Ballygunge Assembly constituency

Ballygunge
Ballygunge
Constituency No. 161 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Interactive Map Outlining Ballygunge Assembly Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	West Bengal
District	Kolkata
Lok Sabha constituency	Kolkata Dakshin
Established	1951
Total electors	247,623
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Sovandeb Chattopadhyay
Party	AITC
Elected year	2026

Ballygunge Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in West Bengal, Ballygunge Assembly constituency is composed of the following:

Ward Nos. 60, 61, 64, 65, 68, 69 and 85 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.^[1]

Borough	Ward No.	Councillor
VI	60	Kaiser Jamil	Trinamool Congress
VI	61	Manzar Iqbal
VII	64	Shammi Jahan Begum
VII	65	Nibedita Sharma
VIII	68	Sudarshana Mukherjee
	69	Dilip Bose
	85	Debasish Kumar

Ballygunge Assembly constituency is part of No. 23 Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name
1952	Jogesh Chandra Gupta	Indian National Congress^[2]
1957	Jnendra Mazumdar	Communist Party of India^[3]
1962	Anil Moitra	Independent^[4]
1967	Jyotibhushan Bhattacharya	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[5]^[6]
1969	Jyotibhushan Bhattacharya	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[5]^[6]
1971	Subrata Mukherjee	Indian National Congress^[7]^[8]
1972	Subrata Mukherjee	Indian National Congress^[7]^[8]
1977	Sachin Sen	Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]
1982
1987
1991
1992^	Rabin Deb
1996
2001
2006	Javed Ahmed Khan	Trinamool Congress^[15]^[16]
2011	Subrata Mukherjee
2016
2021
2022^	Babul Supriyo
2026	Sovandeb Chattopadhyay

^ by-poll

Election results

2026

2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Ballygunge^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Sovandeb Chattopadhyay	108,481	64.81	15.12
	BJP	Shatorupa	47,005	28.08	15.25
	CPI(M)	Afreen Begam	7,185	4.29	25.77
	INC	Rohan Mitra	1,975	1.18	3.88
	NOTA	None of the above	819	0.49	0.38
Majority			61,476	36.73	13.19
Turnout			167,384	88.57	27.62
	AITC hold		Swing

2022 bypoll

West Bengal Legislative Assembly by-election 2022: Ballygunge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Babul Supriyo	51,199	49.68	20.92
	CPI(M)	Saira Shah Halim	30,971	30.05	24.44
	BJP	Keya Ghosh	13,220	12.83	7.85
	INC	Kamruzzaman Choudhury	5,218	5.06
	NOTA	None of the above	1,196	1.16	0.29
Majority			20,228	19.63	30.70
Turnout			1,03,050	41.35	8.98
	AITC hold		Swing

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Ballygunge^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Subrata Mukherjee	106,585	70.6	25.07
	BJP	Lokenath Chatterjee	31,226	20.68	7.28
	CPI(M)	Fuad Halim	8,474	5.61
	NOTA	None of the above	1,317	0.87
Majority			75,359	49.92
Turnout			150,962	60.95
	AITC hold		Swing

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Ballygunge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Subrata Mukherjee	70,083	45.53	15.12
	INC	Krishna Debnath	54,858	35.64
	BJP	Jiban Kumar Sen	20,622	13.40	9.84
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,433	2.23
	BSP	Rajendra Ram Das	1,538	1.00
Majority			15,225	9.89	18.44
Turnout			1,53,941	63.86	2.29
	AITC hold		Swing	15.12

2011

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Ballygunge^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AITC	Subrata Mukherjee	88,194	60.65
	CPI(M)	Fuad Halim	47,009	32.32
	BJP	Shatorupa	5,188	3.56
	Independent	Moloy Prokash	1,538	1.06
Majority			41,185	28.33
Turnout			1,45,414	66.15
	AITC win

References

^ ^a ^b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
^ "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. 178. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
^ "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 147. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
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^ "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 141. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
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^ ^a ^b "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 161. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
^ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
^ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.

[delimitation-1] "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 February 2015.

[vidhansabha1952-2] "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. 178. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

[vidhansabha1957-3] "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 147. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

[vidhansabha1962-4] "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 118. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

[vidhansabha1967-5] "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 141. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

[vidhansabha1969-6] "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 141. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

[vidhansabha1971-7] "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 141. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

[vidhansabha1972-8] "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 141. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

[vidhansabha1977-9] "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 152. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

[vidhansabha1982-10] "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 152. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

[vidhansabha1987-11] "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 152. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

[vidhansabha1991-12] "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 152. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

[vidhansabha1996-13] "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 152. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

[vidhansabha2001-14] "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 152. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

[vidhansabha2006-15] "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 152. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

[vidhansabha2011-16] "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No 161. Election Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

[election2026-17] "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.

[election2021-18] "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.

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