Kurhani Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Bihar legislative assembly in India

Kurhani Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 93 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Muzaffarpur
LS constituency	15. Muzaffarpur
Reservation	None

Elected year	2020

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 Legislative Assembly

Year	Name^[2]
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	Sheonandan Rai	Indian National Congress
1990	Sadhu Sharan Shahi	Independent
1991^	R. P. Sahu	Janata Dal
1995	Basawan Prasad Bhagat	Janata Dal
2000	Basawan Prasad Bhagat	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

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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
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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	RJD	Anil Kumar Sahni	78,549	40.23%
	BJP	Kedar Prasad Gupta	77,837	39.86%
	BLSP	Ram Babu Singh	10,041	5.14%
	Independent	Sanjay Kumar	4,802	2.46%
	BJKVP	Harindra Choudhary	4,355	2.23%
	NOTA	None of the above	1,141	0.58%
		Rest of the candidates	~17,000	9.00%
Majority			712
	RJD gain from BJP		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "Kurhani Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
^ "Bihar – Kurhani". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
^ "57 – Kurhani Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 February 2011.