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{{Infobox Indian state legislative assembly constituency
| name = Kulpi
| parl_name = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Vidhan Sabha constituencies/West Bengal/Kulpi.map}}
| image_size = 300
| caption = Interactive Map Outlining Kulpi Assembly Constituency
| alt =
| mla = [[Jogaranjan Halder]]
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| alliance =
| year = [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| district = [[South 24 Parganas]]
| constituency = [[Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mathurapur]]
| constituency_no = 133
| established = 1952
| electors = 220,060
| reservation = None
| abolished =
}}

'''Kulpi Assembly constituency''' is a [[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assembly]] constituency of [[South 24 Parganas]] district in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|State]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per order of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]] in respect of the [[Delimitation of constituencies]] in the [[West Bengal]], Kulpi Assembly constituency is composed of the following:<ref name=delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf| title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006 | access-date= 25 October 2010|work = West Bengal| publisher= Election Commission of India}}</ref>
* [[Kulpi (community development block)|Kulpi]] community development block

Kulpi Assembly constituency is a part of No. 20 [[Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Election<br/> Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1952]]||Kulpi||[[Nalini Kanta Halder]]||[[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party]]<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||||[[Pran Krishna Kumar]]||[[Bharatiya Jana Sangha]]<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||||[[Hansdwhaj Dhara]]||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||||[[Hrishikesh Halder]]||[[Independent politician]]<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||||[[N.K.Halder]]||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]]||||[[Murari Mohan Halder]]||[[Bangla Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]]||||[[Mukunda Ram Mondal]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1972]]||||[[Santosh Kumar Mondal]]||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title =General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]||||[[Krishnadhan Halder]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]||||[[Krishnadhan Halder]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1987]]||||[[Krishnadhan Halder]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1991]]||||[[Krishnadhan Halder]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1996]]||||[[Sakuntala Paik]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||||[[Jogaranjan Halder]]||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||[[Sakuntala Paik]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||||[[Jogaranjan Halder]]||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 19 October 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]||||[[Jogaranjan Halder]]||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|-
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]||||[[Jogaranjan Halder]]||[[All India Trinamool Congress]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=West Bengal Assembly Election Candidate Jogaranjan Halder|work=[[NDTV]]|url= https://ndtv.in/elections/west-bengal/vidhan-sabha-election-candidates-list-2021/jogaranjan-halder-25133-4 |access-date=24 June 2021}}</ref>
|}

==Election Results==

===Legislative Assembly Election 2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|Legislative Assembly Election, 2011]]: Kulpi<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=133|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Kulpi| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 30 April 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = [[Jogaranjan Halder]]
|votes = 76,693
|percentage = 53.75
|change = +2.40
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Sakuntala Paik]]
|votes = 58,414
|percentage = 40.94
|change = -4.89
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Swapan Halder]]
|votes = 3,624
|percentage = 2.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = People’s Democratic Conference of India
|candidate = [[Syed Sadrul Anam]]
|votes = 1,523
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = [[Arup Kumar Halder]]
|votes = 1,451
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = [[Bidhan Naskar]]
|votes = 978
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 142,683
|percentage = 86.65
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = 7.29
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006===
In 2006,<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> Sakuntala Paik of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won the Kulpi Assembly constituency defeating her nearest rival Jogaranjan Halder of [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]. Jogaranjan Halder of [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]] defeated Sakuntala Paik of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] in 2001.<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> Sakuntala Paik of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] defeated Kirtibas Sardar of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] in 1996,<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> Krishnadhan Halder of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] defeated Jogaranjan Halder of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] in 1991,<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> Kirtibas Sardar of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] in 1987,<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> and Santosh Kumar Mondal of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] in 1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> and 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp124.htm |title =124 - Kulpi (SC) Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 October 2010}}</ref>

===Legislative Assembly Elections 1952-1972===
Santosh Kumar Mondal of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] won in 1972.<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> Mukunda Ram Mondal of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won in 1971.<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> Murari Mohan Halder of [[Bangla Congress]] won in 1969.<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> N.K.Halder of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] won in 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> Hrishikesh Halder, [[Independent politician]], won in 1962.<ref name=vidhansabha1962/> Hansadhwaj Dhara of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] won in 1957.<ref name=vidhansabha1957/> In 1952, Kulpi Assembly constituency had a joint seat. Nalini Kanta Halder of [[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party|KMPP]] and Pran Krishna Kumar of [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|BJS]] won in 1952.<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>

==References==
===Notes===
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===Citations===
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{{South 24 Parganas}}
{{South 24 Parganas topics}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of West Bengal}}

{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of South 24 Parganas district]]

Kulpi Assembly constituency - Revision history

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