Kulti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
| Kulti | |
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| Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
 Kulti
 Kulti
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| Coordinates: 23°46′N 86°56′E / 23.767°N 86.933°ECoordinates: 23°46′N 86°56′E / 23.767°N 86.933°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Bardhaman |
| Constituency No. | 282 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 40. Asansol |
| Electorate (year) | 187,505 (2011) |
Kulti (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 282 Kulti assembly constituency covers Kulti municipality.
Kulti assembly segment is part of No. 40 Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency).
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.
Note: New constituencies – 4, constituencies abolished – 5 (See for details)
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.
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.
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