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West Bengal · PC 23 · 1960 by-election
Calcutta South West
Winner — 1960 by-election
I. GUPTA
CPI 52.9%INC 43.0%1 other 4.1%
Votes
71,548
52.9% share
Winning margin
13,313
9.8% of votes
Total votes cast
1,35,319
Candidates
3
Seat history
All Candidates
3 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I. GUPTA | 71,54852.9% | |
| 2 | A.K. DUTT | 58,23543.0% | |
| 3 | ADHIR BANERJI | 5,5364.1% |
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
A clear win, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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9.8%
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
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Essentially two
CPI and INC took 96% of the votes.
Effective number of parties: 2.14 — 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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52.9%won by CPI
CPI 52.9%INC 43.0%Others 4.1%
This seat number was reused from 1977. The district and local data on file describe the seat as contested from 1977, so they are not shown for earlier elections.
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