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West Bengal · PC 24 · 1952 by-election
Calcutta South East
Winner — 1952 by-election
S.C. GUPTA
CPI 55.2%INC 34.5%2 others 10.3%
Votes
58,211
55.2% share
Winning margin
21,892
20.8% of votes
Total votes cast
1,05,376
Candidates
4
Seat history
All Candidates
4 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S.C. GUPTA | 58,21155.2% | |
| 2 | R.B. PAL | 36,31934.5% | |
| 3 | J.P. MITTER | 5,4315.2% | |
| 4 | B.C. BASU | 5,4155.1% |
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A comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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20.8%
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
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Two or three
CPI, INC and BJS took 95% of the votes.
Effective number of parties: 2.33 — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How often does it back the winner?
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…How did the vote split?
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55.2%won by CPI
CPI 55.2%INC 34.5%BJS 5.2%FBL(MG) 5.1%
This seat number was reused from 2009. The district and local data on file describe the seat as contested from 2009, so they are not shown for earlier elections.
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