Ballygunge Assembly Election Results 2026 Live Updates: TMC's Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay won by 61,476 votes
THE TIMES OF INDIA | May 06, 2026, 14:36:09 IST
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Ballygunge Assembly Election Results 2026 Live Updates: TMC's Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay won by 61,476 votes
Afreen Begum (Communist Party of India (Marxist)), Dola Sarkar (Bahujan Samaj Party), Rohan Mitra (Congress), Shatorupa (Bharatiya Janata Party), Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay (Trinamool Congress), Ayasanul Haque Sk. (Socialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)), Faisal Khan (Aam Janata Unnayan party), Gobinda Naskar (Independent), Mehboob Alam (Independent), Reepa Bhattacharjee (Independent), Shaik Imran (Independent), and Uttam Kumar Das (Independent) — 12 candidates contesting from Ballygunge in West Bengal's 2026 Assembly Election. Votes cast across this constituency are now being counted, and early trends from each round will be closely watched as the day unfolds. Ballygunge is a General constituency under the Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha segment. In 2021, Subrata Mukherjee of the Trinamool Congress won by a margin of 75,359 votes. The 2021 turnout was 60.99%. the final result will show which candidate has secured the most votes in Ballygunge in 2026.
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Disclaimer: This Data is provided by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) | MyNeta and sourced from election affidavits available in the public domain of the Election Commission of India.
Ballygunge is a General constituency in West Bengal, falling under the Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha segment. A turnout of 60.99% was recorded in the 2021 election. 12 candidates are contesting in 2026: Afreen Begum (Communist Party of India (Marxist)), Dola Sarkar (Bahujan Samaj Party), Rohan Mitra (Congress), Shatorupa (Bharatiya Janata Party), Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay (Trinamool Congress), Ayasanul Haque Sk. (Socialist Unity Centre Of India (COMMUNIST)), Faisal Khan (Aam Janata Unnayan party), Gobinda Naskar (Independent), Mehboob Alam (Independent), Reepa Bhattacharjee (Independent), Shaik Imran (Independent), and Uttam Kumar Das (Independent). In the 2021 Assembly Election, Subrata Mukherjee of the Trinamool Congress won Ballygunge with a margin of 75,359 votes. The runner-up was Lokenath Chatterjee of the BJP. round-by-round trends from Ballygunge will be closely tracked. The constituency's result will add to West Bengal's state-wide tally across its 294 Assembly segments.
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