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.

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearNameParty
1952Kapil Deo Narayan SinghIndian National Congress
1962Ramgulam Choudhary
1967Krishna Nandan Sahay
1969Sadhu Sharan ShahiPraja Socialist Party
1972Samyukta Socialist Party
1977Janata Party
1980Ram Parikshan SahJanata Party (Secular)
1985Shivnandan RaiIndian National Congress
1990Sadhu Sharan ShahiIndependent politician
1991^R. P. SahuJanata Dal
1995Basawan Prasad Bhagat
2000Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005Manoj Singh KushwahaJanata Dal (United)
2005
2010
2015Kedar Prasad GuptaBharatiya Janata Party
2020Anil SahaniRashtriya Janata Dal
2022^Kedar Prasad GuptaBharatiya Janata Party
2025

^by-election

Election results

2025

Bihar Assembly election, 2025: Kurhani
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPKedar Prasad Gupta107,81146.496.63
RJDSunil Kumar Suman98,09342.32.07
IndependentDharmendra Kumar6,7332.9
JSPMohammad Ali Irfan4,0751.76
IndependentManish Kumar3,3681.45
BSPVijayesh Kumar2,1170.91
NOTANone of the above7290.310.27
Majority9,7184.193.82
Turnout231,88475.7211.54
BJP gain fromSwingNDA

2022 bypoll

Bihar Assembly by election, 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPKedar Prasad Gupta76,72242.38+2.25
JD(U)Manoj Singh Kushwaha73,07340.37New
VIPNilabh Kumar10,0005.53New
NOTANone of the above
Majority3,6492.01
Turnout1,81,02458.07
BJP gain from RJDSwing2.01

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Kurhani
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RJDAnil Kumar Sahni78,54940.23
BJPKedar Prasad Gupta77,83739.862.47
RLSPRam Babu Singh10,0415.14
IndependentSanjay Kumar4,8022.46
Bajjikanchal Vikas PartyHarindra Choudhary4,3552.23
Voters Party InternationalSukhdeo Prasad3,6361.86
IndependentDeepak Kumar Chanchal3,1541.62
JAP(L)Mukesh Kumar Sharma2,7851.430.63
IndependentAshok Kumar Gupta2,4251.24
NOTANone of the above1,1410.580.41
Majority7120.376.32
Turnout195,25764.180.94
RJD gain from BJPSwing

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.

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kurhani
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPKedar Prasad Gupta73,22742.33
JD(U)Manoj Kumar Singh61,65735.64
SPMrityunjay Kumar4,7052.72
CPI(M)Abdul Gaffar4,4872.59
Marxist Communist Party of IndiaPramod Kumar2,2331.29
Swabhiman PartyBimaleshwar Prasad1,9771.14
BMPRamneresh Yadav1,9641.14
NOTANone of the above1,7060.99
Majority11,5706.69
Turnout173,00765.12

External links

  • . eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India.