Kurhani Assembly constituency

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Kurhani Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 93 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Bihar
District Muzaffarpur
LS constituency 15. Muzaffarpur
Established1951
ReservationNone
Elected year 2020

Kurhani Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Muzaffarpur district in the Indian state of Bihar.

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Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 93 Kurhani Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kurhani community development block. [1]

Kurhani Assembly constituency is part of No. 15 Muzaffarpur (Lok Sabha constituency). [1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearName [2] Party
1952 Kapil Deo Narayan Singh Indian National Congress
1962 Ramgulam Choudhary
1967 Krishna Nandan Sahay
1969 Sadhu Sharan Shahi Praja Socialist Party
1972 Samyukta Socialist Party
1977 Janata Party
1980 Ram Parikshan Sah Janata Party
1985 Sheonandan Rai Indian National Congress
1990 Sadhu Sharan Shahi Independent politician
1991^R. P. Sahu Janata Dal
1995 Basawan Prasad Bhagat
2000 Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005 Manoj Singh Kushwaha Janata Dal
2005
2010
2015 Kedar Prasad Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party
2020 Anil Sahani Rashtriya Janata Dal
2022^ Kedar Prasad Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party

^by-election

Election results

1977-2015

In the 2015 state assembly election, Kedar Prasad Gupta of BJP defeated Manoj Kumar Singh of JDU. In the 2010, October 2005 and February 2005 state assembly elections, Manoj Singh Kushwaha of JDU won the Kurhani assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Bijendra Chaudhary of LJP, Ajay Nishad of RJD and Basawan Bhagat Kushwaha of RJD respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Basawan Bhagat Kushwaha of RJD defeated Brajesh Kumar of BPSP in 2000. Basawan Bhagat Kushwaha of JD defeated Ashok Sharma, Independent, in 1995. Sadhu Sharan Shahi, Independent, defeated Sheonandan Rai of Congress in 1990. Sheonandan Rai of Congress defeated Sadhu Sharan Shahi of JP in 1985. Ram Praikshan Sah of Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh) defeated Sadhu Sharan Shahi of Janata Party (JP) in 1980. Sadhu Sharan Shahi of JP defeated Hind Keshri Yadav of Congress in 1977. [3] [4]

2022 by-election

Bihar Assembly by election, 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Kedar Prasad Gupta 76,722 42.38 +2.25
JD(U) Manoj Singh Kushwaha 73,07340.37New
VIP Nilabh Kumar10,0005.53New
NOTA None of the above
Majority3,6492.01
Turnout 1,81,02458.07
BJP gain from RJD Swing 2.01

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Kurhani
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RJD Anil Kumar Sahni78,54940.23%
BJP Kedar Prasad Gupta77,83739.86%
BLSPRam Babu Singh10,0415.14%
Independent Sanjay Kumar4,8022.46%
BJKVPHarindra Choudhary4,3552.23%
NOTA None of the above1,1410.58%
Rest of the candidates~17,0009.00%
Majority712
RJD gain from BJP Swing

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References

  1. 1 2 "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  2. "Kurhani Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. "Bihar – Kurhani". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  4. "57 – Kurhani Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 February 2011.