in 2006, joy krishna halder of suci(c) won the kultali (vidhan sabha constituency) defeating his nearest rival ramsankar halder of cpi(m). probodh purkait of suci(c) won from 1977 to 2001, defeating ramsankar halder of cpi(m) in 2001 and 1996, ramani ranjan das of cpi(m) in 1991, arabinda naskar of inc in 1987 and 1982, and anandi tanti of janata party in 1977.