Kurhani Assembly constituency

Kurhani Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 93 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Muzaffarpur
Lok Sabha constituency	15. Muzaffarpur
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kedar Prasad Gupta
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2025

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

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

Year	Name [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 (Secular)
1985	Shivnandan 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 (United)
2005
2010
2015	Kedar Prasad Gupta		Bharatiya Janata Party
2020	Anil Sahani		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2022^	Kedar Prasad Gupta		Bharatiya Janata Party
2025

^by-election

Election results

2025

Bihar Assembly election, 2025: Kurhani

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kedar Prasad Gupta	107,811	46.49
	RJD	Sunil Kumar Suman	98,093	42.30
	JSP	Mohammad Ali Irfan	4,075	1.76
	NOTA	None of the above	729	0.31
Majority			9,718
Turnout			231,884
	BJP gain from		Swing	NDA

2022 bypoll

Bihar Assembly by election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kedar Prasad Gupta	76,722	42.38	+2.25
	JD(U)	Manoj Singh Kushwaha	73,073	40.37	New
	VIP	Nilabh Kumar	10,000	5.53	New
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority			3,649	2.01
Turnout			1,81,024	58.07
	BJP gain from RJD		Swing	2.01

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Kurhani ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Anil Kumar Sahni	78,549	40.23
	BJP	Kedar Prasad Gupta	77,837	39.86
	RLSP	Ram Babu Singh	10,041	5.14
	Independent	Sanjay Kumar	4,802	2.46
	Bajjikanchal Vikas Party	Harindra Choudhary	4,355	2.23
	Voters Party International	Sukhdeo Prasad	3,636	1.86
	Independent	Deepak Kumar Chanchal	3,154	1.62
	JAP(L)	Mukesh Kumar Sharma	2,785	1.43	0.63
	Independent	Ashok Kumar Gupta	2,425	1.24
	NOTA	None of the above	1,141	0.58	0.41
Majority			712	0.37	6.32
Turnout			195,257	64.18	0.94
	RJD gain from BJP		Swing

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]}

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kurhani ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kedar Prasad Gupta	73,227	42.33
	JD(U)	Manoj Kumar Singh	61,657	35.64
	SP	Mrityunjay Kumar	4,705	2.72
	CPI(M)	Abdul Gaffar	4,487	2.59
	Marxist Communist Party of India (United)	Pramod Kumar	2,233	1.29
	Swabhiman Party	Bimaleshwar Prasad	1,977	1.14
	BMP	Ramneresh Yadav	1,964	1.14
	NOTA	None of the above	1,706	0.99
Majority			11,570	6.69
Turnout			173,007	65.12

References

1. "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.
5. "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India . 20 August 2018.

External links

• "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.