Kulpi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Kulpi is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The Kulpi seat was earlier reserved for scheduled castes but is an open seat from 2011.OverviewAs per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 133 Kulpi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Kulpi community development block.Kulpi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 20 Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).Election results2011In 2011 Jogaranjan Haldar of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Sakuntala Paik of CPI..# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.1977-2006In the 2006 state assembly elections, Sakuntala Paik of CPI(M) won the 124 Kulpi (SC) assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Jagaranjan Haldar of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Jagaranjan Haldar of Trinamool Congress defeated Sakuntala Paik of CPI(M) in 2001. Sakuntala Paik of CPI(M) defeated Kirtibas Sarder of Congress in 1996,Krishnadhan Halder of CPI(M) defeated Jogranjan Halder of Congress in 1991,Kirtibas Sarder of Congress in 1987, and Santosh Kumar Mondal of Congress in 1982and 1977.