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{{Short description|West Bengal Legislative Assembly constituency}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Kultali
| type= SLA
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Kultali.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Kultali Assembly Constituency
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Ganesh Chandra Mondal]]
| party = [[Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| latest_election_year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[South 24 Parganas]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jaynagar]]
| constituency_no = 129
| established = 1967
| electors = 265,540
| reservation = SC
| abolished =
}}
'''Kultali Assembly constituency''' is a [[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assembly]] constituency of [[South 24 Parganas]] district in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|State]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|Scheduled Castes]].

==Overview==
As per order of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]] in respect of the [[Delimitation of constituencies]] in the [[West Bengal]], Kultali Assembly constituency is composed of the following:<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf| title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date= 25 October 2010|work = West Bengal| publisher= Election Commission of India}}</ref>
* [[Kultali (community development block)|Kultali]] community development block
* Baishata, Chuprijhara, Manirtat and Nalgora gram panchayats of [[Jaynagar II]] community development block

Kultali Assembly constituency is a part of No. 19 [[Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Name
! colspan=2| Party
|-
| [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Probodh Purkait]]
| {{Full party name with color|Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|rowspan=3|dab=yes}}
|-
| [[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|-
| [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
|-
| [[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
| Arabinda Naskar
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| rowspan="6" | [[Probodh Purkait]]
| {{Full party name with color|Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|rowspan=7|dab=yes}}
|-
| [[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|-
| [[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|-
| [[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|-
| [[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|-
| [[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|-
| [[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
| [[Joy Krishna Halder]]
|-
| [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Ram Sankar Halder]]
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=2|dab=yes}}
|-
| [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|-
| [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| [[Ganesh Chandra Mondal]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}
|}

==Election results==
===2026===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Kultali}}
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|candidate = Ganesh Chandra Mondal
|party = Trinamool Congress
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|candidate = Madhabi Mahaldar
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Ram Sankar Halder]]
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
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|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|party = None of the above (India)
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===2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Kultali}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Ganesh Chandra Mondal]]
|votes = 117,238
|percentage = 51.57
|change = +20.13
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Mintu Halder|votes=70,061|percentage=30.82|change=+25.58}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[Ram Sankar Halder]]|votes=20,010|percentage=8.80|change=-28.57}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=[[Joy Krishna Halder]]|votes=15,306|percentage=6.73|change=-17.56}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Kanan Bala Mondal|votes=1,432|percentage=0.63|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the above]]|votes=1,048|percentage=0.46|change=-0.32}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Ratan Kumar Naskar
|votes = 1,002
|percentage = 0.44
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Mukti Party|candidate=Kartick Mondal|votes=458|percentage=0.2|change=}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Gobinda Majhi
|votes = 450
|percentage = 0.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Lok Janshakti Party|candidate=Bablu Sanfui|votes=346|percentage=0.15|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=2,27,351|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Legislative Assembly Election 2016===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|Legislative Assembly Election, 2016]]: Kultali<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=129| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120513170451/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=129| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 13 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Kultali| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 30 April 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[Ram Sankar Halder]]|votes=73,936|percentage=37.37|change=-11.23}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=Gopal Majhi|votes=62,212|percentage=31.44|change=+31.44}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=[[Joy Krishna Halder]]|votes=48,058|percentage=24.29|change=-21.44}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Bikram Naskar|votes=10,376|percentage=5.24|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=1,552|percentage=0.78|change=+0.78}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=1,97,859|percentage=85.96|change=-3.04}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Note- In [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]] election [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] supported the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] candidate.

===Legislative Assembly Election 2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|Legislative Assembly Election, 2011]]: Kultali<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=129| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120513170451/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=129| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 13 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Kultali| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 30 April 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[Ram Sankar Halder]]|votes=81,297|percentage=48.60|change=+1.31}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=[[Joy Krishna Halder]]|votes=76,484|percentage=45.73|change=-2.13}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Sujit Patwari]]|votes=3,277|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=[[Sanjoy Mondal]]|votes=2,177|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Nilkanta Mondal]]|votes=2,159|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=[[Khusilal Halder]]|votes=948|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=[[Shaktinath Halder]]|votes=922|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=167,264|percentage=89|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|swing = 3.44
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006===
In 2006,<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref> Joy Krishna Halder of [[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|SUCI(C)]] won the Kultali Assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival Ramsankar Halder of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]. Probodh Purkait of [[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|SUCI(C)]] won from 1977 to 2001, defeating Ramsankar Halder of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] in 2001<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref> and 1996,<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref> Ramani Ranjan Das of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] in 1991,<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref> Arabinda Naskar of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] in 1987<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref> and 1982,<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref> and Anandi Tanti of [[Janata Party]] in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp102.htm |title =102 - Kultali (SC) Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 October 2010}}</ref>

===Legislative Assembly Elections 1967-1972===
Arabinda Naskar of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] won in 1972.<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title =General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref> Probodh Purkait of [[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|SUCI(C)]] won in 1971,<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref> 1969<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref> and 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref> The seat did not exist prior to that.

==References==
===Notes===
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{{South 24 Parganas}}
{{South 24 Parganas topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of South 24 Parganas district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1967]]
[[Category:1967 establishments in West Bengal]]

Kultali Assembly constituency - Revision history

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