Kultali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Kultali
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Kultali is located in West Bengal
Kultali
Kultali
Location in West Bengal
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Country  India
State West Bengal
District South 24 Parganas
Constituency No 129
Type Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency Jaynagar (SC)
Electorate (year) 187,930 (2011)

Kultali (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 129 Kultali (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Kultali community development block and Baishata, Chuprijhara, Manirhat, Nalgora gram panchayats of Jaynagar II community development block.[1]

Kultali (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 19 Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election
Year		 Constituency Name of M.L.A. Party Affiliation
1967 Kultali Probodh Purkait Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)[2]
1969 Probodh Purkait Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)[3]
1971 Probodh Purkait Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)[4]
1972 Arabinda Naskar Indian National Congress[5]
1977 Probodh Purkait Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)[6]
1982 Probodh Purkait Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)[7]
1987 Probodh Purkait Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)[8]
1991 Probodh Purkait Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)[9]
1996 Probodh Purkait Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)[10]
2001 Probodh Purkait Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)[11]
2006 Joykrishna Halder Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)[12]
2011 Ramsankar Halder Communist Party of India (Marxist) [13]

Election results

2011

Ramsankar Halder of CPI(M) won the seat defeating his nearest rival Joy Krishna Halder of SUCI(C).

West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Kultali (SC) constituency[13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Ramsankar 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 Haldar 922
Turnout 167,264 89
CPI(M) gain from SUCI(C) Swing 3.44
e • d West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2011
Dakshin 24 Parganas district summary
Party Seats won Seat change
Trinamool Congress 26 Increase19
Indian National Congress 0 Decrease2
SUCI(C) 1 Decrease1
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3 Decrease15
Revolutionary Socialist Party 1 Decrease2

Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 8 (See template talk page for details)


1977-2006

In the 2006 assembly elections,[12] Joykrishna Halder of SUC won the Kultali (SC) seat defeating his nearest rival Ramsanker Halder of CPI(M). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Probodh Purkait of SUC won the seat from 1977 to 2001, defeating Ramsanker Halder of CPI(M) in 2001[11]and 1996,[10] Ramani Ranjan Das of CPI(M) in 1991,[9] Arabinda Naskar of Congress in 1987[8]and 1982,[7]and Anandi Tanti of Janata Party in 1977.[6][15]

1967-1972

Arabinda Naskar of Congress won in 1972.[5]Prabodh Purkait of SUC won in 1971,[4]1969[3] and 1967 (in 1967, he was shown as Independent in Election Commission records).[2]Prior to that the Kultali constituency was not there.

References

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