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|Electorate = 497,202 (1957)<br />
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'''Calcutta 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 [[1957 Indian general election]] and [[1962 Indian general election]].<ref name="Singh1996">{{cite book|author=H. D. Singh|title=543 faces of India: guide to 543 parliamentary constituencies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YxuLAAAAMAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Newmen Publishers|page=297}}</ref><ref name=e2>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_II_57_LS.pdf Election Commission of India, General Elections, 1957 (2nd LOK SABHA) - CONSTITUENCY DATA – SUMMARY]''</ref> As of 1957, the constituency had 497,202 eligible voters.<ref name=e2/> In 1962 it had 471,011 electors.<ref name=e3>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_II_LS_62.pdf Election Commission of India, General Elections, 1962 (3rd LOK SABHA) - CONSTITUENCY DATA – SUMMARY]''</ref> In 1967 it was replaced by the [[Calcutta South (Lok Sabha constituency)|Calcutta South constituency]].<ref name="Singh1996"/><br />
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==Members of Parliament==<br />
*1957: [[Sadhan Gupta]] ([[Communist Party of India]])<ref name=e2/><br />
*1962: [[Ranendranath Sen]] (Communist Party of India)<ref name=e3/><br />
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