| Bally | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 169 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Bally Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Howrah |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Howrah |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 142,337 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Bally Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inHowrah district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 169 Bally Assembly constituency is composed ofBally Municipality which is merged withHowrah Municipal Corporation now.
Bally Assembly constituency is part of No. 25Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| 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 | |
| 1971 | |||
| 1972 | Bhabani Shankar Mukherjee | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Patit Paban Pathak | Communist Party of India | |
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | Supriyo Basu | Indian National Congress | |
| 1991 | Patit Paban Pathak | Communist Party of India | |
| 1996 | Kanika Ganguly | ||
| 2001 | |||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | Sultan Singh | All India Trinamool Congress | |
| 2016 | Baishali Dalmiya | ||
| 2021 | Dr. Rana Chatterjee | ||
In the 2021 election, Dr. Rana Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Baishali Dalmiya of BJP.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Dr. Rana Chatterjee | 53,347 | 42.38 | −4.59 | |
| BJP | Baishali Dalmiya | 47,110 | 37.43 | +25.9 | |
| CPI(M) | Dipsita Dhar | 22,040 | 17.51 | −15.74 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,205 | 0.96 | ||
| Turnout | 1,25,872 | ||||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
In the 2016 election, Baishali Dalmiya of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival Saumendranath Bera of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Baishali Dalmiya | 52,654 | 46.97 | −3.45 | |
| CPI(M) | Saumendranath Bera | 37,299 | 33.25 | −10.86 | |
| BJP | Kaushik Chakraborty | 17,418 | 15.53 | +12.97 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,598 | 1.42 | ||
| Turnout | 1,12,192 | 70.15 | −3.38 | ||
| AITChold | Swing | ||||
In the 2011 election, Sultan Singh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Kanika Ganguly of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Sultan Singh | 52,770 | 50.42 | +12.86# | |
| CPI(M) | Kanika Ganguly | 46,170 | 44.11 | −15.10 | |
| BJP | Bharat Bhushan Ojha | 2,677 | 2.56 | ||
| Independent | Suman Dolui | 947 | |||
| JD(U) | Saumadip Chatterjee | 458 | |||
| Independent | Shibashis Sarkar | 455 | |||
| Independent | Bholanath Pramanik | 266 | |||
| Independent | Subhasish Sarkar | 249 | |||
| Independent | Umed Singh Chaudhuri | 143 | |||
| Independent | Tripti Ghosh | 137 | |||
| Independent | Keya Ganguly | 135 | |||
| Independent | Jayanta Sarkar | 129 | |||
| Independent | Anjana Chowdhury | 129 | |||
| Turnout | 104,665 | 73.53 | |||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | 27.96# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2011.
In the 2006 election, Kanika Ganguly ofCPI(M) defeated her nearest rival Rekha Raut ofAITC.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Kanika Ganguly | 54,262 | 50.42 | ||
| AITC | Rekha Raut | 24,737 | 44.11 | ||
| INC | Tapan Ganguly | 9,690 | 2.56 | ||
| Independent | Sankar Kumar Das | 1203 | |||
| SDPI | Biswajit Mitra (Kajal) | 732 | |||
| Independent | Dev Kumar Sharma | 486 | |||
| Independent | Ashok Kumar Patra | 265 | |||
| Independent | Guru Chand Mondal | 262 | |||
| Turnout | 91,637 | 73.53 | |||
| CPI(M)hold | Swing | 27.96# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+BJP vote percentages taken together in 2006.
In the 2001 election, Kanika Ganguly ofCPI(M) defeated her nearest rival Supriyo Basu ofINC.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Kanika Ganguly | 92,876 | 72.63% | ||
| INC | Supriyo Basu | 32,423 | 25.36% | ||
| NCP | Moushumi Chatterjee | 626 | 0.49% | ||
| Independent | Santosh Adhikary | 624 | 0.49% | ||
| Independent | Debala Das | 418 | 0.33% | ||
| Independent | Madan Mohan Das | 370 | 0.29% | ||
| Independent | Raj Kishor Prasad | 203 | 0.16% | ||
| Independent | Fakra Alam | 191 | 0.15% | ||
| Independent | Pradip Kumar Basak | 139 | 0.11% | ||
| Turnout | 1,27,870 | 78.24% | |||
| CPI(M)hold | Swing | 27.96# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.
In the2006,[4] 2001[6] and 1996[8] state assembly elections, Kanika Ganguly ofCPI(M) won the Bally assembly seat defeating her nearest rivals, Rekha Raut ofTrinamool Congress in 2006, Supriyo Basu ofCongress in 2001 and Bani Kumar Singha of Congress in 1996. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned.Patit Paban Pathak ofCPI(M) defeated Supriyo Basu of Congress in 1991.[9] Supriyo Basu of Congress defeated Patit Paban Pathak of CPI(M) in 1987.[10] Patit Paban Pathak defeated Bani Kumar Singha of Congress in 1982[11] and Ganesh Pathak of Congress in 1977.[12][13]
Bhabani Shankar Mukherjee of Congress won in 1972. Patit Paban Pathak of CPI(M) won in 1971[14] and 1969.[15] S.N.Mukherjee of Congress won in 1967.[16] Shankar Lal Mukherjee of Congress won in1962.[17] Monilal Basu of Congress won in1957.[16] Inindependent India's first election in 1951, Ratan Moni Chattopadhyay of Congress won the Bally seat.[18]
