# Kulti Assembly constituency

Kulti Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 282 Kulti assembly constituency covers Wards nos. 16-19, 58-74, 99-105 of Asansol Municipal Corporation.
Kulti assembly segment is part of No. 40 Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
| 1951 | Kulti | Baidyanath Manadal and Joy Narayan Sarma | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | | Benarashi Prosad Jha | Praja Socialist Party |
| 1962 | | Jaynarayan Sharma | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | | Jaynarayan Sharma | Indian National Congress |
| 1969 | | Taraknath Chakraborty | Samyukta Socialist Party |
| 1971 | | Ramdas Banerjee | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | | Ramdas Banerjee | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | | Madhu Banerjee | Marxist Forward Bloc |
| 1982 | | Madhu Banerjee | Forward Bloc |
| 1987 | | Tuhin Samanta | Indian National Congress |
| 1991 | | Maniklal Acharya | Forward Bloc |
| 1996 | | Maniklal Acharya | Forward Bloc |
| 2001 | | Maniklal Acharya | Forward Bloc |
| 2006 | | Ujjal Chaterjee | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2011 | | Ujjal Chatterjee | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2016 | | Ujjal Chatterjee | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 2021 | | Dr. Ajay Kumar Poddar | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 2021

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kulti :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Ajay Kumar Poddar | 81,112 | 46.41 | 17.13 |
| | AITC | Ujjal Chatterjee | 80,433 | 46.02 | 5.21 |
| | INC | Chandi Das Chatterjee | 5,795 | 3.32 | 22.07 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 3,553 | 2.03 | |
| | IND | Suraj Kewat | 2,003 | 1.15 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 679 | 0.40 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,74,942 | 69.51 | |
| | BJP gain from AITC | BJP gain from AITC | Swing | | |
*The Congress party had an alliance with CPI(M)

### 2016

2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kulti :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Ujjal Chatterjee | 68,952 | 40.81 | 15.28 |
| | BJP | Ajay Kumar Poddar | 49,464 | 29.28 | 25.18 |
| | INC | Abhijit Acharyya (Bappa) | 42,895 | 25.39 | 25.39 |
| | JMM | Shakil Ansari | 1,896 | 1.12 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,848 | 1.69 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19,488 | 11.53 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,68,994 | 73.36 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | | |

### 2011

In the 2011 election, Ujjal Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Maniklal Acharya of AIFB.
2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Kulti :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AITC | Ujjal Chatterjee | 77,610 | 56.09 | −0.38# |
| | AIFB | Maniklal Acharya | 49,044 | 35.45 | −6.22 |
| | BJP | Vivekananda Bhattacharya | 5,666 | 4.10 | |
| | JD(U) | Subhas Singh | 3,567 | 2.58 | |
| | JMM | Singrai Marandi | 2,468 | 1.78 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 28,566 | 20.65 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,38,470 | 73.66 | |
| | AITC hold | AITC hold | Swing | +5.94# | |
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages in 2006 taken together.

### 1977-2006

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.

### 1951-1977

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.