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Assembly constituency 266 · Uttar Pradesh

Kursi is assembly constituency number 266 in Uttar Pradesh, in Barabanki district, and one of the segments of the Barabanki Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Sakendra Pratap of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 41.1% of the vote, 217 votes ahead of Rakesh Kumar Verma (SP).

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Kursi · 2022AC 266
  1. 01
    Sakendra Pratap
    BJP
    1,18,720
    41.15%
  2. 02
    Rakesh Kumar Verma
    SP
    1,18,503
    41.07%
  3. 03
    Kumari Meeta Gautam
    BSP
    35,561
    12.33%
  4. 04
    Kumail Asharaf Khan
    AIMIM
    8,541
    2.96%
  5. 05
    Shrimati Urmila Patel
    INC
    2,803
    0.97%
  6. 4 other candidates · 2,668 votesNOTA · 1,723 (0.60%)

Margin 217 votes · 0.08% of valid votes

3,95,071
Registered electors
2022 election
73.1%
Turnout
+2.9 pts vs 2017
217
Victory margin
0.1% of valid votes
Feb 2022 · candidate-wise result

All 9 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,88,519 valid votes, NOTA included.

Kursi 2022 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sakendra PratapMale · 60 yrsBJP1,18,720
41.15%
2Rakesh Kumar VermaMale · 53 yrsSP1,18,503
41.07%
3Kumari Meeta GautamFemale · 51 yrs · SCBSP35,561
12.33%
4Kumail Asharaf KhanMale · 69 yrsAIMIM8,541
2.96%
5Shrimati Urmila PatelFemale · 48 yrsINC2,803
0.97%
—NOTANOTA1,723
0.60%
6Neeraj Kumar RawatMale · 31 yrs · SCAAP889
0.31%
7Mohd. Maksood AnsariMale · 48 yrsPECP671
0.23%
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8Dinesh Chandra SainiMale · 72 yrsPHSP561
0.19%
9Santosh KumarMale · 32 yrs · SCIndependent547
0.19%
Past results

BJP held the seat: it also won in 2017.

0%10%20%30%40%50%201220172022BJP 41.1%SP 41.1%BSP 12.3%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2022Sakendra PratapBJP · 41.1% · margin 217Turnout73.1%
2017Sakendra Pratap VermaBJP · 41.3% · margin 28,679Turnout70.1%
2012Fareed Mahfooj KidwaiSP · 34.2% · margin 23,937Turnout67.5%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Kursi result 2017

Kursi 2017 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sakendra Pratap VermaBJP1,08,403
41.26%
2Fareed Mahfooz KidwaiSP79,724
30.34%
3V.p.singh VermaBSP51,091
19.45%
4Sarvar AliPECP8,329
3.17%
5Ch.talib Najib KokabIndependent4,381
1.67%
6Amar SinghRLD2,445
0.93%
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7Vinod Kumar YadavCPI1,985
0.76%
—NOTANOTA1,460
0.56%
8Mo.haroonIndependent1,000
0.38%
9Anita SinghIndependent886
0.34%
10Omprakash DasBKRD817
0.31%
11Ramoo Lal VermaBMUP602
0.23%
12Mahendra Pal Singh S/o BaratilalRSJNP456
0.17%
13Mahendra Pal Singh S/o Swami NathHAPA432
0.16%
14Ram KishorBMD402
0.15%
15Neelam SainiADRSP318
0.12%

Kursi result 2012

Kursi 2012 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Fareed Mahfooj KidwaiSP80,183
34.17%
2Kumari Meeta GautamBSP56,246
23.97%
3RajlaxmiBJP34,169
14.56%
4Manoj Kumar SinghPECP18,064
7.70%
5NizamudyadinINC16,910
7.21%
6Vijay Kumar ShuklLJP3,541
1.51%
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7BalakramRCP3,251
1.39%
8Ranjeet ChauanJPS2,964
1.26%
9Vishwa NathRSBP2,707
1.15%
10Altaf HusainRLM2,384
1.02%
11Adarsh PatelJD(U)2,129
0.91%
12ChandrashekharIndependent2,086
0.89%
13Siddharth Rao AnandIndependent1,171
0.50%
14Ram SanehiRPI(A)1,167
0.50%
15Nand Kishor MauryaPMSP1,028
0.44%
16Yogendra SinghIndependent928
0.40%
17Jagmohan Singh VermaAIFB836
0.36%
18Narendra KumarIndependent827
0.35%
19Shivraj Sing YadavMwSP823
0.35%
20TekchandraIndependent801
0.34%
21Bala PrasadJaKP726
0.31%
22Pradeep Kumar MauryaNLP579
0.25%
23Ramesh ChandraIndependent575
0.25%
24RajkumariIndependent541
0.23%
Map

Kursi outlined in orange among the other Uttar Pradesh seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2022. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Barabanki district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

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Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Kursi is one of the assembly segments of Barabanki. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Barabanki candidates.

  • Tanuj PuniaINC1,58,850 55.5%
  • Rajrani RawatBJP1,11,216 38.9%
  • Shiv Kumar DohareyBSP12,115 4.2%
  • BabooramIndependent692 0.2%
  • Ramlakhan PasiIndependent565 0.2%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, INC led here by 47,634 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Kursi.

Who won the Kursi assembly seat in 2022?

Sakendra Pratap of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Kursi in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly election with 1,18,720 votes, which was 41.15% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Kursi?

The margin was 217 votes (0.08% of valid votes). The runner-up was Rakesh Kumar Verma of the Samajwadi Party with 1,18,503 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Kursi in 2022?

Turnout was 73.07%: 2,88,672 of 3,95,071 registered electors voted, across 487 polling stations. That is 2.9 points higher than in 2017.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Kursi part of?

Kursi is an assembly segment of the Barabanki Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Tanuj Punia got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Kursi a reserved constituency?

No. Kursi is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Kursi?

The Uttar Pradesh assembly elected in 2022 completes its five-year term in 2027, 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 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections of 2022 and 2017 and 2012 (2022 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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