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West Bengal state assembly election, 1962

West Bengal state assembly election, 1962
India
1957 ←
May 8, 1962 → 1967

All 252 seats in the West Bengal state assembly
  First party Second party
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Leader Prafulla Chandra Sen Jyoti Basu
Party INC CPI
Leader's seat Arambagh East Baranagar
Seats won 152 50
Seat change +5 +4
Percentage 47.29% 24.96%
Swing n/a n/a

Chief Minister before election

Bidhan Chandra Roy
INC

Chief Minister

Bidhan Chandra Roy
INC


Bidhan Chandra Roy
INC

Bidhan Chandra Roy
INC

Legislative Assembly elections was held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1962.

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.


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