Sanjay Kumar Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party has emerged victorious in the Bally assembly constituency, defeating Kailash Kumar Mishra of the All India Trinamool Congress by a margin of 11,997 votes. The result was declared after all 15 rounds of counting in the West Bengal election.
Constituency Profile
Bally is an assembly seat in Howrah district, West Bengal, designated as constituency number 169. It falls under the Howrah Lok Sabha constituency and encompasses the Bally Municipality, an urban industrial area situated opposite Kolkata across the Hooghly River. This is a fully urban seat with 176,155 electors and 196 polling stations. The Scheduled Caste population stands at 3.63 percent, while Scheduled Tribes account for 0.57 percent. In the 2021 election, voter turnout was recorded at 71.49 percent.
Previous Election Results
In the 2021 assembly election, the AITC candidate Dr. Rana Chatterjee won the seat with 53,347 votes, representing 42 percent of the vote share. The BJP's Baishali Dalmiya secured 47,110 votes (37 percent), while CPI(M)'s Dipsita Dhar received 22,040 votes (18 percent). NOTA garnered 1,205 votes (1 percent). The margin of victory was 6,237 votes.
This year, the BJP managed to flip the seat with a significantly larger margin. The victory is seen as part of a broader trend in West Bengal, where the BJP has been making inroads. Meanwhile, in Tamil Nadu, the TVK party has emerged as a formidable force, pushing the DMK and AIADMK to the margins. In Bhabanipur, Mamata Banerjee is trailing behind Suvendu Adhikari after the second round of counting.
The Bally result underscores the BJP's strategy to expand its footprint in West Bengal, particularly in urban constituencies. The party had retained Assam and is now aiming to oust Mamata Banerjee's government in Bengal.
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