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| name = Kultali 
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| settlement_type = Vidhan Sabha Constituency 
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|..West Bengal Flag(INDIA).png}} [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = [[South 24 Parganas]]
| subdivision_type3 = Constituency No.
| subdivision_name3 = 129
| subdivision_type4 = Type
| subdivision_name4 = Reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|SC]]
| subdivision_type5 = Lok Sabha constituency
| subdivision_name5 = [[Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jaynagar (SC)]]
| subdivision_type6 = Electorate (year)
| subdivision_name6 = 187,930 (2011)

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'''Kultali (Vidhan Sabha 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]]. It is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|Scheduled Castes]].

==Overview==
As per order of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]] in respect of the [[Delimitation of constituencies]] in the [[West Bengal]], Kultali (Vidhan Sabha 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>
* [[Kultali (community development block)|Kultali]] community development block
* [[Baishata]], [[Chuprijhara]], Monirhat and [[Nalgora]] gram panchayats of [[Jaynagar II]] community development block

Kultali (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is a part of No. 19 [[Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Election<br/> Year!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||[[Probodh Purkait]]||[[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)]]<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]]||[[Probodh Purkait]]||[[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)]]<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]]||[[Probodh Purkait]]||[[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)]]<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]]||[[Arabinda Naskar]]||[[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]]||[[Probodh Purkait]]||[[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)]]<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]]||[[Probodh Purkait]]||[[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)]]<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]]||[[Probodh Purkait]]||[[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)]]<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]]||[[Probodh Purkait]]||[[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)]]<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]]||[[Probodh Purkait]]||[[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)]]<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]]||[[Probodh Purkait]]||[[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)]]<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]]||[[Joy Krishna Halder]]||[[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)]]<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]]||[[Ramsankar Halder]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<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]]||[[Ramsankar Halder]]||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|}

==Election Results==
===Legislative Assembly Election 2021===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|Legislative Assembly Election, 2021]]: Kultali}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Ganesh Chandra Mondal
|votes = 117,238
|percentage = 51.57
|change = +20.13
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Mintu Halder
|votes = 70,061
|percentage = 30.82
|change = +25.58
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Ramsankar Halder]]
|votes = 20,010
|percentage = 8.80
|change = -28.57
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = [[Joy Krishna Halder]]
|votes = 15,306
|percentage = 6.73
|change = -17.56
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Kanan Bala Mondal
|votes = 1,432
|percentage = 0.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 1,048
|percentage = 0.46
|change = -0.32
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Ratan Kumar Naskar
|votes = 1,002
|percentage = 0.44
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Mukti Party
|candidate = Kartick Mondal
|votes = 458
|percentage = 0.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Gobinda Majhi
|votes = 450
|percentage = 0.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|candidate = Bablu Sanfui
|votes = 346
|percentage = 0.15
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,27,351
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = All India Trinamool Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
===Legislative Assembly Election 2016===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|Legislative Assembly Election, 2016]]: Kultali<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=129|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Kultali| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 30 April 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Ramsankar Halder]]
|votes = 73,936
|percentage = 37.37
|change = -11.23
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Gopal Majhi
|votes = 62,212
|percentage = 31.44
|change = +31.44
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = [[Joy Krishna Halder]]
|votes = 48,058
|percentage = 24.29
|change = -21.44
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Bikram Naskar
|votes = 10,376
|percentage = 5.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 1,552
|percentage = 0.78
|change = +0.78
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,97,859
|percentage = 85.96
|change = -3.04
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = All India Trinamool Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Note- In [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]] election [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] supported the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] candidate.

===Legislative Assembly Election 2011===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|Legislative Assembly Election, 2011]]: Kultali<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=129|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Kultali| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 30 April 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Ramsankar Halder]]
|votes = 81,297
|percentage = 48.60
|change = +1.31
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = [[Joy Krishna Halder]]
|votes = 76,484
|percentage = 45.73
|change = -2.13
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Sujit Patwari]]
|votes = 3,277
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = [[Sanjoy Mondal]]
|votes = 2,177
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Nilkanta Mondal]]
|votes = 2,159
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = [[Khusilal Halder]]
|votes = 948
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = [[Shaktinath Halder]]
|votes = 922
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 167,264
|percentage = 89
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|swing = 3.44
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006===
In 2006,<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> Joy Krishna Halder of [[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|SUCI(C)]] won the Kultali (Vidhan Sabha constituency) defeating his nearest rival Ramsankar Halder of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]. Probodh Purkait of [[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|SUCI(C)]] won from 1977 to 2001, defeating Ramsankar Halder of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] in 2001<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> and 1996,<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> Ramani Ranjan Das of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] in 1991,<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> Arabinda Naskar of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] in 1987<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> and 1982,<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> and Anandi Tanti of [[Janata Party]] in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp102.htm |title =102 - Kultali (SC) Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 October 2010}}</ref>

===Legislative Assembly Elections 1967-1972===
Arabinda Naskar of [[Indian National Congress|INC]] won in 1972.<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> Probodh Purkait of [[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|SUCI(C)]] won in 1971,<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> 1969<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> and 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> The seat did not exist prior to that.

==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]]

Kultali (Vidhan Sabha constituency) - Revision history

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