1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
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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 | 45,22,476 | 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 |
Elected members
| Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) |
Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Makliganj | None | Amarendra Nath Roy Prohan | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Mathabhanga | SC | Mahendra Nath Dakua | Indian National Congress | |
| Sital Kuchi | SC | Bejoy Kumar Roy | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Dinhata | None | Kamal Kanti Guha | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Cooch Behar South | SC | Sunil Basunia | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Cooch Behar North | None | Sunil Das Gupta | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Tufanganj | None | Jiban Krishna Dey | Communist Party of India | |
| Alipur Duars | None | Pijush Kanti Mukherjee | Indian National Congress | |
| Kalchini | None | Nani Bhattacharjee | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Madarihat | ST | A. H. Beshterwitch | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Falakata | None | Hiralal Singha | Indian National Congress | |
| Mainaguri | SC | Kamini Mohan Roy | Indian National Congress | |
| Kharia | SC | Bhupendra Deb Raikut | Indian National Congress | |
| Jalpaiguri | None | Khagendra Nath Das Gupta | Indian National Congress | |
| Nagrakata | ST | Budhu Bhagat | Indian National Congress | |
| Mal | None | Barendra Krishna Bhowmik | Indian National Congress | |
| Kalimpong | None | Lakshmi Ranjan Josse | All India Gorkha League | |
| Darjeeling | None | Deo Prakash Rai | All India Gorkha League | |
| Jore Bungalow | None | Bhadra Bahadur Hamal | Communist Party of India | |
| Siliguri | None | Jagadish Chandra Bhattacharjee | Indian National Congress | |
| Phansidewa | ST | Tenzing Wangdi | Indian National Congress | |
| Chopra | None | Mohammad Afaque Choudhury | Indian National Congress | |
| Goalpokhar | None | Mohammad Hayat Ali | Praja Socialist Party | |
| Karandighi | None | Phanis Chandra Sinha | Indian National Congress | |
| Raiganj | None | Ramendra Nath Dutta | Indian National Congress | |
| Kaliganj | SC | Syama Prosad Barman | Indian National Congress | |
| Kushmandi | None | Khalil Sayed | Communist Party of India | |
| Gangarampur | ST | Mangla Kisku | Communist Party of India | |
| Balurghat | None | Susil Ranjan Chattopadhyay | Indian National Congress | |
| Tapan | ST | Nathaniel Murmu | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Itahar | None | Joynal Abedin | Indian National Congress | |
| Habibpur S N | None | Nimai Chand Murmu | Communist Party of India | |
| Malda | None | Dharanidhar Sarkar | Communist Party of India | |
| Kharba | None | Golam Yazdani | Independent | |
| Harischandrapur | None | Birendra Kumar Moitra | Indian National Congress | |
| Ratua | SC | Dhaneswar Saha | Indian National Congress | |
| Manikchak | None | Sowrindra Mohan Misra | Indian National Congress | |
| Englishbazar | None | Santigopal Sen | Indian National Congress | |
| Sujapur | None | Ashadulla Choudhury | Indian National Congress | |
| Kaliachak | None | Promode Ranjan Bose | Independent | |
| Farakka | None | Mohamad Giasuddin | Indian National Congress | |
| Suti | None | Lutfal Hoque | Indian National Congress | |
| Jangipur | None | Muktipada Chatterjee | Indian National Congress | |
| Sagardighi | SC | Ambika Charan Das | Indian National Congress | |
| Lalgola | None | Syed Kazim Ali Mirza | Indian National Congress | |
| Bhagawangola | None | Sailendra Nath Adhikary | Praja Socialist Party | |
| Raninagar | None | Syed Badrudduja | Independent | |
| Murshidabad | None | Birendra Narayan Ray | Independent | |
| Khargram | SC | Abhayapada Saha | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Kandi | None | Kumar Jagdish Chandra Sinha | Indian National Congress | |
| Bharatpur | None | Shambhu Gopal Das | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Beldanga | None | Debsaran Ghosh | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Naoda | None | Mohammad Israil | Indian National Congress | |
| Berhampore | None | Sanat Kumar Raha | Communist Party of India | |
| Hariharpara | None | Abdul Latif | Indian National Congress | |
| Jalangi | None | Abdul Bari Moktar | Independent | |
| Karimpur | None | Samarajit Bandyopadhyay | Indian National Congress | |
| Tehatta | None | Sankardas Bandyopadhyay | Indian National Congress | |
| Nakashipara | None | S. M. Fazlur Rahman | Indian National Congress | |
| Chapra | SC | Mohananda Haldar | Sanjukta Biplabi Parisha | |
| Krishnagar | None | Kashi Kanta Maitra | Praja Socialist Party | |
| Nabadwip | None | Debi Prasad Basu | Communist Party of India | |
| Santipur | None | Kanai Pal | Independent | |
| Hanskhali | SC | Pramitha Ranjan Thakur | Indian National Congress | |
| Ranaghat | None | Gour Chandra Kundu | Communist Party of India | |
| Chakdah | None | Santi Das | Indian National Congress | |
| Haringhata | None | Narendra Nath Sarker | Indian National Congress | |
| Bagdah | SC | Manindra Bhusan Biswas | Indian National Congress | |
| Bongaon | None | Jiban Ratan Dhar | Indian National Congress | |
| Habra | None | Tarun Kanti Ghose | Indian National Congress | |
| Barasat | None | Asoke Krishna Dutta | Indian National Congress | |
| Bijpur | None | Monoranjan Roy | Communist Party of India | |
| Naihati | None | Gopal Basu | Communist Party of India | |
| Bhatpara | None | Dayaram Begi | Indian National Congress | |
| Noapara | None | Jamini Bhusha Saha | Communist Party of India | |
| Titagarh | None | Krishna Kumar Shukla | Indian National Congress | |
| Khardah | None | Gopal Banerjee | Communist Party of India | |
| Baranagar | None | Jyoti Basu | Communist Party of India | |
| Dum Dum | None | Tarun Kumar Sen Gupta | Communist Party of India | |
| Rajarhat | SC | Pranab Prasad Roy | Indian National Congress | |
| Deganga | None | Maulana Bazlur Rahaman Dargapuri | Indian National Congress | |
| Swarupnagar | None | Abdul Gafur | Indian National Congress | |
| Baduria | None | Md. Ziaul Haque | Indian National Congress | |
| Basirhat | None | Bijesh Chandra Sen | Indian National Congress | |
| Hasnabad | None | Dinabandhu Das | Indian National Congress | |
| Sandeshkhali | SC | Ananta Kumar Baidya | Indian National Congress | |
| Kalinagar | SC | Rajkrishna Mondal | Indian National Congress | |
| Haroa | None | Jehangir Kabir | Indian National Congress | |
| Bhangar | None | A. K. M. Isahaque | Indian National Congress | |
| Basanti | None | Shakila Khatun | Indian National Congress | |
| Canning | SC | Khagendra Nath Naskar | Indian National Congress | |
| Joynagar North | None | Jnantosh Chakravarti | Indian National Congress | |
| Joynagar South | SC | Anadi Mohan Tanti | Indian National Congress | |
| Mathurapur South East | None | Bhusan Chandra Das | Indian National Congress | |
| Kakdwip | None | Maya Banerjee | Indian National Congress | |
| Mathurapur North West | None | (sc) Brindaban Gayen | Indian National Congress | |
| Kulpi | None | Hrishikesh Halder | Independent | |
| Diamond Harbour | None | Jagdish Chandra Halder | Indian National Congress | |
| Falta | None | Khagendra Nath Das | Indian National Congress | |
| Magrahat West | None | Abul Hashem | Indian National Congress | |
| Magrahat East | SC | Ardhendu Sekhar Naskar | Indian National Congress | |
| Baruipur | SC | Sakti Kumar Sarkar | Indian National Congress | |
| Sonarpur | None | Khagendra Kumar Roy Chowdhary | Communist Party of India | |
| Bishnupur East | SC | Santilata Mondal | Indian National Congress | |
| Bishnupur West | None | Jugal Charan Santra | Indian National Congress | |
| Budge Budge | None | Haralal Haldar | Indian National Congress | |
| Maheshtola | None | Ahammad Ali Mufti | Indian National Congress | |
| Behala | None | Rabindra Nath Mukhopadhyay | Communist Party of India | |
| Garden Reach | None | S. M. Abdullah | Indian National Congress | |
| Fort | None | Maitreyee Bose | Indian National Congress | |
| Ekbalpore | None | Narendra Nath Sen | Indian National Congress | |
| Alipore | None | Somnath Lahiri | Communist Party of India | |
| Kalighat | None | Beva Mitra | Indian National Congress | |
| Chowringhee | None | Bidhan Chandra Roy | Indian National Congress | |
| Bhowanipur | None | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | Independent | |
| Rashbehari Avenue | None | Bejoy Kumar Banerjee | Independent | |
| Tollygunge | None | Niranjan Sengupta | Communist Party of India | |
| Ballygunge | None | Anil Maitra | Indian National Congress | |
| Beliaghata South | SC | Gonesh Prosad Roy | Indian National Congress | |
| Beliaghata North | None | Jagat Basu | Communist Party of India | |
| Manicktola | None | Ila Mitra | Communist Party of India | |
| Belgachia | None | Ganesh Ghosh | Communist Party of India | |
| Burtola North | None | Nikil Das | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Sukeas Street | None | Keshab Chandra Basu | Indian National Congress | |
| Entally | None | Abu Asad Mohammed Obaidul Ghani | Communist Party of India | |
| Taltola | None | Karam Hossain | Indian National Congress | |
| Vidyasagar | None | Narayan Chandra Roy | Communist Party of India | |
| Muchipara | None | Pratap Chandra Chunder | Indian National Congress | |
| Bow Bazar | None | Bijoy Singh Nahar | Indian National Congress | |
| Bara Bazar | None | Ishawar Das Jalan | Indian National Congress | |
| Burtola South | None | Amarendra Nath Basu | Communist Party of India | |
| Jorsanko | None | Badri Prasad Poddar | Indian National Congress | |
| Jorabagan | None | Napal Ch, Roy | Indian National Congress | |
| Shampukur | None | Hemanta Kumar Basu | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Cossipur | None | Sunil Kumar Das Gupta | Indian National Congress | |
| Howrah East | None | Bejoy Bhattacharya | Indian National Congress | |
| Howrah South | None | Kanai Lal Bhattacharya | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Howrah West | None | Anadi Dass | Independent | |
| Howrah North | None | Saila Mukerjee | Indian National Congress | |
| Bally | None | Shahkar Lal Mukharjee | Indian National Congress | |
| Domjur | None | Tara Pada Dey | Communist Party of India | |
| Jagatballavpur | None | Satyanarayan Khan | Indian National Congress | |
| Panchla | None | Apurba Lal Majumdar | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Sankrail | SC | Dulal Chandra Mondal | Communist Party of India | |
| Uluberia North | SC | Bejoy Bhusan Mondal | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Uluberia South | None | Abani Kumar Basu | Indian National Congress | |
| Syampur | None | Muraari Mohan Manya | Indian National Congress | |
| Bagnan | None | Ranjit Kimar Ghosh Choudhury | Indian National Congress | |
| Udaynarayanpur | None | Arabinda Roy | Indian National Congress | |
| Amta | None | Tarapada Pramanik | Indian National Congress | |
| Jangipara | SC | Biswanath Saha | Indian National Congress | |
| Chanditala | None | Kanai Lall Dey | Indian National Congress | |
| Uttarpara | None | Monoranjan Hazra | Communist Party of India | |
| Serampore | None | Panchu Gopal Bhaduri | Communist Party of India | |
| Bhadreswar | None | Girija Bhusan Mukherjee | Communist Party of India | |
| Singur | None | Probhakar Pal | Indian National Congress | |
| Chandernagore | None | Bhabani Mukhapadhyay | Communist Party of India | |
| Chinsurah | None | Sambhu Charan Ghose | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Balagarh | None | Brindaban Chattopadhyya | Indian National Congress | |
| Pandua | SC | Radha Nath Das | Indian National Congress | |
| Dhaniakhali | None | Birendra Chaudhury | Indian National Congress | |
| Tarakeswar | None | Parbati Charan Hazra | Indian National Congress | |
| Khanakul | SC | Krishna Pada Pandit | Indian National Congress | |
| Arambagh East | None | Prafulla Chandra Sen | Indian National Congress | |
| Arambagh West | None | Radha Krishna Pal | Indian National Congress | |
| Chandrakona | None | Indrajit Roy | Indian National Congress | |
| Ghatal | SC | Nagen Dolai | Communist Party of India | |
| Daspur | None | Mrigendra Bhattachariyya | Communist Party of India | |
| Panskura West | None | Syamadas Bhattachiryya | Indian National Congress | |
| Panskura East | None | Rajani Kanta Pramanik | Indian National Congress | |
| Tamluk | None | Ajoy Kumar Mukherji | Indian National Congress | |
| Mayna | None | Ananga Mohan Das | Indian National Congress | |
| Mahishadal | None | Sushil Kumar Dhara | Indian National Congress | |
| Sutahata | SC | Mahatab Chand Das | Indian National Congress | |
| Nandigram South | None | Prabir Chandra Jana | Indian National Congress | |
| Nandigram North | None | Subodh Chandra Maiti | Indian National Congress | |
| Bhagabanpur | None | Abha Maiti | Indian National Congress | |
| Khajuri | SC | Abanti Kumar Das | Indian National Congress | |
| Contai North | None | Bejoy Krishna Maity | Indian National Congress | |
| Contai South | None | Sudhir Chandra Das | Praja Socialist Party | |
| Ramnagar | None | Balailal Das Mahapatra | Praja Socialist Party | |
| Egra | None | Hrishikeh Chakraborty | Indian National Congress | |
| Pataspur | None | Radha Nath Dasadhikari | Indian National Congress | |
| Dantan | None | Charu Chandra Mahanti | Indian National Congress | |
| Narayangarh | SC | Krishna Prasad Mandal | Indian National Congress | |
| Sabang | None | Aditya Kumar Bakura | Indian National Congress | |
| Kharagpur | None | Narayan Choubey | Communist Party of India | |
| Kharagpur Local | None | Mrityunjoy Jana | Indian National Congress | |
| Midnapore | None | Syed Shamsul Bari | Indian National Congress | |
| Debra | None | Santosh Kumar Mukherjee | Indian National Congress | |
| Keshpur | None | Bankim Roy | Indian National Congress | |
| Garhbeta | ST | Tushar Tudu | Indian National Congress | |
| Salbani | None | Niranjan Khamrai | Indian National Congress | |
| Gopiballavpur | None | Surendra Nath Mahta | Indian National Congress | |
| Nayagram | ST | Debnath Hansda | Indian National Congress | |
| Jhargram | None | Mahendra Nath Mahata | Indian National Congress | |
| Binpur | ST | Mangal Chandra Saren | Indian National Congress | |
| Banduan | ST | Kandru Majhi | Lok Sewak Sangh | |
| Manbazar | None | Girish Mahato | Lok Sewak Sangh | |
| Balarampur | None | Padak Mahata | Lok Sewak Sangh | |
| Arsa | None | Daman Kuiry | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Jhalda | None | Debendra Nath Mahato | Indian National Congress | |
| Jaipur | None | Adwaita Mandal | Lok Sewak Sangh | |
| Purulia | None | Tara Pada Roy | Indian National Congress | |
| Para | SC | Nepal Bauri | Indian National Congress | |
| Raghunathpura | None | Shankar Narayan Singhadeo | Indian National Congress | |
| Kashipura | ST | Budhan Majhi | Indian National Congress | |
| Hura | None | Ajit Prasad Singhadeo | Indian National Congress | |
| Indpur | SC | Ashutosh Mallick | Indian National Congress | |
| Ranibandh | ST | Jaleswar Hansda | Communist Party of India | |
| Raipur | None | Sudha Rani Dutta | Indian National Congress | |
| Talangra | None | Purabi Mukhopadhyay | Indian National Congress | |
| Onda | None | Gakul Behari Das | Indian National Congress | |
| Vishnupur | SC | Radhika Dhibar | Communist Party of India | |
| Kotulpur | None | Jagannath Kolay | Indian National Congress | |
| Patrasayer | SC | Guru Pada Khan | Indian National Congress | |
| Barjora | None | Pramatha Ghosh | Communist Party of India | |
| Gangajalghati | SC | Sishuram Mondal | Indian National Congress | |
| Bankura | None | Aboni Bhattacharyya | Communist Party of India | |
| Chhatna | ST | Kamla Kanta Hemram | Indian National Congress | |
| Saltora | None | Bidhan Chandra Roy | Indian National Congress | |
| Hirapur | None | Gopikaranjan Mitra | Indian National Congress | |
| Asansol | None | Bijoy Pal | Communist Party of India | |
| Kulti | None | Jaynarayan Sharma | Indian National Congress | |
| Barabani | None | Haridas Chakravarty | Communist Party of India | |
| Jamuria | SC | Amarendra Mondal | Indian National Congress | |
| Raniganj | None | Lakhan Bagdi | Communist Party of India | |
| Durgapur | None | Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhya | Indian National Congress | |
| Ausgram | None | Monoranjan Baksi | Independent | |
| Bhatar | None | Aswini Roy | Communist Party of India | |
| Galsi | SC | Kanai Lal Das | Indian National Congress | |
| Khandaghosh | None | Jahar Lal Banerjee | Indian National Congress | |
| Burdwan | None | Radharani Mahatab | Indian National Congress | |
| Raina | None | Probodh Kumar Guha | Indian National Congress | |
| Jamalpur | SC | Mrityunjoy Pramanik | Indian National Congress | |
| Memari | ST | Suchand Soren | Communist Party of India | |
| Kalna | None | Hare Krishna Konar | Communist Party of India | |
| Manteswar | None | Syed Abul Mansur Habibullah | Communist Party of India | |
| Purbasthali | None | Bimalananda Tarkatirtha | Indian National Congress | |
| Katwa | None | Subodh Choudhury | Communist Party of India | |
| Mangalkot | SC | Narayandas Das | Communist Party of India | |
| Ketugram | None | Shreemohan Thakur | Communist Party of India | |
| Labhpur | None | Radhanath Chattoraj | Communist Party of India | |
| Bolpur | None | Radha Krishna Singha | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| Dubrajpur | None | Bhakti Bhushan Mandal | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Rajnagar | None | Siddheswar Mandal | All India Forward Bloc | |
| Suri | None | Baidyanath Banerjee | Indian National Congress | |
| Mahammad Bazar | ST | Bhusan Hansdah | Indian National Congress | |
| Mayureswar | SC | Gobardhan Das | Communist Party of India | |
| Rampurhat | None | Niharika Majumdar | Indian National Congress | |
| Nalhati | SC | Shiromani Prasad | Indian National Congress | |
| Murarai | None | Ahammad Shamsuddin | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
References
- ^ 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