| Kultali | |
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| Constituency No. 129 for theWest Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Kultali Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jaynagar |
| Established | 1967 |
| Total electors | 265,540 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Trinamool Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Kultali Assembly constituency is aLegislative Assembly constituency ofSouth 24 Parganas district in theIndianState ofWest Bengal. It is reserved forScheduled Castes.
As per order of theDelimitation Commission in respect of theDelimitation of constituencies in theWest Bengal, Kultali Assembly constituency is composed of the following:[1]
Kultali Assembly constituency is a part of No. 19Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITC | Ganesh Chandra Mondal | 117,238 | 51.57 | +20.13 | |
| BJP | Mintu Halder | 70,061 | 30.82 | +25.58 | |
| CPI(M) | Ram Sankar Halder | 20,010 | 8.80 | −28.57 | |
| SUCI(C) | Joy Krishna Halder | 15,306 | 6.73 | −17.56 | |
| BSP | Kanan Bala Mondal | 1,432 | 0.63 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,048 | 0.46 | −0.32 | |
| Independent | Ratan Kumar Naskar | 1,002 | 0.44 | ||
| BMP | Kartick Mondal | 458 | 0.2 | ||
| Independent | Gobinda Majhi | 450 | 0.2 | ||
| LJP | Bablu Sanfui | 346 | 0.15 | ||
| Turnout | 2,27,351 | ||||
| AITCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Ram Sankar Halder | 73,936 | 37.37 | −11.23 | |
| AITC | Gopal Majhi | 62,212 | 31.44 | +31.44 | |
| SUCI(C) | Joy Krishna Halder | 48,058 | 24.29 | −21.44 | |
| BJP | Bikram Naskar | 10,376 | 5.24 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,552 | 0.78 | +0.78 | |
| Turnout | 1,97,859 | 85.96 | −3.04 | ||
| CPI(M)hold | Swing | ||||
Note- In2016 electionCongress supported theCPI(M) candidate.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Ram Sankar Halder | 81,297 | 48.60 | +1.31 | |
| SUCI(C) | Joy Krishna Halder | 76,484 | 45.73 | −2.13 | |
| INC | Sujit Patwari | 3,277 | |||
| Independent | Sanjoy Mondal | 2,177 | |||
| BJP | Nilkanta Mondal | 2,159 | |||
| BSP | Khusilal Halder | 948 | |||
| Independent | Shaktinath Halder | 922 | |||
| Turnout | 167,264 | 89 | |||
| CPI(M)gain fromSUCI(C) | Swing | 3.44 | |||
In 2006,[5] Joy Krishna Halder ofSUCI(C) won the Kultali Assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival Ramsankar Halder ofCPI(M). Probodh Purkait ofSUCI(C) won from 1977 to 2001, defeating Ramsankar Halder ofCPI(M) in 2001[6] and 1996,[7] Ramani Ranjan Das ofCPI(M) in 1991,[8] Arabinda Naskar ofINC in 1987[9] and 1982,[10] and Anandi Tanti ofJanata Party in 1977.[11][12]
Arabinda Naskar ofINC won in 1972.[13] Probodh Purkait ofSUCI(C) won in 1971,[14] 1969[15] and 1967.[16] The seat did not exist prior to that.
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