BALLYGUNGE
Assembly seat no. 161 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Winner, 2026
Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay
AITC
Elections held
16
1962–2026
Most successful party
CPM
won 6 of 16
Margin, 2026
61,476
36.73% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
BJPShatorupa
- Votes
- 47,005
- Vote share
- 28.08%
- Behind by
- 61,476
Electors
1,88,988
Total votes polled
1,67,384
Valid votes
1,67,384
NOTA votes
819
0.49% of votes polled
Turnout
88.6%
Full result, 2026
12 candidates · 1,67,384 valid votes
Sobhandeb ChattopadhyayAITCwon
1,08,481
64.8%
ShatorupaBJP
47,005
28.1%
Afreen BegumCPM
7,185
4.3%
Rohan MitraINC
1,975
1.2%
Ayasanul Haque Sk.SUCI
427
0.3%
Dola SarkarBSP
383
0.2%
Mehboob AlamIND
366
0.2%
Uttam Kumar DasIND
191
0.1%
Reepa BhattacharjeeIND
162
0.1%
Shaik ImranIND
141
0.1%
Gobinda NaskarIND
137
0.1%
Faisal KhanAJUP
112
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay | AITC | 1,08,481 | 64.81% | Shatorupa | 61,476 |
| 2021 | Subrata Mukherjee | AITC | 1,06,585 | 70.60% | LOKENATH CHATTERJEE | 75,359 |
| 2016 | SUBRATA MUKHERJEE | AITC | 70,083 | 45.53% | KRISHNA DEBNATH | 15,225 |
| 2011 | SUBRATA MUKHERJEE | AITC | 88,194 | 60.65% | DR. FUAD HALIM | 41,185 |
| 2006 | AHMED JAVED KHAN | AITC | 59,693 | 48.21% | RABIN DEB | 6,451 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
Turnout and closeness over time
Turnout
Winning margin
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.
Who won the BALLYGUNGE assembly constituency in 2026?
Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay (AITC) won BALLYGUNGE in 2026, by a margin of 61,476 votes.
Which party has won BALLYGUNGE the most times?
CPM, with 6 of the 16 wins recorded since 1962.
How many times has BALLYGUNGE gone to the polls?
16 times, from 1962 to 2026.
Who has won BALLYGUNGE the most times?
SACHIN SEN, with 4 wins between 1977 and 1991.
