kamal Communist Party of India 6,80,143 not recorded not recorded 46.6
299 Calcutta South West Ashim Krishna Dutt Indian National Congress 1,44,065 not recorded not recorded 37.9
300 Calcutta South East Syama Prosad Mookerjee Bharatiya Jana Sangh 1,44,614 not recorded not recorded 37.9
301 Calcutta North East Hirendra Nath Mukherjee Communist Party of India 1,43,132 not recorded not recorded 38.1
302 Calcutta North West Meghnath Shah Revolutionary Socialist Party 1,39,731 not recorded not recorded 36.5
No seat carries a margin“not recorded”: the source carries no figure for that seat

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1952 · West Bengal · 26 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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