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{{Infobox Indian state legislative assembly constituency
{{short description|Assembly constituency in Bihar, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2020}} 
{{Infobox Indian constituency
|name                  = Kurtha Assembly constituency<!-- The name of the constituency -->
|name                  = Kurtha Assembly constituency<!-- The name of the constituency -->
|parl_name              = [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]<!-- name of the law making body -->
|type= SLA
|image                  =  
| map_image = 215-Kurtha constituency.svg
|image_size            =  
| map_caption =  
|caption                =
| map_alt =  
|alt                    =  
|mla                    = [[Pappu Kumar Verma]] <!--Name of the current MLA. Leave blank for former constituencies-->
|mla                    = <!--Name of the current MLA. Leave blank for former constituencies-->
| party = {{Party index link|Janata Dal (United)}}
|party                 = <!--Name of the current MLA's party. Leave blank for former constituencies-->
| alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}
|alliance               = <!--Name of the current MLA's party alliance. Leave blank for former constituencies-->
| latest_election_year = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]] <!--Year of the last election. Leave blank for former constituencies-->
|year                  =[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]] <!--Year of the last election. Leave blank for former constituencies-->
|region                =  
|region                =  
|state                  = [[Bihar]]
|state                  = [[Bihar]]
|district              =  [[Arwal district|Arwal]]
|district              =  [[Arwal district|Arwal]]
|division              =  
|division              =  
|constituency          =
| loksabha_cons =  
|constituency_no        = [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|215]]
|constituency_no        = [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|215]]
|established            = <!-- year of establishment -->
|established            = 1951
|electors               =
| electors = 259,061
|reservation            =
|abolished              = <!-- year abolished -->
|abolished              = <!-- year abolished -->
}}
}}
{{short description|Assembly constituency in Bihar, India}}
'''Kurtha Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Arwal district]] of [[Bihar]]. It is the part of [[Jahanabad (Lok Sabha constituency)]]. In Kurtha constituency, [[Kushwaha]], [[Yadav]] and [[Bhumihar]] voters are descisive in ensuring victory of a candidate, due to their numerical preponderance. In 1969, the Shoshit Samaj Party leader, [[Jagdev Prasad]], who was also called 'Lenin of Bihar', won from this assembly constituency. [[Satyadev Kushwaha]] won twice in 2010 and 2015 from here. In 2020, however, he was defeated by [[Bagi Kumar Verma]] of [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]].<ref name="election2096">{{cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/elections/bihar-vidhan-sabha-satyadev-kushwaha-again-in-poll-fray-for-hattrick-in-kurtha-rjd-candidate-bagi-verma-may-change-scenario-20961964.html|title=Satyadev Kushwaha again in poll fray for hat-trick in Kurtha|website=Jagran.com|accessdate=27 February 2023|archive-date=27 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227042723/https://www.jagran.com/elections/bihar-vidhan-sabha-satyadev-kushwaha-again-in-poll-fray-for-hattrick-in-kurtha-rjd-candidate-bagi-verma-may-change-scenario-20961964.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2020}} 
 
'''Kurtha Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Arwal district]] of [[Bihar]]. It is the part of [[Jahanabad (Lok Sabha constituency)]].


==Member of Legislative Assembly==
== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable" width=80%
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name<ref name="election2020">{{cite web |title=Kurtha Assembly Polls |url=https://www.mapsofindia.com/assemblypolls/bihar/kurtha.html |access-date=5 April 2020 |website=Maps of India |archive-date=30 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030160243/https://www.mapsofindia.com/assemblypolls/bihar/kurtha.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="election2000">{{cite web |title=Ex-MLA 2000-2005 |url=http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/ex%20mla/12.pdf |access-date=5 April 2020 |website=Bihar Vidhan Sabha |archive-date=24 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024172353/http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/ex%20mla/12.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="election2010">{{cite web |title=Ex-MLA 2010-2015 |url=http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/ex%20mla/15.pdf |access-date=5 April 2020 |website=Bihar Vidhan Sabha |archive-date=24 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024172025/http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/ex%20mla/15.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="election2020-1">{{cite web |title=Member profile |url=http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/member_profile/215.pdf |access-date=5 April 2020 |website=Bihar Vidhan Sabha |archive-date=15 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015130438/http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/member_profile/215.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="election2020-2">{{cite web |title=List of member |url=http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/list%20of%20member.pdf |access-date=5 April 2020 |website=Bihar Vidhan Sabha |archive-date=24 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024171731/http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/list%20of%20member.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|-
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" colspan="2"|Year
| [[1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Member
| Ramacharan Singh Yadav
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Political Party
|{{Full party name with color|Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Praja Socialist Party}}" |
| [[1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|1951|| Ramacharan Singh Yadav ||[[Praja Socialist Party]]
| Kameshwar Sharma
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|1957|| Kameshwar Sharma||[[Indian National Congress]]
| Ramacharan Singh Yadav
|{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Praja Socialist Party}}" |
| [[1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|1962|| Ramacharan Singh Yadav ||[[Praja Socialist Party]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Jagdeo Prasad]]
|{{Full party name with color|Samyukta Socialist Party}}
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Samyukta Socialist Party}}" |
| [[1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|1967 || [[Jagdeo Prasad]]||[[Samyukta Socialist Party]]
|  
| Shoshit Dal
|-
|-
|
| [[1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|1969||[[Jagdeo Prasad]]|| Shoshit Samaj Dal
| Ramashray Prasad Singh Yadav
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|1972||Ramashray Pd. Singh || [[Indian National Congress]]
| [[Nagmani Kushwaha]]
|
| Shoshit Samaj Dal
|-
|-
|
| [[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|1977||[[Nagmani]]|| Shoshit Samaj Dal
| [[Sahdev Prasad Yadav]]
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party (Secular)}}
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |
| [[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|1980|| [[Sahdev Prasad Yadav]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Kurtha Assembly Polls |url=https://www.mapsofindia.com/assemblypolls/bihar/kurtha.html |website=Maps of India|access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref> || [[Janata Party|JNP]]
| [[Nagmani Kushwaha]]
|{{Full party name with color|Independent}}
|-
|-
|
| [[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|1985 || [[Nagmani]] || [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| [[Mudrika Singh Yadav]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal|rowspan=2}}
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
| [[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|1990 ||[[Mudrika Singh Yadav]] || [[Janata Dal]]
| [[Sahdev Prasad Yadav]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
| [[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
|1995 || [[Sahdev Prasad Yadav]] || [[Janata Dal]]
| [[Shiv Bachan Yadav]]
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}" |
| [[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
|2000 ||Shiv Bachan Yadav<ref>{{cite web |title=Ex-MLA 2000-2005 |url=http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/ex%20mla/12.pdf |website=Bihar Vidhan Sabha |access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref> || [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
| [[Suchitra Sinha]]
|{{Full party name with color|Lok Janshakti Party}}
 
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Lok Janshakti Party}}" |
| [[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]
|2005 ||Suchitra Sinha || [[Lok Janshakti Party|LJP]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Satyadev Kushwaha]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|dab=y|rowspan=2}}
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
| [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]
|2010 ||Satyadeo Singh<ref>{{cite web |title=Ex-MLA 2010-2015 |url=http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/ex%20mla/15.pdf |website=Bihar Vidhan Sabha |access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref> || [[JDU]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
| [[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]
|2015 ||Satyadeo Singh<ref>{{cite web |title=Member profile |url=http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/member_profile/215.pdf |website=Bihar Vidhan Sabha |access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=List of member |url=http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/list%20of%20member.pdf |website=Bihar Vidhan Sabha |access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref> || [[JDU]]
| [[Bagi Kumar Verma]]
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}" |
| [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]
|2020 || Bagi Kumar Verma ||[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
| [[Pappu Kumar Verma]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|dab=y}}
|-
|-
|}
|}


==Election Results==
==Election results==
=== 2020===
=== 2025 ===
 
 
Detailed Results at:
https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S04215.htm
{{Election box begin | title=[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: [[ Kurtha]]<ref name="2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Kurtha">{{cite news |title=2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Kurtha |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S04215.htm |access-date=1 December 2025 |work= |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=14 November 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251201044023/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S04215.htm |archive-date=1 December 2025 |language=en}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
  |candidate  = [[Pappu Kumar Verma]]
  |party      = Janata Dal (United)
  |votes      = {{formatnum:74466}}
  |percentage = 44.9
  |change    = +25.64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |candidate  = Kumar Krishna Mohan ([[Suday Yadav]])
  |party      = Rashtriya Janata Dal
  |votes      = {{formatnum:68985}}
  |percentage = 41.59
  |change    = +2.05
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Jan Suraaj Party
  |candidate  = Rambali Singh
  |votes      = {{formatnum:5030}}
  |percentage = 3.03
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
  |candidate  = Ashok Kumar
  |votes      = {{formatnum:3338}}
  |percentage = 2.01
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Buddhadev Sav
  |votes      = {{formatnum:2327}}
  |percentage = 1.4
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Raushan Kumar
  |votes      = {{formatnum:1642}}
  |percentage = 0.99
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = None of the above
  |candidate  = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
  |votes      = {{formatnum:1783}}
  |percentage = 1.07
  |change    = +0.2
}}
{{Election box majority
  |votes      = {{formatnum:5481}}
  |percentage = 3.31
  |change    = -16.97
}}
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      = {{formatnum:165867}}
  |percentage = 64.03
  |change    = +8.9
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
  |winner    = Janata Dal (United)
  |loser      = Rashtriya Janata Dal
  |swing      =  
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
 
=== 2020 ===
{{Election box begin|
{{Election box begin|
|title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Assembly election, 2020]]: [[Kurtha]]}}
|title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Assembly election, 2020]]: [[Kurtha]]<ref name="election2020"/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party      = Janata Dal (United)
  |party      = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate  = [[Satyadeo Singh]]
  |candidate  = [[Bagi Kumar Verma]]
|votes      =  
  |votes      = {{formatnum:54227}}
|percentage =  
  |percentage = 39.54
|change    =  
  |change    =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
}}
|party      = Lok Janshakti Party
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate  = [[Bhuwneshwar Pathak]]
  |party      = Janata Dal (United)
|votes      =  
  |candidate  = [[Satyadev Kushwaha |Satyadeo Singh]]
|percentage =  
  |votes      = {{formatnum:26417}}
|change    =  
  |percentage = 19.26
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |change    = -18.53
|party      = Rashtriya Janata Dal
}}
|candidate  = [[Bagi Kumar Verma]]
{{Election box candidate with party link
|votes      =  
  |party      = Lok Janshakti Party
|percentage =  
  |candidate  = Bhuwneshwar Pathak
|change    =  
  |votes      = {{formatnum:20509}}
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |percentage = 14.95
|party      = None of the above
  |change    =
|candidate  = [[None of the above]]  
}}
|votes      =  
{{Election box candidate with party link
|percentage =  
  |party      = Rashtriya Lok Samta Party
|change    =  
  |candidate  = Pappu Kumar Verma
  |votes      = {{formatnum:16158}}
  |percentage = 11.78
  |change    = -13.79
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Santosh Kumar Singh
  |votes      = {{formatnum:2802}}
  |percentage = 2.04
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)
  |candidate  = Jamaludin Ansari
  |votes      = {{formatnum:2079}}
  |percentage = 1.52
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Rampravesh Yadav
  |votes      = {{formatnum:1677}}
  |percentage = 1.22
  |change    =  
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Ajay Kumar
  |votes      = {{formatnum:1616}}
  |percentage = 1.18
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Bhartiya Sablog Party
  |candidate  = [[Suchitra Sinha]]
  |votes      = {{formatnum:1574}}
  |percentage = 1.15
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Md Abdullah Jamal Malik
  |votes      = {{formatnum:1499}}
  |percentage = 1.09
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Loktantrik Janta Dal
  |candidate  = Rajendra Yadav
  |votes      = {{formatnum:1392}}
  |percentage = 1.01
  |change    =  
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Deepak Kumar
  |votes      = {{formatnum:1291}}
  |percentage = 0.94
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = None of the above
  |candidate  = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
  |votes      = {{formatnum:1200}}
  |percentage = 0.87
  |change    = -1.34
}}
{{Election box majority
  |votes      = {{formatnum:27810}}
  |percentage = 20.28
  |change    = +8.06
}}
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      = {{formatnum:137144}}
  |percentage = 55.13
  |change    = +5.22
}}
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
  |
  |winner    = Rashtriya Janata Dal
  |loser      = JD(U)
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}


{{Election box majority|
 
|votes     =  
=== 2015 ===
|percentage =  
{{Election box begin
|change    =  
  |title     = [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Kurtha<ref name="Kurtha Constituency Election Results 2015 - 2025">{{cite news |title=Kurtha Constituency Election Results 2015 - 2025 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/bihar/constituency-show/kurtha |access-date=1 December 2025 |publisher=The Times of India |date=14 November 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251201044035/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/bihar/constituency-show/kurtha |archive-date=1 December 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|votes      =  
  |party      = Janata Dal (United)
|percentage =  
  |candidate  = Satyadeo Singh
|change    =  
  |votes      = {{formatnum:43676}}
  |percentage = 37.79
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Rashtriya Lok Samta Party
  |candidate  = Ashok Kumar Verma
  |votes      = {{formatnum:29557}}
  |percentage = 25.57
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
  |candidate  = Rajendra Yadav
  |votes      = {{formatnum:8896}}
  |percentage = 7.7
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Prof. Ram Jatan Sinha
  |votes      = {{formatnum:6285}}
  |percentage = 5.44
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Shiv Sena
  |candidate  = Bindal Kumar Alias Indal Yadav
  |votes      = {{formatnum:5868}}
  |percentage = 5.08
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
  |candidate  = Avadhesh Kumar
  |votes      = {{formatnum:3960}}
  |percentage = 3.43
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Garib Janta Dal (Secular)
  |candidate  = Dr.Satyendra Prakash Yadav
  |votes      = {{formatnum:1711}}
  |percentage = 1.48
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Keshav Prasad
  |votes      = {{formatnum:1676}}
  |percentage = 1.45
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Sunil Kumar
  |votes      = {{formatnum:1301}}
  |percentage = 1.13
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Samras Samaj Party
  |candidate  = Nagmani
  |votes      = {{formatnum:1187}}
  |percentage = 1.03
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Ramnath Prasad
  |votes      = {{formatnum:1070}}
  |percentage = 0.93
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = None of the above
  |candidate  = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
  |votes      = {{formatnum:2551}}
  |percentage = 2.21
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box majority
  |votes      = {{formatnum:14119}}
  |percentage = 12.22
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      = {{formatnum:115570}}
  |percentage = 49.91
  |change    =  
}}
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
  |winner    =
  |loser      =
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


== References ==
== References ==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{cite web |title=Results of all Bihar Assembly elections |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/category/68-bihar/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}
* {{cite web |title=Results of all Bihar Assembly elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/68-bihar/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}


{{Assembly constituencies of Bihar}}
{{Assembly constituencies of Bihar}}
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]
[[Category:Politics of Arwal district]]
[[Category:Constituencies established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Bihar]]

Latest revision as of 04:58, 1 February 2026


Kurtha Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 215 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictArwal
Established1951
Total electors259,061
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  JD(U)  
Alliance  NDA  
Elected year2025

Kurtha Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Arwal district of Bihar. It is the part of Jahanabad (Lok Sabha constituency). In Kurtha constituency, Kushwaha, Yadav and Bhumihar voters are descisive in ensuring victory of a candidate, due to their numerical preponderance. In 1969, the Shoshit Samaj Party leader, Jagdev Prasad, who was also called 'Lenin of Bihar', won from this assembly constituency. Satyadev Kushwaha won twice in 2010 and 2015 from here. In 2020, however, he was defeated by Bagi Kumar Verma of Rashtriya Janata Dal.[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Year Name[2][3][4][5][6] Party
1952 Ramacharan Singh Yadav Socialist Party
1957 Kameshwar Sharma Indian National Congress
1962 Ramacharan Singh Yadav Praja Socialist Party
1967 Jagdeo Prasad Samyukta Socialist Party
1969 Shoshit Dal
1972 Ramashray Prasad Singh Yadav Indian National Congress
1977 Nagmani Kushwaha Shoshit Samaj Dal
1980 Sahdev Prasad Yadav Janata Party
1985 Nagmani Kushwaha Independent
1990 Mudrika Singh Yadav Janata Dal
1995 Sahdev Prasad Yadav
2000 Shiv Bachan Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005 Suchitra Sinha Lok Janshakti Party
2010 Satyadev Kushwaha Janata Dal
2015
2020 Bagi Kumar Verma Rashtriya Janata Dal
2025 Pappu Kumar Verma Janata Dal

Election results[edit | edit source]

2025[edit | edit source]

Detailed Results at: https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S04215.htm

2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kurtha[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Pappu Kumar Verma 74,466 44.9 +25.64
RJD Kumar Krishna Mohan (Suday Yadav) 68,985 41.59 +2.05
Jan Suraaj Party Rambali Singh 5,030 3.03
BSP Ashok Kumar 3,338 2.01
Independent Buddhadev Sav 2,327 1.4
Independent Raushan Kumar 1,642 0.99
NOTA None of the above 1,783 1.07 +0.2
Majority 5,481 3.31 −16.97
Turnout 165,867 64.03 +8.9
JD(U) gain from RJD Swing


2020[edit | edit source]

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Kurtha[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Bagi Kumar Verma 54,227 39.54
JD(U) Satyadeo Singh 26,417 19.26 −18.53
LJP Bhuwneshwar Pathak 20,509 14.95
RLSP Pappu Kumar Verma 16,158 11.78 −13.79
Independent Santosh Kumar Singh 2,802 2.04
JAP(L) Jamaludin Ansari 2,079 1.52
Independent Rampravesh Yadav 1,677 1.22
Independent Ajay Kumar 1,616 1.18
Bhartiya Sablog Party Suchitra Sinha 1,574 1.15
Independent Md Abdullah Jamal Malik 1,499 1.09
Loktantrik Janta Dal Rajendra Yadav 1,392 1.01
Independent Deepak Kumar 1,291 0.94
NOTA None of the above 1,200 0.87 −1.34
Majority 27,810 20.28 +8.06
Turnout 137,144 55.13 +5.22
RJD gain from JD(U) Swing


2015[edit | edit source]

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kurtha[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Satyadeo Singh 43,676 37.79
RLSP Ashok Kumar Verma 29,557 25.57
BSP Rajendra Yadav 8,896 7.7
Independent Prof. Ram Jatan Sinha 6,285 5.44
SHS Bindal Kumar Alias Indal Yadav 5,868 5.08
CPI(ML)L Avadhesh Kumar 3,960 3.43
Garib Janta Dal (Secular) Dr.Satyendra Prakash Yadav 1,711 1.48
Independent Keshav Prasad 1,676 1.45
Independent Sunil Kumar 1,301 1.13
Samras Samaj Party Nagmani 1,187 1.03
Independent Ramnath Prasad 1,070 0.93
NOTA None of the above 2,551 2.21
Majority 14,119 12.22
Turnout 115,570 49.91


References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Satyadev Kushwaha again in poll fray for hat-trick in Kurtha". Jagran.com. Archived from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Kurtha Assembly Polls". Maps of India. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "Ex-MLA 2000-2005" (PDF). Bihar Vidhan Sabha. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "Ex-MLA 2010-2015" (PDF). Bihar Vidhan Sabha. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "Member profile" (PDF). Bihar Vidhan Sabha. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 October 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "List of member" (PDF). Bihar Vidhan Sabha. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  7. ↑ "2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Kurtha". Election Commission of India. 14 November 2025. Archived from the original on 1 December 2025. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  8. ↑ "Kurtha Constituency Election Results 2015 - 2025". The Times of India. 14 November 2025. Archived from the original on 1 December 2025. Retrieved 1 December 2025.

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