Kulti Assembly constituency is an

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constituency in

Paschim Bardhaman district Paschim Bardhaman district is a predominantly urban mining-industrial district in West Bengal. The headquarter of the district is Asansol. It was formed on 7 April 2017 after bifurcation of the erstwhile Bardhaman district as the 23rd district o ...

in the

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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 Asansol Municipal Corporation (AMC) is the civic body that governs Asansol in Asansol Sadar subdivision of Paschim Bardhaman district, West Bengal, India. History Union Committees were set up in Asansol, Raniganj, Katwa and Kalna, according to ...

(Before 2015

Kulti Kulti is a neighbourhood in Asansol. Asansol is located in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is governed by Asansol Municipal Corporation. Geography Kulti is located at latitude 23°43'60N and longitude 86°50'6 ...

municipality). Kulti assembly segment is part of No. 40

Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency) Asansol Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Asansol in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 40 Asansol Lok Sabha constituency are in Paschim Bardhaman distri ...

. 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.”

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

2021

*The Congress party had an alliance with CPI(M)

2016

2011

In the 2011 election, Ujjal Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Maniklal Acharya of AIFB. .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.

1977-2006

Ujjal Chatterjee of

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won the Kulti assembly seat in 2006. Maniklal Acharya of

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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

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in 1987, Madhu Banerjee of Forward Bloc in 1982 and 1977.

1951-1977

Ramdas Banerjee of Congress won in 1972 and 1971, Dr. Taraknath Chakrabarti of

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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.Bandopadhyay, Shantimoy, ''Asansol Parikrama'' (History of Asansol Sub Division) , pp 157-159, Trnity Trust.

References

{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal Politics of Paschim Bardhaman district Assembly constituencies of West Bengal