Kurtha Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 215 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictArwal
ReservationNone
Elected year2020

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 Legislative Assembly

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 Indian National Congress
1977 Nagmani Shoshit Samaj Dal
1980 Sahdev Prasad Yadav Janata Party (Secular)
1985 Nagmani Independent
1990 Mudrika Singh Yadav Janata Dal
1995 Sahdev Prasad Yadav
2000 Shiv Bachan Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005 Suchitra Sinha Lok Janshakti Party
2005 Janata Dal (United)
2010 Satyadeo Singh
2015
2020 Bagi Kumar Verma Rashtriya Janata Dal

Election Results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Kurtha[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Bagi Kumar Verma 54,227 39.54
JD(U) Satyadeo Singh 26,417 19.26
NOTA None of the above 1,200 0.87
Majority 27,810 20.28
Turnout 137,144 55.13
RJD gain from JD(U) Swing

References

  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. ^ "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. ^ "Kurtha Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Election Results". Elections.in. Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2023.

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