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| election_date = May 8, 1962 |
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| seats_for_election = All 252 seats in the [[West Bengal state assembly]] |
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Legislative Assembly elections was 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.[1]
Results
| Party | No. of candidates | No. of elected | No. of votes | % |
| Indian National Congress | 252 | 157 | 4.522,476 | 47.29% |
| Communist Party of India | 145 | 50 | 2,386,834 | 24.96% |
| Praja Socialist Party | 87 | 5 | 477,254 | 4.99% |
| All India Forward Bloc | 34 | 13 | 441,098 | 4.06% |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 17 | 9 | 245,261 | 2.56% |
| Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha | 25 | 0 | 76,138 | 0.80% |
| Socialist Unity Centre of India | 11 | 0 | 69,844 | 0.73% |
| Lok Sewak Sangh | 11 | 4 | 68,583 | 0.72% |
| Sanjukta Biplabi Parisha | 16 | 1 | 58,806 | 0.62% |
| Swatantra Party | 24 | 0 | 55,447 | 0.58% |
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 25 | 0 | 43,483 | 0.45% |
| All India Gorkha League | 4 | 2 | 38,076 | 0.40% |
| Workers Party of India | 8 | 0 | 26,913 | 0.24% |
| Socialist Party | 7 | 0 | 2,663 | 0.03% |
| Independents | 295 | 11 | 1,050,515 | 10.98% |
| Total: | 935 | 252 | 10,469,803 |
Notes
- ^ M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 220.
- ^ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1962 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL