Kulti Assembly constituency

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Kulti
Constituency No. 282 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Kulti Assembly constituency
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Country India
Region East India
State West Bengal
District Paschim Bardhaman
Lok Sabha constituency Asansol
Established1951
Total electors187,505
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  BJP
Alliance  NDA
Elected year 2021

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

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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		ConstituencyName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation
1951 KultiBaidyanath Manadal and Joy Narayan Sarma Indian National Congress [2]
1957 Benarashi Prosad Jha Praja Socialist Party [3]
1962 Jaynarayan SharmaIndian National Congress [4]
1967 Jaynarayan SharmaIndian National Congress [5]
1969 Taraknath Chakraborty Samyukta Socialist Party [6]
1971 Ramdas BanerjeeIndian National Congress [7]
1972 Ramdas BanerjeeIndian National Congress [8]
1977 Madhu Banerjee Marxist Forward Bloc [9]
1982 Madhu Banerjee Forward Bloc [10]
1987 Tuhin SamantaIndian National Congress [11]
1991 Maniklal AcharyaForward Bloc [12]
1996 Maniklal AcharyaForward Bloc [13]
2001 Maniklal AcharyaForward Bloc [14]
2006 Ujjal Chatterjee 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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Ajay Kumar Poddar 81,112 46.41 Increase2.svg17.13
AITC Ujjal Chatterjee 80,43346.02Increase2.svg5.21
INC Chandi Das Chatterjee5,7953.32Decrease2.svg22.07
NOTA None of the above3,5532.03
IND Suraj Kewat2,0031.15
Majority 6790.40
Turnout 1,74,94269.51
BJP gain from AITC Swing

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

2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kulti [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Ujjal Chatterjee 68,95240.81Decrease2.svg15.28
BJP Ajay Kumar Poddar 49,46429.28Increase2.svg25.18
INC Abhijit Acharyya (Bappa)42,89525.39Increase2.svg25.39
JMM Shakil Ansari1,8961.12
NOTA None of the above2,8481.69
Majority 19,48811.53
Turnout 1,68,99473.36
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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Ujjal Chatterjee 77,61056.09−0.38#
AIFB Maniklal Acharya49,04435.45−6.22
BJP Vivekananda Bhattacharya5,6664.10
JD(U) Subhas Singh3,5672.58
JMM Singrai Marandi2,4681.78
Majority 28,56620.65
Turnout 1,38,47073.66
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. 1 2 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  2. ↑ "Statistical 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. ↑ "Statistical 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. ↑ "Statistical 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. ↑ "Statistical 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. ↑ "Statistical 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. ↑ "Statistical 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. ↑ "Statistical 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. ↑ "Statistical 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. ↑ "Statistical 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. ↑ "Statistical 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. ↑ "Statistical 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. ↑ "Statistical 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. ↑ "Statistical 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. 1 2 "Kulti constituency". Check 2016 result. CNBC TV18. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  19. 1 2 "Kulti Election Result 2021". Times Now News.com. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  20. ↑ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kulti. Empowering India. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. 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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