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228:. Whilst detained he suffered a heart attack and died. A by-election was called in fill the vacancy created by Mukherjee's death. Due to the dramatic circumstances of Mukherjee's death and the complexity of the Calcutta politics (whilst the constituency was seen as a Congress stronghold it had also elected a Bharatiya Jan Sangh MP as well as communist members of the 211:
and Satya Ranjan Bakshi of the Forward Bloc-National Synthesis. The result for the Calcutta South East seat was announced on 3 February 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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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 predominantly
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finished in second place with 36,319 votes (36.31%), J.P. Mitter (BJS) 5,431 (5.43%) and Bhupal Bose of the
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character. Whilst most of the assembly segments of Calcutta South East elected
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The by-election was won by Gupta (CPI) with 58,211 votes (58.21%),
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Mukherjee, a right-wing nationalist hardliner on the
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Calcutta South East (Lok Sabha constituency)
Lok Sabha constituency
India
Region
East India
State
West Bengal
Lok Sabha
Parliament of India
Calcutta
West Bengal
parliamentary election of 1951–1952
1953 by-election
middle class
Indian National Congress
1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
Sarat Chandra Bose
Netaji Subash Chandra Bose
independence of India
Mriganka Mohan Sur
Indian National Congress
Syama Prasad Mukherjee
Bharatiya Jan Sangh
Sadhan Gupta
Communist Party of India
Kashmir conflict
Kashmir
West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Radhabinod Pal
Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)

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