Kulti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Kulti (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 282 Kulti assembly constituency covers Kulti municipality.[1]

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

Election results

2011

In the 2011 election, Ujjal Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Maniklal Acharya of AIFB.

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Kulti [2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
AITC Ujjal Chatterjee 77,610 57.38 -0.38#
Forward Bloc Maniklal Acharya 49,044 32.26 -6.22
BJP Vivekananda Bhattacharya 5,666 4.19
JD(U) Subhas Singh 3,567
JMM Singrai Marandi 2,468
Turnout 135,262 72.14
AITC hold Swing +5.94#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.

 
West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Bardhaman district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 15 13
Indian National Congress 1 0
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 8 13
Forward bloc 1 0
Marxist Forward Bloc 0 1

Note: New constituencies – 4, constituencies abolished – 5 (See template talk page for details)

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.[5]

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.[6]

References
  1. "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18" (PDF). Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-13. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
  2. "Kulti". Assembly Elections May 2011 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  3. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Kulti. Empowering India. Retrieved 2011-05-09.
  4. "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011" (PDF). Kulti. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2011-05-09.
  5. "257 - Kulti Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
  6. Bandopadhyay, Shantimoy, Asansol Parikrama (History of Asansol Sub Division) (in Bengali), pp 157-159, Trnity Trust.
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