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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2026

Kulti

Assembly constituency 282 (GEN) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 2026

[01]Result · 2026

#282 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants6
ElectorsNot recorded
Votes polled1,90,239
Turnout89.1%
NOTA2,539
WinnerAjay Kumar PoddarBharatiya Janata Party1,03,57054.4% of votes
MARGIN26,498 votes · 13.9 pp1,03,570 − 77,072
Runner-upAbhijit Ghatak All India Trinamool Congress77,07240.5% of votes
BJP 57.3% of top-two votesAITC 42.7%

All candidates 6

  1. 01 Ajay Kumar PoddarBJP1,03,570 54.4%
  2. 02 Abhijit GhatakAITC77,072 40.5%
  3. 03 Bhabani Charan AcharyaAIFB3,937 2.1%
  4. 04 Ravi YadavINC1,555 0.8%
  5. 05 Akhtar Hussain MdIND1,033 0.5%
  6. 06 Shekhawat KhanGGP533 0.3%

Turnout 89.1%

025507510089.1%TURNOUT◦ state median 93.4%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
  • NOTAcounted within the total2,539
  • State median turnoutmedian of 292 seats, 202693.4%
  • ReconciliationΣ 6 candidates = 1,87,700Verified

Seat history 2026–1977

  1. 2026
    13.9 pp
    Ajay Kumar PoddarBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2021
    0.4 pp
    Ajay Kumar PoddarBharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2016
    11.7 pp
    Ujjal ChatterjeeAll India Trinamool Congress
  4. 2011
    20.6 pp
    Ujjal ChatterjeeAll India Trinamool Congress
  5. 2006
    25.3 pp
    Tamal Chandra MajhiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  6. 2001
    11.0 pp
    Tamal Chandra MajhiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  7. 1996
    19.5 pp
    Majhi TamalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  8. 1991
    32.4 pp
    Raicharan MajhiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  9. 1987
    26.9 pp
    Raicharan MajhiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  10. 1982
    12.6 pp
    Raicharan MajhiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  11. 1977
    41.6 pp
    Raicharan MajhiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 41.6 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 95.0% of votes; the other 4 candidates 3.7% between them.

    (1,03,570 + 77,072) ÷ 1,90,239 = 95.0% · 7,058 ÷ 1,90,239 = 3.7%

  2. Turnout of 89.1% was 4.3 pp below the state's median seat (93.4%).

    89.1 − 93.4 = −4.3

  3. The margin widened from 0.4 pp in 2021 to 13.9 pp.

    13.9 − 0.4 = +13.5 pp

  4. Ajay Kumar Poddar also won in 2021.

    2021 winner name = 2026 winner name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified
  • Candidate votesΣ 6 candidate lines1,87,700
  • NOTAcounted within the total2,539
  • Published totalVotes polled1,90,239
  • Checkcandidates + NOTA = totalHolds

Candidate votes plus NOTA equal the published total.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2026 · West Bengal · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates6 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 292 seats on the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha 2026 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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