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Bally Assembly constituency

Bally Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Bally
Constituency No. 169 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHowrah
Lok Sabha constituencyHowrah
Established1951
Total electors142,337
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2026

Bally Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 169 Bally Assembly constituency is composed of Bally Municipality which is merged with Howrah Municipal Corporation now.

Bally Assembly constituency is part of No. 25 Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency).1

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Party
1951 Ratan Moni Chattopadhyay Indian National Congress
1957 Motilal Basu
1962 Shankar Lal Mukhopadhyay
1967 S.N. Mukherjee
1969 Patit Paban Pathak Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1971
1972 Bhabani Shankar Mukherjee Indian National Congress
1977 Patit Paban Pathak Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1982
1987 Supriyo Basu Indian National Congress
1991 Patit Paban Pathak Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1996 Kanika Ganguly
2001
2006
2011 Sultan Singh Trinamool Congress
2016 Baishali Dalmiya
2021 Dr. Rana Chatterjee
2026 Sanjay Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2026
 
 48.91%
2021
 
 42.38%
2016
 
 46.97%
2011
 
 50.42%
2006
 
 59.21%
2001
 
 72.63%
1996
 
 50.54%
1991
 
 50.49%
1987
 
 50.38%
1982
 
 54.26%
1977
 
 59.22%
1972
 
 56.16%
1971
 
 51.25%
1969
 
 53.38%
1967
 
 43.77%
1962
 
 50.56%
1957
 
 48.73%
1951
 
 41.97%

2026

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bally2
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sanjay Kumar Singh 57,639 48.91
AITC Kailash Kumar Mishra 45,642 38.73
CPI(M) Sankar Maitra 11,284 9.58
INC Priyanka Choudhury 1,283 1.09
NOTA None of the above 924 0.78
IND 6 Independent Candidates 676 0.57
OTH 4 Other Party Candidates 390 0.33
Majority 11,997 10.18
Turnout 117,838 88.08
Swing to BJP from AITC Swing

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bally3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Rana Chatterjee 53,347 42.38
BJP Baishali Dalmia 47,110 37.43
CPI(M) Dipsita Dhar 22,040 17.51
NOTA None of the Above 1,206 0.96
SUCI(C) Putul Chowdhury 442 0.35
IND 7 Independent Candidates 1,728 1.37
Majority 6,237 4.95
Turnout 125,873 71.44
AITC hold Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bally
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Baishali Dalmia 52,702 46.97
CPI(M) Saumendranath Bera 37,299 33.25
BJP Kaushik Chakraborty 17,418 15.53
NOTA None of the Above 1,598 1.42
SUCI(C) Putul Chowdhury 591 0.53
JD(S) Punit Kumar Singh 197 0.18
IND 8 Independent Candidates 2,387 2.13
Majority 15,403 13.72
Turnout 112,192 70.15
AITC hold Swing

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bally
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Sultan Singh 52,770 50.42
CPI(M) Kanika Ganguly 46,170 44.11
BJP Bharat Bhushan Ojha 2,677 2.56
JD(U) Saumadip Chatterjee 458 0.44
IND 9 Independent Candidates 2,590 2.47
Majority 6,600 6.31
Swing to AITC from CPI(M) Swing

2006

2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bally
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Kanika Ganguly 54,262 59.21
AITC Rekha Raut 24,737 26.99
INC Tapan Ganguly 9,690 10.57
IND 4 Independent Candidates 2,462 2.69
OTH 1 Other Party Candidate 486 0.53
Majority 29,525 32.22
CPI(M) hold Swing

2001

2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bally
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Kanika Ganguly 92,876 72.63
INC Supriyo Basu 32,423 25.36
NCP Mousumni Chatterjee (Dutta) 626 0.49
IND 6 Independent Candidates 1,945 1.53
Majority 60,453 47.27
Turnout 127,892 78.24
CPI(M) hold Swing

1996

1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bally
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Kanika Ganguly 54,996 50.54
INC Bani Kumar Singha 39,369 36.18
BJP Rakhal Das 12,903 11.86
IND 7 Independent Candidates 1,546 1.41
Majority 15,627 14.36
Turnout 111,133 70.40
CPI(M) hold Swing

1991

1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bally
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Patit Paban Pathak 47,719 50.49
INC Supryo Basu 33,999 35.97
BJP Rakhal Ch Das 10,696 11.32
IPF Kalyan Goswami 977 1.03
BSP Mukesh Kansal 274 0.29
IND 5 Independent Candidates 844 0.89
Majority 13,720 14.52
Turnout 96,343 65.76
CPI(M) hold Swing

1987

1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bally
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Supriya Basu 43,575 50.38
CPI(M) Patitpaban Pathak 41,841 48.38
IND 4 Independent Candidates 1,075 1.24
Majority 1,734 2.00
Turnout 88,080 69.29
Swing to INC from CPI(M) Swing

1982

1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bally
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Patit Paban Pathak 39,970 54.26
INC Bani Kumar Singha 31,963 43.39
SUCI(C) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay 926 1.26
IND Madan Kumar Singh 516 0.70
IND Salendranath Ghosh 291 0.40
Majority 8,007 10.87
Turnout 75,573 64.97
CPI(M) hold Swing

1977

1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bally
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Patipaban Pathak 28,632 59.22
INC Ganesh Pathak 12,353 25.55
IND Tarak Banerjee 3,773 7.80
JP Bhabani Sankar Mukherjee 3,407 7.05
IND Madan Kumar Singh 183 0.38
Majority 16,279 33.67
Turnout 49,097 46.95
Swing to CPI(M) from INC Swing

1972

1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bally
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Bhabani Sankar Mukherjee 28,857 56.16
CPI(M) Patit Pabon Pathak 22,522 43.84
Majority 6,335 12.32
Turnout 52,873 58.70
Swing to INC from CPI(M) Swing

1971

1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bally
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Patit Paban Pathak 24,233 51.25
INC Bhabani Sankar Mukherjee 19,060 40.31
INC(O) Trak Nath Banerjee 2,711 5.73
Bangla Congress Gopal Mukherjee 784 1.66
SSP Rameswar Tiwari 292 0.62
PSP Srikant Pathak 201 0.43
Majority 5,173 10.94
Turnout 48,941 46.01
CPI(M) hold Swing

1969

1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bally
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Patit Paban Pathak 33,912 53.38
INC Sailendra Nath Mukherjee 28,633 45.07
PBIa Sailendra Nath Bhosh 836 1.32
NDF Sourendra Nath Mukherjee 151 0.24
Majority 5,279 8.31
Turnout 64,891 61.42
Swing to CPI(M) from INC Swing

1967

1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bally
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC S. N. Mukhrjee 25,632 43.77
CPI(M) P. P. Pathak 23,469 40.07
Bangla Congress S. Mukhrjee 7,649 13.06
IND M. K. Singh 1,815 3.10
Majority 2,163 3.70
Turnout 61,133 60.72
INC hold Swing

1962

1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bally
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Shahkar Lal Mukharjee 27,322 50.56
CPI Patit Paban Pathak 25,195 46.62
ABJS Sukumar Chowdhury 1,526 2.82
Majority 2,127 3.94
Turnout 55,622 56.70
INC hold Swing

1957

1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bally
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Monilal Basu 16,600 48.73
CPI Biren Banerjee 16,048 47.11
IND Biswanath Das 993 2.91
IND Chandreswar Prasad Singha 426 1.25
Majority 552 1.62
Turnout 34,067 32.73
INC hold Swing

1951

1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Bally
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ratan Moni Chattopadhyaya 8,950 41.97
FBL(MG)b Saroj Ghosal 6,297 29.53
IND Hemonta Dey 1,863 8.74
IND Subodh Chandra Pal 1,474 6.91
ABJS Abani Mohan Mukherjee 1,051 4.93
CPI Patit Paban Pathak 870 4.08
Socialist Ram Chandra Sharma 401 1.88
IND Narsingh Singh 147 0.69
RRP Banarasi Das Sarma 140 0.66
IND Nityananda Bhaduri 132 0.62
Majority 2,653 12.44
Turnout 21,325 41.93
INC win (new seat)
Notes

Notes

  1. Proutist Bloc India
  2. Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)
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