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{{Short description|West Bengal Legislative Assembly constituency}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Ballygunge
| type= SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Ballygunge.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Ballygunge Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Sovandeb Chattopadhyay]]
| incumbent_image =
| party =
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[Kolkata district|Kolkata]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kolkata Dakshin]]
| constituency_no = 161
| established = 1951
| electors = 247,623
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Ballygunge Assembly constituency''' is a [[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assembly]] constituency of [[Kolkata district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per order of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]] in respect of the [[Delimitation of constituencies]] in [[West Bengal]], Ballygunge Assembly constituency is composed of the following:
* Ward Nos. [[Ward No. 60, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|60]], [[Ward No. 61, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|61]], [[Ward No. 64, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|64]], [[Ward No. 65, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|65]], [[Ward No. 68, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|68]], [[Ward No. 69, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|69]] and [[Ward No. 85, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|85]] of [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]].<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date= 22 February 2015|work = West Bengal | publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Borough
! Ward No.
! [[2021 Kolkata Municipal Corporation election|Councillor]]
! colspan="2" |2021 Winner
|-
|rowspan=2|VI
|[[Ward No. 60, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|60]]
|Kaiser Jamil
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=8}}
|-
|[[Ward No. 61, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|61]]
|Manzar Iqbal
|-
|rowspan=2|VII
|[[Ward No. 64, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|64]]
|Shammi Jahan Begum
|-
|[[Ward No. 65, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|65]]
|Nibedita Sharma
|-
|rowspan=3|VIII
|[[Ward No. 68, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|68]]
|Sudarshana Mukherjee
|-
|[[Ward No. 69, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|69]]
|Dilip Bose
|-
|[[Ward No. 85, Kolkata Municipal Corporation|85]]
|[[Debasish Kumar]]
|}

Ballygunge Assembly constituency is part of No. 23 [[Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref name=delimitation/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year!!Name
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|[[1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
|Jogesh Chandra Gupta
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, Assembly Constituency No. 178 |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Jnendra Mazumdar
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 147|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Anil Moitra
|{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 118|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Jyotibhushan Bhattacharya]]
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes|rowspan=2}}<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 141|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 141 |publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Subrata Mukherjee]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 141|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title =General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 141|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Sachin Sen (Politician)|Sachin Sen]]
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes|rowspan=7}}<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 152|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 152|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 152|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 152| publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 152|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 152|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
|1992^
|rowspan="3" |[[Rabin Deb]]
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|[[Javed Ahmed Khan]]
| {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=5}}<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 152|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 161 |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 6 February 2015}}</ref>
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|rowspan="3" |[[Subrata Mukherjee]]
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|-
|2022^
|[[Babul Supriyo]]
|}
^ by-poll

==Election results==

===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Ballygunge}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=[[Sovandeb Chattopadhyay]]|party=Trinamool Congress|votes=108,481{{formatnum:}}|percentage=64.81|change={{increase}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Shatorupa|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=47,005{{formatnum:}}|percentage=28.08|change={{increase}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Afreen Begum|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes=7,185{{formatnum:}}|percentage=4.21|change={{decrease}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Rohan Mitra|party=Indian National Congress|votes=1,975{{formatnum:}}|percentage=1.18|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|party=None of the above (India)|votes=819{{formatnum:}}|percentage=0.49|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes={{formatnum:}}|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2022 by-poll ===
{{Election box begin | title=2022
By-election: [[Ballygunge]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Babul Supriyo|Babul Supriyo Baral]]|votes=51,199|percentage=49.69|change=-20.91%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Saira Shah Halim|votes=30,971|percentage=30.06|change=+24.45%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Keya Ghosh|votes=13,220|percentage=12.83|change=-7.85%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Kamruzzaman Choudhary|votes=5,218|percentage=5.06|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above (India)|candidate=None of the Above|votes=1,196|percentage=1.16|change=+0.3%}}
{{Election box majority|votes=20,228|percentage=19.6%|change=-30.73%}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=1,03,031|percentage=41%|change=-19%}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Trinamool Congress
|swing = -21%
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Ballygunge]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Subrata Mukherjee]]|votes=1,06,585|percentage=70.60|change=+25.07}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Adv. Lokenath Chatterjee|votes=31,226|percentage=20.68|change=+7.28}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Dr. Fuad Halim|votes=8,474|percentage=5.61|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above (India)|candidate=None of the Above|votes=1,317|percentage=0.87|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Rajendra Ram Das|votes=812|percentage=0.54|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=75,359|percentage=50.33|change=+40.44}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,51,056|percentage=60.99|change=-2.87}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Ballygunge]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Subrata Mukherjee]]
|votes = 70,083
|percentage = 45.53
|change = -15.12
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Krishna Debnath
|votes = 54,858
|percentage = 35.64
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Jiban Kumar Sen
|votes = 20,622
|percentage = 13.40
|change = +9.84
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above (India)
|candidate = None of the Above
|votes = 3,433
|percentage = 2.23
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Rajendra Ram Das
|votes = 1,538
|percentage = 1.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 15,225
|percentage = 9.89
|change = -18.44
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,53,941
|percentage = 63.86
|change = -2.29
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing = -15.12
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Ballygunge]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Subrata Mukherjee]]
|votes = 88,194
|percentage = 60.65
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Dr. Fuad Halim
|votes = 47,009
|percentage = 32.32
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Shatorupa
|votes = 5,188
|percentage = 3.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate |
|party = [[Independent politician|IND]]
|candidate = Moloy Prokash
|votes = 1,538
|percentage = 1.06
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 41,185
|percentage = 28.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,45,414
|percentage = 66.15
|change =
}}
{{Election box win|
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Kolkata constituencies}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Kolkata district]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]

Ballygunge Assembly constituency - Revision history

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