https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Kulti_Assembly_constituency Kulti Assembly constituency - Revision history 2026-07-30T19:50:52Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.4 https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Kulti_Assembly_constituency&diff=511047&oldid=prev JewelWoodcock19 at 15:09, 8 May 2026 2026-05-08T15:09:47Z <p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}<br /> {{Infobox Indian constituency<br /> | name = Kulti<br /> | type = SLA<br /> | map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Kulti.map}}<br /> | map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Kulti Assembly Constituency<br /> | map_alt = <br /> | mla = [[Ajay Kumar Poddar]]<br /> | party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br /> | alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}<br /> | latest_election_year = [[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2026]]<br /> | state = [[West Bengal]]<br /> | district = [[Paschim Bardhaman district|Paschim Bardhaman]]<br /> | loksabha_cons = [[Asansol Lok Sabha constituency|Asansol]]<br /> | constituency_no = 282<br /> | established = 1951<br /> | electors = 187,505<br /> | reservation = None<br /> | abolished = <br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Kulti Assembly constituency&#039;&#039;&#039; is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Paschim Bardhaman district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].<br /> <br /> ==Overview==<br /> 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]].&lt;ref name=delimitation&gt;{{cite web|url=http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |title=Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 |access-date=2010-08-21 |publisher=Government of West Bengal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813092204/http://ceowestbengal.nic.in/news_pdf/gazette123.pdf |archive-date=2011-08-13 }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Kulti assembly segment is part of No. 40 [[Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)]].&lt;ref name =delimitation/&gt;<br /> <br /> == Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! Year<br /> ! Name<br /> ! colspan=2|Party<br /> |-<br /> |rowspan=&quot;2&quot;|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]<br /> |Baidyanath Mandal<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}<br /> |-<br /> |Joy Narayan Sarma<br /> |-<br /> |[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br /> |Benarashi Prosad Jha<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<br /> |rowspan=&quot;2&quot;|Jaynarayan Sharma<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br /> |-<br /> |[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]<br /> |Taraknath Chakraborty<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Samyukta Socialist Party}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]<br /> |rowspan=&quot;2&quot;|Ramdas Banerjee<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<br /> |-<br /> |[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br /> |rowspan=&quot;2&quot;|Madhu Banerjee<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Marxist Forward Bloc}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Forward Bloc}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]<br /> |Tuhin Samanta<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]<br /> |rowspan=&quot;3&quot;|Maniklal Acharya<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Forward Bloc|rowspan=3}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br /> |-<br /> |[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<br /> |-<br /> |[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<br /> |rowspan=&quot;3&quot;|[[Ujjal Chatterjee]]<br /> |{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress|rowspan=3}}<br /> |-<br /> |[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br /> |-<br /> |[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<br /> |-<br /> |[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br /> |[[Ajay Kumar Poddar|Dr. Ajay Kumar Poddar]]<br /> |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Election results==<br /> ===2026===<br /> {{Election box begin|title=[[2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Kulti}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|<br /> |candidate = [[Ajay Kumar Poddar]]<br /> |party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br /> |votes = {{formatnum:103570}}<br /> |percentage = 54.44<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|<br /> |candidate = Abhijit Ghatak <br /> |party = Trinamool Congress<br /> |votes = {{formatnum:77072}}<br /> |percentage = 40.51<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|<br /> |candidate = Bhabani Acharya<br /> |party = All India Forward Bloc<br /> |votes = {{formatnum:3937}}<br /> |percentage = 2.07<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|<br /> |candidate = RAVI YADAV <br /> |party = Indian National Congress<br /> |votes = {{formatnum:1555}}<br /> |percentage = 0.82<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|<br /> |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br /> |party = None of the above (India)<br /> |votes = {{formatnum:2539}}<br /> |percentage = 1.33<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box majority|<br /> |votes = {{formatnum:26498}}<br /> |percentage = <br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box turnout|<br /> |votes = {{formatnum:190239}}<br /> |percentage = <br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box hold with party link|<br /> |winner = BJP<br /> |loser = TMC<br /> |swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===2021===<br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Kulti]]&lt;ref name=vidhansabha2021&gt;{{cite web | url = https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/kulti-west-bengal-election-result-2021| title = Kulti Election Result 2021 | publisher = Times Now News.com |access-date =13 May 2021 }}&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Ajay Kumar Poddar]] |votes=81,112|percentage=46.41|change={{increase}}17.13}} <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Ujjal Chatterjee]]|votes=80,433|percentage=46.02|change={{increase}}5.21}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Chandi Das Chatterjee|votes=5,795|percentage=3.32|change={{decrease}}22.07}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=3,553|percentage=2.03|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate||party= [[Independent politician|IND]]|candidate=Suraj Kewat |votes=2,003|percentage=1.15|change=}}<br /> <br /> {{Election box majority||votes=679|percentage=0.40|change=}}<br /> {{Election box turnout||votes=1,74,942|percentage=69.51|change=}}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link<br /> |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br /> |loser = All India Trinamool Congress<br /> |swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> &lt;small&gt;*The Congress party had an alliance with CPI(M)&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> ===2016===<br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Kulti]]&lt;ref name=vidhansabha2016&gt;{{cite web| url = https://www.cnbctv18.com//assembly-election-result-2021/west-bengal-election-result-2021/constituency/kulti-constituency-s25a282/| title = Kulti constituency| work = Check 2016 result| publisher = CNBC TV18| access-date = 13 May 2021| archive-date = 13 May 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210513102908/https://www.cnbctv18.com//assembly-election-result-2021/west-bengal-election-result-2021/constituency/kulti-constituency-s25a282/| url-status = dead}}&lt;/ref&gt; }}<br /> <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Ujjal Chatterjee]]|votes=68,952|percentage=40.81|change={{decrease}}15.28}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Ajay Kumar Poddar]]|votes=49,464|percentage=29.28|change={{increase}}25.18}} <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Abhijit Acharyya (Bappa)|votes=42,895|percentage=25.39|change={{increase}}25.39}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|candidate=Shakil Ansari|votes=1,896|percentage=1.12|change=}}<br /> <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=2,848|percentage=1.69|change=}}<br /> {{Election box majority||votes=19,488|percentage=11.53|change=}}<br /> {{Election box turnout||votes=1,68,994|percentage=73.36|change=}}<br /> {{Election box hold with party link<br /> |winner = All India Trinamool Congress<br /> |swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===2011===<br /> In the 2011 election, Ujjal Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Maniklal Acharya of AIFB.<br /> <br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]: Kulti&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&amp;cid=282| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120529222803/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&amp;cid=282| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 29 May 2012|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Kulti| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 2011-05-09 }}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |title=West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work=Kulti |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2011-05-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912030706/http://www.ceowestbengal.nic.in/mis_pdf/election_2011/canddtl_5th_phase.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-12 }}&lt;/ref&gt; }}<br /> <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=[[Ujjal Chatterjee]]|votes=77,610|percentage=56.09|change=-0.38#}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Forward Bloc|candidate=Maniklal Acharya|votes=49,044|percentage=35.45|change=-6.22}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Vivekananda Bhattacharya|votes=5,666|percentage=4.10|change=}}<br /> <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Janata Dal (United)|candidate=Subhas Singh|votes=3,567|percentage=2.58|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|candidate=Singrai Marandi|votes=2,468|percentage=1.78|change=}}<br /> {{Election box majority|votes=28,566|percentage=20.65|change=}}<br /> {{Election box turnout|votes=1,38,470|percentage=73.66|change=}}<br /> {{Election box hold with party link<br /> |winner = All India Trinamool Congress<br /> |swing = +5.94#<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> &lt;small&gt;.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.&lt;/small&gt;<br /> <br /> ===1977-2006===<br /> Ujjal Chatterjee of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] won the Kulti assembly seat in 2006. Maniklal Acharya of [[All India Forward Bloc|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 [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1987, Madhu Banerjee of Forward Bloc in 1982 and 1977.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp257.htm| title = 257 - Kulti Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977| publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 2009-08-29 }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ===1951-1977===<br /> 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 [[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]] in 1957. In 1952, independent India&#039;s first election, Kulti was a twin member constituency and those elected were Jai Narayan Sharma and Baidyanath Mondal, both of Congress.&lt;ref&gt;Bandopadhyay, Shantimoy, &#039;&#039;Asansol Parikrama&#039;&#039; (History of Asansol Sub Division) {{in lang|bn}}, pp 157-159, Trnity Trust.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Paschim Bardhaman topics}}<br /> {{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}<br /> {{coord|23.7332689|86.8203871}}<br /> [[Category:Politics of Paschim Bardhaman district]]<br /> [[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]<br /> [[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]<br /> [[Category:1951 establishments in West Bengal]]</div> JewelWoodcock19