Kultali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Kultali
Vidhan Sabha Constituency
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Coordinates: 22°05′12″N88°35′37″E / 22.0866°N 88.5937°E / 22.0866; 88.5937 Coordinates: 22°05′12″N88°35′37″E / 22.0866°N 88.5937°E / 22.0866; 88.5937
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	South 24 Parganas
Constituency No.	129
Type	Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency	Jaynagar (SC)
Electorate (year)	187,930 (2011)

Kultali (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal. It is reserved for Scheduled Castes.

Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Kultali (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: ^[1]

• Kultali community development block
• Baishata, Chuprijhara, Monirhat and Nalgora gram panchayats of Jaynagar II community development block

Kultali (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a part of No. 19 Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Name of M.L.A.	Party Affiliation
1967	Probodh Purkait	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) [2]
1969	Probodh Purkait	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) [3]
1971	Probodh Purkait	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) [4]
1972	Arabinda Naskar	Indian National Congress [5]
1977	Probodh Purkait	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) [6]
1982	Probodh Purkait	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) [7]
1987	Probodh Purkait	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) [8]
1991	Probodh Purkait	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) [9]
1996	Probodh Purkait	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) [10]
2001	Probodh Purkait	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) [11]
2006	Joy Krishna Halder	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) [12]
2011	Ramsankar Halder	Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]
2016	Ramsankar Halder	Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Election Results

Legislative Assembly Election 2021

Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Kultali

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AITC	Ganesh Chandra Mondal	117,238	51.57	+20.13
	BJP	Mintu Halder	70,061	30.82	+25.58
	CPI (M)	Ramsankar Halder	20,010	8.80	-28.57
	SUCI(C)	Joy Krishna Halder	15,306	6.73	-17.56
	BSP	Kanan Bala Mondal	1,432	0.63
	NOTA	None of the above	1,048	0.46	-0.32
	Independent	Ratan Kumar Naskar	1,002	0.44
	BMP	Kartick Mondal	458	0.2
	Independent	Gobinda Majhi	450	0.2
	LJP	Bablu Sanfui	346	0.15
Turnout			2,27,351
	AITC gain from CPI (M)		Swing

Legislative Assembly Election 2016

Legislative Assembly Election, 2016: Kultali ^{[13] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	Ramsankar Halder	73,936	37.37	-11.23
	AITC	Gopal Majhi	62,212	31.44	+31.44
	SUCI(C)	Joy Krishna Halder	48,058	24.29	-21.44
	BJP	Bikram Naskar	10,376	5.24
	NOTA	None of the above	1,552	0.78	+0.78
Turnout			1,97,859	85.96	-3.04
	CPI (M) hold		Swing

Note- In 2016 election Congress supported the CPI(M) candidate.

Legislative Assembly Election 2011

Legislative Assembly Election, 2011: Kultali ^{[13] [15]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	Ramsankar Halder	81,297	48.60	+1.31
	SUCI(C)	Joy Krishna Halder	76,484	45.73	-2.13
	INC	Sujit Patwari	3,277
	Independent	Sanjoy Mondal	2,177
	BJP	Nilkanta Mondal	2,159
	BSP	Khusilal Halder	948
	Independent	Shaktinath Halder	922
Turnout			167,264	89
	CPI (M) gain from SUCI(C)		Swing	3.44

Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006

In 2006, ^[12] Joy Krishna Halder of SUCI(C) won the Kultali (Vidhan Sabha constituency) defeating his nearest rival Ramsankar Halder of CPI(M). Probodh Purkait of SUCI(C) won from 1977 to 2001, defeating Ramsankar Halder of CPI(M) in 2001 ^[11] and 1996, ^[10] Ramani Ranjan Das of CPI(M) in 1991, ^[9] Arabinda Naskar of INC in 1987 ^[8] and 1982, ^[7] and Anandi Tanti of Janata Party in 1977. ^{[6] [16]}

Legislative Assembly Elections 1967-1972

Arabinda Naskar of INC won in 1972. ^[5] Probodh Purkait of SUCI(C) won in 1971, ^[4] 1969 ^[3] and 1967. ^[2] The seat did not exist prior to that.

References

Citations

1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
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