Bally (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

In the 2016 election, Baishali Dalmiya of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Saumendranath Bera of CPI(M).

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In the 2011 election, Sultan Singh of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Kanika Ganguly of CPI(M).

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2011.

 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Howrah district summary

Party	Seats won	Seat change
Trinamool Congress	15	13
Indian National Congress	1	1
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	0	11
Forward bloc	0	3

In the 2006 election, Kanika Ganguly of CPI(M) defeated her nearest rival Rekha Raut of AITC.

.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+BJP vote percentages taken together in 2006.

In the 2001 election, Kanika Ganguly of CPI(M) defeated her nearest rival Supriyo Basu of INC.

.# Swing calculated on Trinamool Congress+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.

In the 2006,[15] 2001[14] and 1996[13] 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.[12] Supriyo Basu of Congress defeated Patit Paban Pathak of CPI(M) in 1987.[11] Patit Paban Pathak defeated Bani Kumar Singha of Congress in 1982[10] and Ganesh Pathak of Congress in 1977.[9][20]

Bhabani Shankar Mukherjee of Congress won in 1972. Patit Paban Pathak of CPI(M) won in 1971[7] and 1969.[6] S.N.Mukherjee of Congress won in 1967.[5] Shankar Lal Mukherjee of Congress won in 1962.[4] Monilal Basu of Congress won in 1957.[5] In independent India's first election in 1951, Ratan Moni Chattopadhyay of Congress won the Bally seat.[2]