Kurtha is assembly constituency number 215 in Bihar, in Jehanabad district, and one of the segments of the Jahanabad Lok Sabha seat. In the 2025 election Pappu Kumar Verma of the Janata Dal (United) won with 44.9% of the vote, 5,481 votes ahead of Kumar Krishna Mohan Urf Suday Yadav (RJD).
- 01Pappu Kumar VermaJD(U)74,46644.90%
- 02Kumar Krishna Mohan Urf Suday YadavRJD68,98541.59%
- 03Rambali SinghJNSRJP5,0303.03%
- 04Ashok KumarBSP3,3382.01%
- 05Buddhadev SavIndependent2,3271.40%
- 8 other candidates · 9,938 votesNOTA · 1,783 (1.07%)
Margin 5,481 votes · 3.30% of valid votes
All 13 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,65,867 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pappu Kumar VermaMale · 47 yrs | JD(U) | 74,466 | 44.90% |
| 2 | Kumar Krishna Mohan Urf Suday YadavMale · 50 yrs | RJD | 68,985 | 41.59% |
| 3 | Rambali SinghMale · 56 yrs | JNSRJP | 5,030 | 3.03% |
| 4 | Ashok KumarMale · 64 yrs | BSP | 3,338 | 2.01% |
| 5 | Buddhadev SavMale · 40 yrs | Independent | 2,327 | 1.40% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,783 | 1.07% |
| 6 | Raushan KumarMale · 31 yrs | Independent | 1,642 | 0.99% |
| 7 | Vinod KumarMale · 43 yrs | Independent | 1,464 | 0.88% |
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| 8 | Uma Shankar SharanMale · 45 yrs | AAP | 1,444 | 0.87% |
| 9 | Arun Kumar Alias Arun KushwahaMale · 59 yrs | BLSP | 1,428 | 0.86% |
| 10 | Vikash KumarMale · 38 yrs | Independent | 1,353 | 0.82% |
| 11 | Niraj KumarMale · 47 yrs | Independent | 1,201 | 0.72% |
| 12 | Rupesh KumarMale · 46 yrs | SUCI | 930 | 0.56% |
| 13 | Avinash KumarMale · 26 yrs | Independent | 476 | 0.29% |
The seat changed hands: RJD won in 2020, JD(U) in 2025.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Kurtha result 2020
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bagi Kumar Verma | RJD | 54,227 | 39.54% |
| 2 | Satyadeo Singh | JD(U) | 26,417 | 19.26% |
| 3 | Bhuwneshwar Pathak | LJP | 20,509 | 14.95% |
| 4 | Pappu Kumar Verma | RLSP | 16,158 | 11.78% |
| 5 | Santosh Kumar Singh | Independent | 2,802 | 2.04% |
| 6 | Jamaludin Ansari | JAPL | 2,079 | 1.52% |
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| 7 | Rampravesh Yadav | Independent | 1,677 | 1.22% |
| 8 | Ajay Kumar | Independent | 1,616 | 1.18% |
| 9 | Suchitra Sinha | BHRTSBLP | 1,574 | 1.15% |
| 10 | Md Abdullah Jamal Malik | Independent | 1,499 | 1.09% |
| 11 | Rajendra Yadav | LJD | 1,392 | 1.01% |
| 12 | Deepak Kumar | Independent | 1,291 | 0.94% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,200 | 0.87% |
| 13 | Subhash Saw | RTSHD | 1,082 | 0.79% |
| 14 | Vinod Sharma | Independent | 771 | 0.56% |
| 15 | Shafiqul Rahman | NCP | 752 | 0.55% |
| 16 | Subash Singh | Independent | 709 | 0.52% |
| 17 | Rupesh Kumar | SUCI | 478 | 0.35% |
| 18 | Sunil Kumar | PPID | 477 | 0.35% |
| 19 | Alok Kumar | JRJP | 434 | 0.32% |
Kurtha result 2015
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satyadeo Singh | JD(U) | 43,676 | 37.79% |
| 2 | Ashok Kumar Verma | BLSP | 29,557 | 25.57% |
| 3 | Rajendra Yadav | BSP | 8,896 | 7.70% |
| 4 | Prof. Ram Jatan Sinha | Independent | 6,285 | 5.44% |
| 5 | Bindal Kumar Alias Indal Yadav | Shiv Sena | 5,868 | 5.08% |
| 6 | Avadhesh Kumar | CPI(ML)(L) | 3,960 | 3.43% |
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| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,551 | 2.21% |
| 7 | Dr.satyendra Prakash Yadav | GJDS | 1,711 | 1.48% |
| 8 | Keshav Prasad | Independent | 1,676 | 1.45% |
| 9 | Sunil Kumar | Independent | 1,301 | 1.13% |
| 10 | Nagmani | SASAPT | 1,187 | 1.03% |
| 11 | Ramnath Prasad | Independent | 1,070 | 0.93% |
| 12 | Ranjit Kumar Singh Alias Ranjit Yadav | RJPD | 1,029 | 0.89% |
| 13 | Champa Devi | Independent | 922 | 0.80% |
| 14 | Amrender Singh | LD | 890 | 0.77% |
| 15 | Brajesh Kumar "guru" | AVIRP | 813 | 0.70% |
| 16 | Shafikur Raman | JDR | 794 | 0.69% |
| 17 | Surendra Prasad Yadav | Independent | 749 | 0.65% |
| 18 | Anjani Kumar Raju | Independent | 707 | 0.61% |
| 19 | Rupesh Kumar | SUCI | 584 | 0.51% |
| 20 | Ram Prabesh Yadav | SSD | 501 | 0.43% |
| 21 | Shiv Kumar Singh | Independent | 487 | 0.42% |
| 22 | Kaushlendra Kumar | PMS | 356 | 0.31% |
Kurtha result 2010
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satyadev Singh | JD(U) | 37,633 | 40.96% |
| 2 | Shiv Bachan Yadav | RJD | 28,140 | 30.63% |
| 3 | Ashok Kumar | NCP | 5,461 | 5.94% |
| 4 | Manoj Kumar Singh | BSP | 5,362 | 5.84% |
| 5 | Upendra Paswan | CPI(ML)(L) | 4,065 | 4.42% |
| 6 | Suchitra Sinha | INC | 2,297 | 2.50% |
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| 7 | Vikrant Pratap Singh | Independent | 1,893 | 2.06% |
| 8 | Jaiprakash Pandit | LPSP | 1,396 | 1.52% |
| 9 | Vinod Kumar | JD(S) | 1,171 | 1.27% |
| 10 | Prof Jairam Prasad Singh | SSD | 1,078 | 1.17% |
| 11 | Luvkush Singh | Independent | 962 | 1.05% |
| 12 | Ramasharya Manjhi | Independent | 938 | 1.02% |
| 13 | Bharat Singh Bharti | Independent | 928 | 1.01% |
| 14 | Mantu Kumar | RSWD | 553 | 0.60% |
Kurtha outlined in orange among the other Bihar seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2025. Click any seat to open its page.
Other seats in Jehanabad district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Kurtha is one of the assembly segments of Jahanabad. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Jahanabad candidates.
- Surendra Prasad YadavRJD68,989 73.4%
- Arun KumarBSP12,919 13.7%
- Minta DeviIndependent2,337 2.5%
- Munilal YadavIndependent1,833 1.9%
- Ashutosh KumarRJnJnP1,695 1.8%
In the assembly election JD(U) won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, RJD led here by 56,070 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Kurtha.
Who won the Kurtha assembly seat in 2025?
Pappu Kumar Verma of the Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) won Kurtha in the 2025 Bihar assembly election with 74,466 votes, which was 44.90% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Kurtha?
The margin was 5,481 votes (3.30% of valid votes). The runner-up was Kumar Krishna Mohan Urf Suday Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal with 68,985 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Kurtha in 2025?
Turnout was 64.09%: 1,66,028 of 2,59,061 registered electors voted, across 326 polling stations. That is 8.9 points higher than in 2020.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Kurtha part of?
Kurtha is an assembly segment of the Jahanabad Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Surendra Prasad Yadav got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Kurtha a reserved constituency?
No. Kurtha is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Kurtha?
The Bihar assembly elected in 2025 completes its five-year term in 2030, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.
Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Bihar assembly elections of 2025 and 2020 and 2015 and 2010 (2025 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.
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