Coordinates: 23°46′N 86°56′E / 23.767°N 86.933°E / 23.767; 86.933

Kulti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Kulti
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Kulti is located in West Bengal
Kulti
Kulti
Location in West Bengal
Coordinates: 23°46′N 86°56′E / 23.767°N 86.933°E / 23.767; 86.933
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPaschim Bardhaman
Constituency No.282
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency40. Asansol
Electorate (year)187,505 (2011)

Kulti (Vidhan Sabha 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 16-19,58-74,99-105 of Asansol Municipal Corporation(Before 2015 Kulti municipality).[1]

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

The United News of India (UNI) has been candid about the second largest city and urban agglomeration in West Bengal (the area covered by the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency) after Kolkata that is a hub of coal mining and railway activity bordering Jharkhand. Asansol has seen, it writes, “a sustained hold over it by the CPI(M) since 1984. Before that it was a tale of fluctuating fortune for the CPI(M) and the Congress… However, as the green surge swept Bengal to demolish the red bastion in 2011 Assembly elections… Moreover, as the Left still remained cornered in state politics, their neutralised voters are increasingly migrating to the BJP for a viable alternative.”[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly[]

Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1951 Kulti Baidyanath Manadal and Joy Narayan Sarma Indian National Congress[3]
1957 Benarashi Prosad Jha Praja Socialist Party[4]
1962 Jaynarayan Sharma Indian National Congress [5]
1967 Jaynarayan Sharma Indian National Congress [6]
1969 Taraknath Chakraborty Samyukta Socialist Party[7]
1971 Ramdas Banerjee Indian National Congress [8]
1972 Ramdas Banerjee Indian National Congress [9]
1977 Madhu Banerjee Marxist Forward Bloc[10]
1982 Madhu Banerjee Forward Bloc[11]
1987 Tuhin Samanta Indian National Congress [12]
1991 Maniklal Acharya Forward Bloc [13]
1996 Maniklal Acharya Forward Bloc [14]
2001 Maniklal Acharya Forward Bloc [15]
2006 Ujjal Chaterjee All India Trinamool Congress[16][17]
2011 Ujjal Chatterjee All India Trinamool Congress[18]
2016 Ujjal Chatterjee All India Trinamool Congress[19]
2021 Dr. Ajay Kumar Poddar Bharatiya Janata Party[20]

Election results[]

2021[]

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kulti [20]
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 [19]
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 [21][22][23]
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.[24]

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.[25]

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. ^ "Close fight in Asansol". UNI, 28 April 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
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  4. ^ "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.
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  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "List of Successful Candidates in West Bengal Assembly Election in 2006". Kulti. rediff.com. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  17. ^ "List of successful candidates - West Bengal Assembly Election". Kulti. Elections.in. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  18. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election Results in 2011". Kulti. Elections.in. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  19. ^ a b "Kulti constituency". Check 2016 result. CNBC TV18. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  20. ^ a b "Kulti Election Result 2021". Times Now News.com. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  21. ^ "Kulti". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  22. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kulti. Empowering India. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  23. ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Kulti. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  24. ^ "257 - Kulti Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  25. ^ Bandopadhyay, Shantimoy, Asansol Parikrama (History of Asansol Sub Division) (in Bengali), pp 157-159, Trnity Trust.
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