About Kurtha Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
Kurtha is a legislative assembly constituency in Bihar. It is located in the Arwal district and a part of the Jahanabad Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency. Satyadev Singh of JDU represents Kurtha in the state legislative assembly, as he won the seat with 43,676 votes in the 2015 assembly elections. Singh beat BLSP�s Ashok Kumar Verma who managed 29,557 votes. Satyadeo Singh became a second-time MLA in 2015 as he had won his first term in the 2010 election of the Bihar assembly.
Kurtha is home to 2,31,549 eligible voters. They consist of 1,23,630 men and 1,07,911 women. The overall voter percentage for the Bihar Assembly election from Kurtha constituency was only 49.92 percent. The next election in Kurtha will occur in accordance with the Bihar Assembly election 2020. Which is expected around October-November 2020.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Kurtha Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Kurtha assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
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| 2020 | 215 | Kurtha | GEN | Bagi Kumar Verma | M | RJD | 54227 | Satyadeo Singh | M | JD(U) | 26417 |
| 2015 | 215 | Kurtha | GEN | Satyadeo Singh | M | JD(U) | 43676 | Ashok Kumar Verma | M | RLSP | 29557 |
| 2010 | 215 | Kurtha | GEN | Satyadev Singh | M | JD(U) | 37633 | Shiv Bachan Yadav | M | RJD | 28140 |
| OCT 2005 | 225 | Kurtha | GEN | Suchitra Sinha | F | JD(U) | 31372 | Sahdeo Prasad Yadav | M | RJD | 18580 |
| FEB 2005 | 225 | Kurtha | GEN | Suchitra Sinha | M | LJP | 43736 | Mahesh Prasad Yadav | M | RJD | 41894 |
| 2000 | 243 | Kurtha | GEN | Shiv Bachan Yadav | M | RJD | 50888 | Mundrika Singh Yadav | M | JD(U) | 50232 |
| 1995 | 243 | Kurtha | GEN | Sahdev Prasad Yadav | M | JD | 58013 | Naushad Ahmad | M | INC | 24061 |
| 1990 | 243 | Kurtha | GEN | Mundrika Singh Yadav | M | JD | 46270 | Tileshwar Kaushik | M | IPF | 30124 |
| 1985 | 243 | Kurtha | GEN | Nagmani | M | IND | 34705 | Sahdeo Prasad Yadav | M | LKD | 18376 |
| 1980 | 243 | Kurtha | GEN | Sakdeo Prasad Yadav | M | JNP(SC) | 34953 | Nagmani | M | SSD | 29192 |
| 1977 | 243 | Kurtha | GEN | Nagnani | M | SSD | 28972 | S.M. Zahiruddin | M | JNP | 27692 |
| 1972 | 234 | Kurtha | GEN | Ramashray Pd. Singh | M | INC | 35066 | Jagdeo Prasad | M | HSD | 27465 |
| 1969 | 234 | Kurtha | GEN | Jagdeo Prasad | M | SHD | 27991 | Baleshwar Singh | M | INC | 14177 |
| 1967 | 234 | Kurtha | GEN | J. Prasad | M | SSP | 25142 | S. P. Verma | M | INC | 8941 |
| 1962 | 235 | Kurtha | GEN | Ramcharan Singh | M | PSP | 13422 | Fida Hussain | M | INC | 10953 |
| 1957 | 198 | Kurtha | GEN | Kameshwar Sharma | M | INC | 8618 | Ramcharan Singh | M | PSP | 7096 |
| 1951 | 26 | Kurtha | GEN | Ramacharan Singh | M | SP | 10555 | Umair Sahab Shah | M | INC | 9994 |
Last Updated on Aug 12, 2021