Kulti
Constituency No. 282 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPaschim Bardhaman
LS constituencyAsansol
Established1952
Total electors187,505
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2021

Kulti Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 282 Kulti assembly constituency covers Wards nos. 16-19, 58-74, 99-105 of Asansol Municipal Corporation.[1]

Kulti assembly segment is part of No. 40 Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1951 Kulti Baidyanath Manadal and Joy Narayan Sarma Indian National Congress[2]
1957 Benarashi Prosad Jha Praja Socialist Party[3]
1962 Jaynarayan Sharma Indian National Congress [4]
1967 Jaynarayan Sharma Indian National Congress [5]
1969 Taraknath Chakraborty Samyukta Socialist Party[6]
1971 Ramdas Banerjee Indian National Congress [7]
1972 Ramdas Banerjee Indian National Congress [8]
1977 Madhu Banerjee Marxist Forward Bloc[9]
1982 Madhu Banerjee Forward Bloc[10]
1987 Tuhin Samanta Indian National Congress [11]
1991 Maniklal Acharya Forward Bloc [12]
1996 Maniklal Acharya Forward Bloc [13]
2001 Maniklal Acharya Forward Bloc [14]
2006 Ujjal Chaterjee All India Trinamool Congress[15][16]
2011 Ujjal Chatterjee All India Trinamool Congress[17]
2016 Ujjal Chatterjee All India Trinamool Congress[18]
2021 Dr. Ajay Kumar Poddar Bharatiya Janata Party[19]

Election results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kulti[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ajay Kumar Poddar 81,112 46.41 Increase17.13
AITC Ujjal Chatterjee 80,433 46.02 Increase5.21
INC Chandi Das Chatterjee 5,795 3.32 Decrease22.07
NOTA None of the above 3,553 2.03
IND Suraj Kewat 2,003 1.15
Majority 679 0.40
Turnout 1,74,942 69.51
BJP gain from AITC Swing

*The Congress party had an alliance with CPI(M)

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kulti [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Ujjal Chatterjee 68,952 40.81 Decrease-15.28
BJP Ajay Kumar Poddar 49,464 29.28 Increase25.18
INC Abhijit Acharyya (Bappa) 42,895 25.39 Increase25.39
JMM Shakil Ansari 1,896 1.12
NOTA None of the above 2,848 1.69
Majority 19,488 11.53
Turnout 1,68,994 73.36
AITC hold Swing

2011

In the 2011 election, Ujjal Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Maniklal Acharya of AIFB.

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kulti[20][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Ujjal Chatterjee 77,610 56.09 -0.38#
AIFB Maniklal Acharya 49,044 35.45 -6.22
BJP Vivekananda Bhattacharya 5,666 4.10
JD(U) Subhas Singh 3,567 2.58
JMM Singrai Marandi 2,468 1.78
Majority 28,566 20.65
Turnout 1,38,470 73.66
AITC hold Swing +5.94#

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

1977-2006

Ujjal Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress won the Kulti assembly seat in 2006. Maniklal Acharya of Forward Bloc won the seat in 2001. Prior to that the seat was won by Maniklal Acharjee of Forward Bloc in 1996 and 1991, Tuhin Samanta of Congress in 1987, Madhu Banerjee of Forward Bloc in 1982 and 1977.[22]

1951-1977

Ramdas Banerjee of Congress won in 1972 and 1971, Dr. Taraknath Chakrabarti of Samyukta Socialist Party won in 1969, Dr. Jai Narayan Sharma of Congress in 1967 and 1962, Benarasi Prasad Jha of PSP in 1957. In 1952, independent India's first election, Kulti was a twin member constituency and those elected were Jai Narayan Sharma and Baidyanath Mondal, both of Congress.[23]

References

  1. ^ a b "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  2. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 220. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 220. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 297. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 327. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1969 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 327. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1971 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 331. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 322. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 351. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 344. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 351. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1991 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 360. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 368. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Statistcal Report on General Elections 2001 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Detailed Results P 359. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  15. ^ "List of Successful Candidates in West Bengal Assembly Election in 2006". Kulti. rediff.com. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  16. ^ "List of successful candidates - West Bengal Assembly Election". Kulti. Elections.in. Archived from the original on 20 May 2006. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  17. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election Results in 2011". Kulti. Elections.in. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  18. ^ a b "Kulti constituency". Check 2016 result. CNBC TV18. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  19. ^ a b "Kulti Election Result 2021". Times Now News.com. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  20. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kulti. Empowering India. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  21. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Kulti. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  22. ^ "257 - Kulti Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  23. ^ Bandopadhyay, Shantimoy, Asansol Parikrama (History of Asansol Sub Division) (in Bengali), pp 157-159, Trnity Trust.

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