Calcutta South East (Lok Sabha constituency)
| Existence | 1951–1957 |
|---|---|
| Reservation | None |
| State | West Bengal |
| Total Electors | 381,486 |
Calcutta South East was a constituency of the Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament of India), located in the city of Calcutta, West Bengal. It was used in the parliamentary election of 1951–1952 as well as in a 1953 by-election. The constituency elected a single member of the Lok Sabha. As of 1952, the constituency had 381,486 eligible voters.
At the time, south-east Calcutta was viewed as the political nerve-centre of Calcutta, a city known for its vivid political life. Calcutta South-East had a predominately middle class character. Whilst most of the assembly segments of Calcutta South East elected Indian National Congress legislators in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1952, the constituency was politically diverse. With a Bharatiya Jan Sangh MP, there was also a significant communist presence (at least two communist legislators elected from the area). The area of the constituency belonged to the areas that had elected Sarat Chandra Bose (Netaji Subash Chandra Bose's brother) against a Congress candidate.
In the first elections after the independence of India, four candidates were in the fray in Calcutta South East: Mriganka Mohan Sur of the Indian National Congress, Dr. Syama Prasad Mukherjee of the Bharatiya Jan Sangh, Sadhan Gupta of the Communist Party of India and Satya Ranjan Bakshi of the Forward Bloc-National Synthesis. The result for the Calcutta South East seat was announced on February 3, 1952. Mukherjee won the seat with 65,026 votes (44.97%), Sur got 44,044 (30.46%), Gupta 32,168 (22.24%) and Bakshi 3,376 (2.33%).
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