# Bally Assembly constituency

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).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

## Election results
### 2021

In the 2021 election, Dr. Rana Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated by his nearest rival Baishali Dalmiya of BJP.
West Bengal assembly elections, 2021: Bally :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 1,25,872 | | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2016

In the 2016 election, Baishali Dalmiya of Trinamool Congress defeated her nearest rival Saumendranath Bera of CPI(M).
West Bengal assembly elections, 2016: Bally constituency :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 1,12,192 | 70.15 | −3.38 |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2011

In the 2011 election, Sultan Singh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Kanika Ganguly of CPI(M).
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Bally constituency :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 104,665 | 73.53 | |
| | AITC gain from CPI(M) | AITC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 27.96# | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2011.

### 2006

In the 2006 election, Kanika Ganguly of CPI(M) defeated her nearest rival Rekha Raut of AITC.
West Bengal assembly elections, 2006: Bally constituency :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 91,637 | 73.53 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | 27.96# |
.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+BJP vote percentages taken together in 2006.

### 2001

In the 2001 election, Kanika Ganguly of CPI(M) defeated her nearest rival Supriyo Basu of INC.
West Bengal assembly elections, 2001: Bally constituency :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 1,27,870 | 78.24% |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | 27.96# |
.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.

### 1977-2006

In the 2006, 2001 and 1996 state assembly elections, Kanika Ganguly of CPI(M) won the Bally assembly seat defeating her nearest rivals, Rekha Raut of Trinamool Congress in 2006, Supriyo Basu of Congress 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 of CPI(M) defeated Supriyo Basu of Congress in 1991. Supriyo Basu of Congress defeated Patit Paban Pathak of CPI(M) in 1987. Patit Paban Pathak defeated Bani Kumar Singha of Congress in 1982 and Ganesh Pathak of Congress in 1977.

### 1951-1971

Bhabani Shankar Mukherjee of Congress won in 1972. Patit Paban Pathak of CPI(M) won in 1971 and 1969. S.N.Mukherjee of Congress won in 1967. Shankar Lal Mukherjee of Congress won in 1962. Monilal Basu of Congress won in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951, Ratan Moni Chattopadhyay of Congress won the Bally seat.