West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1962

West Bengal state assembly election, 1962

May 8, 1962
All 252 seats in the West Bengal state assembly
First party Second party   140px 140px Leader Prafulla Chandra Sen Jyoti Basu Party INC CPI Alliance United Left Election Committee Leader's seat Arambagh Baranagar Seats won 152 80 Seat change +2 +52 Percentage 46,14% 33.6% Swing n/a n/a
Chief Minister before election Bidhan Chandra Roy INC Chief Minister Bidhan Chandra Roy INC

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West Bengal, India

The West Bengal state assembly election of 1962 was a part of a series of state assembly elections in 1962.

Alliances

On the political left two alliances had emered; the United Left Election Committee (an alliance between the Communist Party of India, the Praja Socialist Party, the Forward Bloc, Marxist Forward Bloc and the Revolutionary Socialist Party) and the United Left Front (comprising the Socialist Unity Centre of India, the Bolshevik Party of India, the Republican Party and the Democratic Vanguard). A third alliance was the United Democratic People's Front, consisting of Bharatiya Jana Sangh, Hindu Mahasabha and the Revolutionary Communist Party of India.

Results

Party/Alliance	Own	%
Indian National Congress	152	46.14%
United Left Election Committee	80	33.6%
United Left Front	2	2.45%
United Democratic People's Front	0	3.44%

Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	No. of votes	%
Indian National Congress	252	157	4522476	47.29%
Communist Party of India	145	50	2386834	24.96%
Praja Socialist Party	87	5	477254	4.99%
Forward Bloc	34	13	441098	4,06%
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha	25	0	76138	0.80%
Bharatiya Jana Sangh	25	0	43483	0.45%
Revolutionary Communist Party of India	17	9	245261	2.56%
Socialist Party	7	0	2663	0.03%
Swatantra Party	24	0	55447	0.58%
Independents	295	11	1050515	10.98%
Total:	935	252	10469803