Kultali Assembly constituency

Kultali Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal. It is reserved for Scheduled Castes.

Kultali
Constituency No. 129 for the West 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 Ganesh Chandra Mondal
Party	Trinamool Congress
Elected year	2021

Overview

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Kultali Assembly constituency is composed of the following:^[1]

• Kultali community development block
• Baishata, Chuprijhara, Manirtat and Nalgora gram panchayats of Jaynagar II community development block

Kultali Assembly constituency is a part of No. 19 Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
1967	Probodh Purkait		Socialist Unity Centre of India
1969
1971
1972	Arabinda Naskar		Indian National Congress
1977	Probodh Purkait		Socialist Unity Centre of India
1982
1987
1991
1996
2001
2006	Joy Krishna Halder
2011	Ram Sankar Halder		Communist Party of India
2016
2021	Ganesh Chandra Mondal		All India Trinamool Congress

Election Results

2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kultali

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
	AITC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

Legislative Assembly Election 2016

Legislative Assembly Election, 2016: Kultali^[2][3]

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- In 2016 election Congress supported the CPI(M) candidate.

Legislative Assembly Election 2011

Legislative Assembly Election, 2011: Kultali^[2][4]

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 from SUCI(C)		Swing	3.44

Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006

In 2006,^[5] Joy Krishna Halder of SUCI(C) won the Kultali Assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival Ramsankar Halder of CPI(M). Probodh Purkait of SUCI(C) won from 1977 to 2001, defeating Ramsankar Halder of CPI(M) in 2001^[6] and 1996,^[7] Ramani Ranjan Das of CPI(M) in 1991,^[8] Arabinda Naskar of INC in 1987^[9] and 1982,^[10] and Anandi Tanti of Janata Party in 1977.^[11][12]

Legislative Assembly Elections 1967-1972

Arabinda Naskar of INC won in 1972.^[13] Probodh Purkait of SUCI(C) won in 1971,^[14] 1969^[15] and 1967.^[16] The seat did not exist prior to that.