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{{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
|type= SLA
| map_image = 215-Kurtha constituency.svg
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
|mla = [[Pappu Kumar Verma]] 
| party = {{Party index link|Janata Dal (United)}}
| alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}
| latest_election_year = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]] 
|region =
|state = [[Bihar]]
|district = [[Arwal district|Arwal]]
|division =
| loksabha_cons =
|constituency_no = [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|215]]
|established = 1951
| electors = 259,061
|abolished = 
}}
'''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>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| 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
|-
| [[1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
| Ramacharan Singh Yadav
|{{Full party name with color|Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
| [[1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
| Kameshwar Sharma
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
| Ramacharan Singh Yadav
|{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
|-
| [[1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Jagdeo Prasad]]
|{{Full party name with color|Samyukta Socialist Party}}
|-
| [[1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|
| Shoshit Dal
|-
| [[1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
| Ramashray Prasad Singh Yadav
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| [[Nagmani Kushwaha]]
|
| Shoshit Samaj Dal
|-
| [[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
| [[Sahdev Prasad Yadav]]
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party (Secular)}}
|-
| [[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
| [[Nagmani Kushwaha]]
|{{Full party name with color|Independent}}
|-
| [[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
| [[Mudrika Singh Yadav]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal|rowspan=2}}
|-
| [[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
| [[Sahdev Prasad Yadav]]
|-
| [[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
| [[Shiv Bachan Yadav]]
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|-
| [[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
| [[Suchitra Sinha]]
|{{Full party name with color|Lok Janshakti Party}}

|-
| [[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Satyadev Kushwaha]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|dab=y|rowspan=2}}
|-
| [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]
|-
| [[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]
| [[Bagi Kumar Verma]]
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|-
| [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]
| [[Pappu Kumar Verma]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|dab=y}}
|-
|}

==Election results==
=== 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|
|title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Assembly election, 2020]]: [[Kurtha]]<ref name="election2020"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Bagi Kumar Verma]]
|votes = {{formatnum:54227}}
|percentage = 39.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = [[Satyadev Kushwaha |Satyadeo Singh]]
|votes = {{formatnum:26417}}
|percentage = 19.26
|change = -18.53
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|candidate = Bhuwneshwar Pathak
|votes = {{formatnum:20509}}
|percentage = 14.95
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Lok Samta Party
|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}}

=== 2015 ===
{{Election box begin
|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 winning candidate with party link
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Satyadeo Singh
|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 end}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{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}}

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

Kurtha Assembly constituency - Revision history

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